Philadelphia Flyers 2024-25 NHL Season Preview | The Steve Dangle Podcast

Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde, and Jesse Blake preview the upcoming season for the Philadelphia Flyers and predict where they will finish in the Metropolitan Division.
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[@CheetahLynx]

You all agree on 7th place, which means the Flyers are winning the division.

[@maxaustin145]

Fedotov is not going to be the starter lol (At least, it is not planned to be that way. Can't predict what happens there.)

[@HatTrkPatrk]

The conversation around the Flyers is that Ersson is the starter, not Fedotov. They're expected to do a 2:1 split or so.

[@DrewB2400]

Feels like anybody who thinks Fedotov is the starter should just be completely ignored 😂

[@kevindoak8914]

A lot of people like to ignore that most of the flyers are young players that continue to get better. i.e foerster, frost, tippet, york, zamula, brink, drysdale the list goes on. Combine that with the addition of michkov they could surprise people, ya know like thay did last year

[@10ALundstrom]

Flyers fan here. I think they definitely have a chance to make it back. Adding Michkov with another year of their young forwards growing will make us better. I think the defense will be good enough. Power play should improve with Michkov and a healthy Drysdale. It all comes down to Ersson and Fedotov

[@Tickleyourpickle420]

That defense looks terrible

[@harrisenglehart8938]

Fail to realize that last night you went to ot with a rly weak bruins side and a pretty strong flyers side. It went to ot I was there all my family are flyers fans and yeah mitchkov is gonna be amazing ngl but your goalie situation is not great and d pair beyond 2 line is yikes. Rly hope you guys step up tho

[@andrewptob]

@@harrisenglehart8938The Flyers also had a weak squad. They had half their normal team.

[@nodyarb5438]

@@harrisenglehart8938korpi also played crazy too tbh

[@hoshilee4324]

@@andrewptobevery team have a weak spot

[@griffinburns9238]

I think you guys are underestimating Ersson. He had a .930 save percentage before Carter Hart got arrested.

[@charlieshamburgers]

These three guys are clowns. They no nothing of the PHL hockey scene.

[@ComradeDaveH]

Errson was ran into the ground last year at the end. Peterson sucks, Sandstrom wasn't good. If the Flyers had Fedotov when the lost Hart they would of been in the playoffs last year.

[@ISmith-ye4ff]

This season for the Flyers is > Improve the powerplay (which looks good so far in preseason) > Young guys continue to improve (MM looks great so far and JL is a NHLer already) > Errson and Fedotov improve to 1A/1B This is a continue to improve and next year is the year to compete for the playoffs. I see them as finishing in the 5-6 place range

[@seanfrey863]

The Risto hate based off who we was three years ago drives me bonkers. I get there’s a lot of players to keep up with and he’s done it quietly, but before you dismiss him out of hand actually check his underlying metrics, they’re actually really good when he’s played.

[@johncody4259]

They finished a few points out after the worst possible stretch of hockey. Could've easily made the playoffs if a certain someone didn't get ejected from the league. Metro didn't really get better and they just added the likely Calder winner who already looks like their best player since Lindros.

[@Trevsta93]

Their back end is "miserable" Steve? York and Sanheim are solid, Drysdale is a phenomenal skater, seeler is a shot blocking machine and Ristolainen is great as a 6th D

[@genjiglove6124]

Yes, saying their back end is miserable is ignorant. I would argue the Flyers blue line was probably the biggest improvement for the whole team last year

[@ClayBall-im1km]

These tools know nothing about the Flyers. They take every opportunity to trash them. The Flyers will be fine and surprise all of these "experts". Same old Toronto sports media with their same old boring takes.

[@genjiglove6124]

Errson is way better than his numbers last year. He was beat into the ground because we literally had no viable back up goalies and were trying to push playoffs.

[@RedRoverTW]

These guys show they haven't been paying any attention & have no clue. Their timeline with the Hart arrest & Fedotov drama is wrong, they don't explain why the Flyers fell off last season, they have no idea how amazing Ersson was playing before being exhausted, they think Fedotov will be the starter, fail to acknowledge Kolosov or Mäkiniemi, have no clue as to how good the Flyers D or young forwards have been playing, & don't acknowledge Drysdale struggled last season because he played with a major injury the whole time. But that's alright. Guess the Flyers can still surprise this season. 😂

[@stevezamorski6086]

Walker was traded and Drysdale, Seeler, Risto were all injured at one point and Ersson was still carrying the Flyers through it. These guys sound like they got their talking points from WIP.

[@danieljackson9451]

I drafted Fedotov with my last pick and Michkov around 115th overall hoping for some steals

[@matszombiekillb9223]

Wow you just put your stupidity out there front and center, you have to respect that. I guess it's clear you won't head any scouting department anytime soon. Habs fan?

[@danielcavallaro7204]

I don’t think these guys know anything lol flyers will be a playoff team this year hands down..who’s better? The capitals? The penguins? lol 😂 penguins I have 2nd or 3rd to last this year. They are not a good team and I can’t see why these people think they are better..how you know they know nothing about the flyers is the believe fedetov will be the number 1 lol smh 🙂‍↔️ come on guys haha 😂

[@matthewkilbride1669]

You guys are sleepin on Cam York. Gonna have a big breakout

[@PrudentPaladin]

Ersson did play well until he had to play like 30 of 36 games and just got ran into the ground. As long as Fedotov can be serviceable to give Ersson enough of a rest, the goaltending will be okay

[@robertreed9792]

Ersson was amazing between the second week of the season and right after hart got arrested. They overplayed him because Peterson and sandstrom sucked so bad he was their only shot. Frost is a playmaker, but he is one that is heavily reliant on his linemates, flyers have not had a good scorer in his entire career, I think if he plays with michkov he will add at least 20 points to his total this year. The back end isn’t terrible, it’s very average. And how Drydsdale plays could make them better.

[@PrudentPaladin]

Drysdale was also hurt the entirety of last season and played through it. The Flyers have said that the Ducks basically screwed up his development and that they need to retrain all of his habits

[@matszombiekillb9223]

Just like the Maple Leafs, these guys always miss.

[@elephantrange]

Caps and Pens both to collapse, also Tampa in the Atlantic. Flyers will def make the playoffs with Michkov, and either the Sens or Sabres will as well. Yzerplan will not work in Detroit.

[@benoitrobitaille5235]

Share some of what you have taken, it sounds really really good.

[@HatTrkPatrk]

@@benoitrobitaille5235 A fat fuckin' hit of reality. He's spot-on

[@corneliuswalker3319]

Steve is such a flyers hater

[@WitWafer]

I'm not typing a paragraph. Go Flyers

[@chrisporter8697]

Errson disrespect is hilarious. He was pretty damn good until he was given a highly unrealistic workload. This is a playoff team. Watch.

[@DeathMetalFlyers]

The Sam Ersson disrespect is crazy (not just you guys). Check his numbers the first 2 months of the season… and he was a rookie!!! People are so quick to overlook this for some reason

[@Boredhockeytime1776]

People said they would finish 8th last season. Offensive depth on this team is very good. Centers are lacking but the wings are very good four lines deep. The blue line was good all season last year and it’s largely the same minus walker. The defense got bad when they were all injured around the deadline. The team fell off when they lost their starter. At the time in late January the flyers had a top 6 goalie tandem by the numbers. When hart got charged that dropped because they had to play errson 31 out of 36 games.

[@seanfrey863]

Analysis of young teams always tends to completely dismiss the possibility that a young core improves internally. Flyers are relying on internal development of Foerster Drysdale York Frost Brink and Ersson, all top half of the lineup players who are 25 and under. Assuming that who they were last year (especially Ersson and Drysdale given the circumstances) is who they will be this year at their age requires a LOT of leaps that I’m not ready to make

[@danielcavallaro7204]

Dude what are you talking about their back end is horrible? lol their defense is really good..and the team is better this yr smh 🤦🏻‍♂️ these guys need to hop off the penguin train

[@jeffn2166]

You are underestimating the benefit of a healthy Coots, Risto and Drysdale. They are back and and looking good in the preseason.

[@richardgonzalez3073]

Great points guys but ultimately with how young this team is I believe we will go as far as our goalies take us. Sam is the clear number one but can fedotov give Sam the rest that he didn’t have last year? If fedotov can hold the ship down we can go places.

[@BoostWholesale]

its a soft/stealth/retain culture and dignity tank season. they have 6 picks in the top 50 in 2025. hopefully more if they move a few vets

[@enasty1257]

i know its just preseason only preseason. no need to get hyped on preseason but frost and michkov are putting in work. which is as excited as you could be. and luchanko is looking like hes ready to make the team year 1. so look for the flyers to turn some heads this season.

[@christopherlatimer1753]

jesse, it’s still impossible to gain 18 pounds of muscle in the off-season

[@amanasd26]

18 pounds of muscle in 3 months is not possible, even the biggest steroid users don't pull those kind of numbers

[@jerrysbrain]

funny how at 3:22 he said "thats not a take" but it is because all a "take" is is an opinion no?

[@Seven_Hills753]

Young team with interesting pieces. They can surprise

[@mikemauger]

Flyers winning the Cutter trade is a WILD take. And that's coming from a Flyers fan who likes Drysdale.

[@pipoj5]

Getting a dman with top pair potential and a second round pick for a guy thats mentally 12 years old is pretty good

[@jameshoy380]

Michkov is getting the job done during preseason.

[@davidsine1222]

Five playoff teams are coming from the Atlantic only three from Metro

[@missstar219]

lol no

[@FoxDempsey-v3b]

Ewell Cape

[@thefool733]

W takes by Jesse in this one.

[@robertholston4708]

The Canadian Truckers are heroes.

[@FalloutUrMum]

11 views after 50 seconds? They fell off

[@bozosaurus666]

was this show recorded with a potato at 3 frames per second?

[@HatTrkPatrk]

No? Are you watching it on a 3fps potato?