How about if I say: Somewhere near the league average in attendance, break-even in finances by Forbes' assessment, and an occasional playoff birth. My gut says this franchise might not check any of those boxes. BTW, my backyard FL Panthers are doing well on the ice, but their attendance and finances aren't so hot.
Greetings: We are heavy underdogs (+190) and 2-6 in our last eight against them: https://www.oddsshark.com/nhl/philadelphia-colorado-odds-december-9-2023-2017484 Save for offense, these teams are statistical carbon copies: https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-phi/2023/12/09/2023020417 So, how well do the "New-and-Improved" Flyers compete against a very skilled squad at high altitude?
Games played on 12/7/23 Wild Jake Middleton vs Nucks Dakota Joshua Winner ? Wild Pat Maroon vs Nucks Nikita Zadorov Winner ? LA Andreas Englund vs Habs Michael Pezzetta Winner ? Preds Cole Smith vs Bolts Austin Watson Winner ?
Game # 26 Flames 3 Canes 2 Blake Coleman scores short-handed goal in 3rd, Flames rally to beat Hurricanes 3-2 ByAP Updated: Dec 8, 2023, 01:39 am CALGARY, Alberta -- — Blake Coleman had a short-handed goal and an assist and the Calgary Flames rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday night. Coleman […]
Game # 25 Bos 1 Buff 3 Sabres snap 4-game skid with a 3-1 win over Atlantic Division-leading Bruins ByAP Updated: Dec 7, 2023, 10:38 pm BOSTON -- — JJ Peterka, Tage Thompson and Victor Olofsson scored and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on […]
Strange ending to regulation tonight in the Stars-Caps 4-4 deadlock: both teams seemed to risk a loss by trying to score before the OT. Whaah?! You’ve got 1.5 points (on average, you win half of your OTs) in the mathematical bag. Yet you’re risking dropping 1.5 (to zero pts) for the smallish chance that you […]
I'd prefer a pick, since I really don't see anything on their farm that makes me go "Wow, wish we had that on Philly". But again, I'll take whatever to get rid of Ristolainen.