Can perspective be found in the standings for the Flyers’ season? –NBC Sports Philadelphia
VOORHEES, NJ — The Flyers’ 2025-26 season has been an fascinating one as a result of it may well be considered in a number of methods.
Some may see it as a staff that is caught in the center — not dangerous sufficient for a premier draft decide, however not ok for a respectable playoff run.
Others may see it as a rebuilding staff that has progressed from final season, taking strides like it had envisioned below a brand new head coach.
Despite dropping 12 of their final 15 video games going into the Olympic breakthe Flyers have saved issues fascinating.
“When you look at the season, I think if you can take out that kind of middle stretch where you lose a bunch of games, those are hard to get out of,” Travis Sanheim stated Saturday after morning skate. “Besides that, I’ve liked a lot of our play, we’ve played well against some good teams, have shown that we have a good hockey team and can play against anyone and win, really, any game.”
The Flyers have gained six of their final eight video games and entered Saturday 5 factors again of the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot with 17 video games to go. As they host the Blue Jackets (7:30 pm ET/NBCSP), one among the groups they’re chasing, they’re conscious of the crowdedness in the East.
“Right now, all we can control is ourselves, playing good hockey, winning games and we’ll see what happens,” Sanheim stated. “We know we have it tough, obviously there are a lot of teams in the race and we’ve got to catch a bunch of teams, so really all we can control is how we perform.”
Two nights in the past, the Flyers picked up a 3-2 shootout win on the road over the Wildone among the prime golf equipment in the Western Conference. The West, whereas top-heavy, isn’t almost as deep as the East. In reality, the Flyers would have a four-point cushion on the West’s second wild-card spot proper now. If they performed in the Pacific Division, they’d be simply two factors out of first place. They’d truly be in third place of that division through the tiebreaker of fewer video games performed.
The Flyers most likely do not care a lot about that. But they do see extra positives in their season than maybe the critics do at this level. They’re 31-23-11 in Year 1 below Rick Tocchet after going 33-39-10 last season.
“I just don’t listen to the outside noise,” Tocchet stated. “The guys have done a nice job being resilient, winning the last couple of games. Going into Minny, I’m sure people had that as a loss.”
Saturday night time offers the Flyers with one other significant recreation on dwelling ice.
“Listen, every game is important,” Tocchet stated. “For me, it is a playoff recreation. We must act prefer it’s a playoff recreation, no matter the circumstances.
“It’s good for younger guys, it’s good for the growth of our young guys to play in a lot of these video games, to arrange prefer it’s a playoff recreation. So I’m wanting ahead to see how we react.”
