The hockey world is LAUGHING at The Philadelphia Flyers... For now....

[@canadianrage5224]

As a Leafs fan I’m fairly confident to inform you that the title of “laughing stock of the NHL” goes to the Leafs.

[@hockeypsychology]

As a Leafs fan as well. I am also fairly confident that the title of this video can belong to the Leafs 😂

[@donjuan4067]

I was about to type that until I saw you comment. You have a Team with the longest cup drought in League history and no sight of winning the cup realistically. Their GM has no clue what he is doing and makes very little changes year after year. After they get eliminated in the 1st round for 6 straight years. They will lose, but like the typical leaf Management, never hold anyone accountable and will spare him humiliation by moving him to a cushy role, like director of player relations or some garbage like that. Yes Leafs are the biggest laughing stock in the NHL and in top 10 in pro sports

[@JSauer21]

Gotta love how Toronto takes the heat when Calgary and Edmonton have been dissappinting just as long and Montreal being the biggest flop

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

I would love to Torts coach the Maple Leafs , just for one reason. Steve Simmons asking him a stupid question at after game presser and Tort exploding at Simmons.

[@jackmakackov7077]

Its the Sabres. They traded ROR for 4 non NHL players, then he won the conn smythe

[@AirOctivParanormal]

I'm actually shocked you don't have more subscribers. Great production value, extremely organized and well thought out analysis. Also, great b-roll, jump cuts and overall editing. This is probably the first hockey channel where I wasn't annoyed listening to the person talk. Subbed.

[@hockeypsychology]

That’s awesome to hear. Thanks for watching & subscribing, it’s much appreciated!

[@MrJabez89]

Production value? He has a whiteboard behind him

[@BigSho0ter]

@@MrJabez89 every team has whiteboards on the bench, you mook

[@TheMaxRandall]

@@MrJabez89 whiteboards are underrated

[@mikeflyers77]

I'm shocked he has any subscribers insulting my team.

[@Seamus_53]

As a flyers fan it was embarrassing to have them as our team and how they played but the second I heard torts was coming to coach the flyers I had actually a little hope in my heart

[@inconnu4961]

Not a Flyers fan, but lived in the area for a while. Its sad seeing how this franchise has fallen! hoping this struggle is temporary!

[@HigherVibe70]

A great thing about Torts he holds every player accountable. Flyers haven't seen this since 2009-2010 season. Flyers need a captain similar to Clarkie, Pronger, Primeau or Lindros. Tough enough to play against and help the team succeed. Don't know who will be the next captain. I trust Torts will do a good job.

[@hockeypsychology]

He needs to bring that love & fight back to Philly

[@LaughAtYourDemise]

@@hockeypsychology he needs to flop so we get the best pick possible preferably the best odds to get the #1. Grit and heart ain’t doing shit with mediocre talent

[@inconnu4961]

@@LaughAtYourDemise You had some good wins against superior teams! so it DID do sh*t! but you are right, it probably isnt sustainable over a long season & long post-season.

[@Marixa1979]

I wouldn't say the hockey world is laughing at the flyers organization, I think they're generally fascinated with how things are there with the organization and curious to see if Torts can turn it around. I would think that things the hockey world would be laughing at would be like the Leafs situation where they can't succeed in the playoffs no matter what they do, or possibly the vegas situation where they've kneecapped themselves by constantly wanting the newest shiniest toys.

[@hockeypsychology]

Well said. The world has always laughed at the Leafs.. I think why people are laughing at Philly is bc of how pathetic of a season they had last year. They need to get things back on track

[@insertlastname]

I think someone has a hated bias towards Philly

[@michaelcarroca9181]

Bro the flyers are at the bottom of the league, they can't make the playoffs cause of poor play all season.There a joke ! Take away ur bias dummy and look at the facts.

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

I think the hockey world is laughing at the Buffalo Sabres and all the mistakes management has made.This team can’t even make the playoffs anymore .

[@Marixa1979]

@@michaelcarroca9181 They did suffer a ton of significant injuries to significant players. Most teams would not recover from that either.

[@jstaversky]

As a rabid fan of the sport who never played, I appreciate the little arrows on the screen when describing, for example, poor gap management of that Flyers D-man on the rush, pausing for a moment and pointing out what a 1-1-3 trap is etc... I literally know way more about how hockey is executed from moment to moment that I did seven minutes ago.... and yes, we'll see how Torts does-- I've been following him since he won the Calder Cup with Rochester in 87. Thanks mucho for this vid :)

[@hockeypsychology]

Love hearing that. Thanks for watching! That’s what this channel is all about. Looking at the aspects of the game that often go overlooked & simplifying it

[@jdday1757]

I had no idea he won the Calder cup in 87. That's amazing. I'll have to look up his NHL career sometime and see how it went for him as a player

[@polishpat95]

You clearly don't play EA NHL games. You'd figure out alot more about the game that way. Including plans and players.

[@lakeeriesailor2852]

does torts even know that the trap is?

[@augustdrums1247]

Torts was the guy to right this ship. The Flyers gave up a lot of goals the last several years. Torts preaches responsible D zone play. If you can't take care of your own end, how can you create offense? So If Philly can clean that up, and play correctly in the Dzone they can be competitive. They aren't going to light up the score board, but if they play right on defense it will keep them in games. Torts is the perfect coach for this. I'm excited and like this hire. I think its a step in the right direction towards turning this team around.

[@pattylonglegs3353]

Impressive breakdown I must say. Excellent work. I agree with almost everything you said.

[@colbystrayer2057]

Flyers fan here, I think the best possible thing to happen would be to play youngsters and create growth while finishing low in standings. It's not often you have already two almost guaranteed franchise players in the draft coming up. We need every chance we can get at getting one of the two. Rare opportunity for us to kill two birds with one stone. Create growth in our younger talent and finish low enough to hopefully grab a piece that could be the one to send us into a competitive and entertaining future. It's been forever since we've had a truly incredible player to watch on the flyers, so if it takes one more miserable season and being a laughing stock I'll take it for hopefully a decade plus of fun and entertaining hockey. Great video analyzing torts, and I have both my concerns and my excitement about how he'll blend with us. Chuck on the other hand, needs to be abandoned. Not sure if it's flyers owners or his desperation to have a winning team, but he's reaching too far on a team that's too far gone. He's watering a dead plant instead of tearing it up and planting a new one. Great video, first I've seen of yours 👍

[@hockeypsychology]

Thanks for commenting & liking the vid! Hopefully, as a Flyers fan they can turn things around. I think they can be way more competitive this year and be a more proud team. The real growth will come in the years after this.

[@sethjohnson940]

It will be a good season this year but no playoffs. Next year though I predict final 4 for the cup. And it's not going to happen with pics it's gonna be massive trades for real young talent. Cootz and Hayes will not make it to the end of this season and I see 1 or 2 top names moving on also this yr

[@boomer1049]

People keep bringing up Flecther ! Doesn't anyone follow this team? His contract is up at the end of the season and then it's Danny B time!!!

[@iso33]

You guys have fun with michkov. The hawks got bedard

[@BillyAu]

🐃 time....

[@BDawgStudio]

As a Vancouver fan I love that guy

[@hockeypsychology]

Gotta love torts

[@shawnreems493]

Why dude ruined an already fragile team at the time.

[@Semaj2326]

As a Devils fan I am definitely nervous about playing them the first game of the season. We rely too much on generating chances off the rush and it seems like that plays too much into the hands of Torts’s system. Feels like we are in for a rude awakening opening night. He’s definitely a mastermind when it comes to putting together a defensive gameplan. Torts is clearly a great defensive coach and has the ability to get more out his players. However the teams he previously coached had way more talent than the Flyers. In Columbus he had a young Jones and Werenski, Savard, a young Dubois, Panarin, and Atkinson. The roster he is coming into for the Flyers is way worse especially with the injuries to Courturier and Farabee. My girlfriend lives right outside of Philly and I will most likely be going to see Devils-Flyers at Wells Fargo on December 3rd. Fingers crossed that we win. Love your content btw. I like how you analyze team’s systems.

[@hockeypsychology]

Thanks for liking & watching! It should be interesting to see how your Devils do this year. They have flashes of brilliance & are a good rush team at times because of the weapons they have, yet, they haven’t had team success just yet. I do think it’s coming for them though.

[@Semaj2326]

@@hockeypsychology They need to figure out how to have more diversity in the way they win games. Depending on scoring off the rush only works when your team is super fresh. They were able to do that and exploit some tired teams last year, like when they trounced Vancouver 7-2 or when they beat Colorado and the Rangers in March, but that's not gonna work a lot of nights. Hopefully the additions of Palat and Haula and having a healthy Miles Wood can bring the needed sandpaper to grind out some wins.

[@boomer1049]

I think this team is better then the Jackets were! Look at it this way 2 seasons ago we were a game away from the Eastern conference finals!

[@trvman1]

with PK gone, Devils are done for the season. OOPS, I mean with PK gone the Devils will be a better team :) I bet management was glad he retired.

[@inconnu4961]

@@trvman1 The devils turned out to be a juggernaut this season!

[@paddy160160]

I'm on board,watching all the vids,this one was great! Love Torts

[@the1andonly759]

Torts will whip em into shape for maybe 40 games lol

[@hockeypsychology]

That’s the knock right? How long will he be welcomed in that locker room

[@henrymanzano2201]

Objectively speaking,I give him 3-4 seasons,tops

[@mh-ct7oc]

Gonna be a long season. The kind, loving Philadelphia press is going to have a great time with Torts.

[@kevinkline7242]

The Flyers are 1-0 after beating Jersey 5-2 in opener. If the Flyers are predicted to do good they usually suck and if they are predicted to suck they do good. So there is that.

[@mh-ct7oc]

@@kevinkline7242 Just wait for the implosion. Torts is unstable.

[@mh-ct7oc]

@@kevinkline7242 And yes, I am eating crow. The Devils look like a continuation of last year's ... and the year before, shit season.

[@craigpiercer79]

I'm glad you "Love Torts", but I have a feeling you'll change your tune. Don't get me wrong, a lot of what you said is 100% accurate. I'm from Ohio & I claim CBJ as my team. Torts will definitely get the most out of his players, but you know how sometimes you can be tightening a screw and you think I'll just turn it once more to make sure it's tight and then it snaps off. That is Torts style of coaching. He pushes until the player

[@KeithK1971]

The only way the Flyers make the playoffs this year is if Carter Hart builds a brick wall across his net early on while the team settles into its new systems. It is a lot to ask of a young netminder, but it is also one of those " dare to be great" moments. We will have to see if he can rise up to the challenge.

[@stevec6965]

It may work for a season or 2 but he treats them like boys and not grown men and that just never works for long. He would be a great college coach in my opinion.

[@hockeypsychology]

Agreed. I think he will take a more balanced approach with it but we will see

[@timothymacdonnell9079]

The Flyers are doing great so far. You have to hand it to Torts.

[@FelixWheatfield]

I've been a Flyers fan since the '07 season. Their last hurrah was in the Cup Final against Chicago and after that they just couldn't hack it ever again. I hope this is the beginning of that rebuild they've been talking about for 14 years now...

[@lawrenceehrbar8667]

On his tombstone one day: " If you don't block shots then you don't play".

[@hockeypsychology]

Lol famous last words

[@thursty128]

Torts made someone skate suisides for 45 minutes for trying a michigan in practice

[@hockeypsychology]

Ahahahah no way. Is this true??

[@nickhughes8179]

“I’m trying to coach a hockey team to play fundamentally sound hockey, and this ego driven prima donna wants to showboat in practice?? It’s Gutless!! Park your ego in your pocket and shut yer yap!!” Torts at the press scrum after that practice.

[@patrickhamos2987]

Idk if that's true but it's hilarious 😂

[@acerock013]

Torts is the Jose Mourinho of hockey. He and Tony are going to get along great. It's gonna be epic.

[@matthewajtay9700]

As the Bullies, they were one of the best teams to ever play. Respect. Every team rebuilds. Im sure they were the only team to come back from 3 losses in playoffs, and win the series in many many years.

[@cookieman136]

Ancient history my friend.

[@matthewajtay9700]

Yes sir

[@carletonrutherford1799]

Coming from Vancouver, I'll tell you Tortorella is good for 2 at most 3 years.

[@hockeypsychology]

Exactly… he has a shelf life

[@jimpisani1050]

As a flyers fan I hope he brings them to the playoffs I am just glad we finally have a good coach

[@Logoned]

Not a Flyers fan but I enjoy watching them play, they're still the Flyers, Broad street bullies. If anyone can turn a team around, not just the Flyers but any team, that's John Tortorella, of all the active coaches, he's definitely my favorite to watch.

[@Willgesmenuts]

It tough to be a Flyers fan. 46 years now and full of 😢 moments. No cup in those 46. No G. And still here hoping. Sometimes it takes someone to put their foot up your ars to light the fuel. Time will tell. 🤞🤞🤞🤞

[@hockeypsychology]

I believe he will make Philly competitive & proud again

[@21sled]

Oh boo hoo…I’m a flyers fan and flyers fans who say “I just wanna see a cup in my lifetime” are such clowns

[@inconnu4961]

@@21sled

[@patrickhamos2987]

Torts is great if for nothing else, he's a distinct brand. He's got his own "flavor" and it's always fun to apply that brand when thinking about teams that need a coach

[@Vestu]

I'm a Torts fan, followed his tenure in CBJ, every game, every press conference. Even as his fan I would say he's perfect for Philly now and he shouldn't be there longer than 4 years. He's a utility coach as in perfect to get a disengaged team back together, back in shape and bring the dormant talent out of the team. He's bad at handling star players and if he stays for a longer while, there can be conflicts with said players and the stars will leave and they will be disheartened. So right now he's perfect for PHI.

[@hockeypsychology]

Well said. Philly does need him right now, but down the line, they probably need someone else who can take them further

[@Mechanicsville804]

I really like your take. It’s not too crazy and there is a little talent there. I think if Cam and D’Angelo buy into the system and trust Torts it can work.

[@hockeypsychology]

There’s talent there to make something work for sure m. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewkratz226]

Great content!

[@Rcmorbin]

As a flyers fan I am proud of this team this year torts has done wonders for this team

[@katrinacoleman6127]

Tortorella is a core-buster period. He will get players via their agents to walk away from no-trade clauses & facilitate trades far easier than any coach in history. No veteran player endures Tortorella’s coaching-style or on/off-ice psychological mind-games cheerily or un-scarred. Follow the man like he’s a cult leader, contrary to all of your basic instincts or be humiliated & hurt by whatever means he may see fit. My condolences to the Flyers & their fans, as they endure what will inevitably be a sadistic trial & impulsive driven period of experimentation. Cheers & good luck!

[@daviddean2082]

Torts is An amazing coach, you may not know it yet but you have the best coach in the nhl

[@brodyhess5553]

If they get Glendening they got this

[@hockeypsychology]

Lmao Luke Glendening!?

[@brodyhess5553]

@@hockeypsychology the one n only . Hockey player I think atleast

[@LL-ce8dr]

I have Faith in My Flyer for 46 years str8 since i was a Youngin at age 6 my Aunt was a Major Flyets fan because they Won 2 Stanley Cups and was a VERYBTUFF Team to Play against andveven Chased the Russians Off the Ice lmfaoooooo But Phillys Owner Ed Snider said he wouldn't pay Russia if they didnt finishbthe game ...Flyers end up Winning that game by a good margin...👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.Bobby Clarke # 16 Captain of the time was a Skilled player for those Times and theybwon 2 Cups and i went from a Boston fan to Flyers right away and now my whole family are all Flyer Fans..👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🦅🖤❤️👍🏼✊🏼 inbyime we will make a magical Move to make up for the MAJOR LOSS Of Claude Giroux # 28 Captain pmayed exactly 1000 games before leaving to Florida Panthers for 1 year then to Ottawa Senators Still # 28 in Florida and then Ottawa...oh i wish he Never left but we will survive 😉..Watch and See i sense it in my Bones GO FLYERS GO!!! Gritty get them going with Torts...and Carter Hart show the League your the BEST GOALIE BY FAR...I KNOW IT..✊🏼🙂🦅👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏

[@chrisxavier3147]

Torts has at least another few seasons of funny interviews left in him

[@hockeypsychology]

I certainly to hope so lol

[@nickhughes8179]

Id love to see Torts as a director of media operations in Toronto. He’d roast Toronto media and keep their reporting honest. Torts doesn’t put up with outside bullshit.

[@chrisxavier3147]

@@nickhughes8179 I’d hire him in a heartbeat

[@tomdixon1213]

Torts will not only get the flyers into the playoffs but he will boost ticket sales and press conferences attendance.

[@lucasbarnett2029]

To be fair Torts has been Coach for like two months and it's only preseason where you have some teams putting full squads of star 60-100 point pllayers against other team's AHL guys so you really can't put stock in unbalanced matches. Give the Flyers about a month and they wont be good but I'll bet it'll be safe to put them in the "okay" catagory. Torts has worked magic with worse like NY a couple seasons ago.

[@hockeypsychology]

Exactly. I don’t expect anything spectacular from the Flyers.. but I do think they will compete every night and play with more heart

[@tf2529]

Just a couple of points. Tony D had zero problems in the Canes locker room, his teammates got along fine with him and the fans loved him. When the Rangers beat the Canes in the playoffs Tony got hugs from most of his former Rangers teammates. As far as Torts is concerned, he is a good coach and the Flyers absolutely needed someone like him and they will be better because of him.

[@R7U1LE]

Eehhhhhhh

[@georgeblair3894]

Pens fan and Torts fan here. Philly is in a tough division, not sure they make the playoffs, however, Torts will test their mettle.

[@hockeypsychology]

I don’t think so either… but he will make them compete

[@lee58901]

So far so good with Torts. I have to be honest I think he's got some serious runway with Philly and he definitely had the fans behind him going in and definitely now. Biggest mistake by Columbus was letting him go.

[@joshbaker805]

Dear god I hope that phili was a typo not how you actually spelled Philly

[@jett27j30]

This season, I expect us to be bottom five, however I also expect our losses to be 4-3, 2-1, 1-0, 5-4 games rather than 9-0, 9-2, 7-1 where we look like we arent there to play hockey...

[@Taalsman]

Torts is just, the most Philly guy not from Philly

[@ICraneI]

The reasoning behind not naming a captain is because coots is 50/50 on if he will play this season to start, he just resigned for long term, he’s been a life long Flyer, and he’s our best player. He’s the obvious next captain but don’t want to give it to him until he’s 100%

[@odieodonnell7331]

Wow! Great video ,coming from a flyers fan that was super honest man,you laid the facts down without coming off like you had a bias..I'm really blown away bro... SUBSCRIBED for sure

[@hockeypsychology]

Thanks for watching & subscribing! I’m a Leafs fan so it’s easy for me to say it like it is when it comes to Philly. The leafs are another story though… lol

[@flyerbob7525]

I just want my Flyer hockey back come on TORTS

[@hockeypsychology]

He will get ‘em in shape

[@vilhamdutch2962]

It’s a miracle he hasn’t been beat up bad. But yea love the guy hilarious! Great vid

[@hockeypsychology]

Honestly! Lol thanks for watching!

[@brianstewart2215]

Flyers are done until they get rid of fletcher he created this dumpster fire and just keeps pouring more fuel on the fire. I’ve been watching and loving this team for almost 40 yrs this is even worse than the late 80s early 90s pre lindross era

[@allucknoskill4695]

mike yeo takes good teams and makes them bottom 5 teams. a good coach can turn it completely around, exactly what craig berube did.

[@hockeypsychology]

Mike Yeo does have the reputation eh lol

[@henrymanzano2201]

The Flyers should keep an eye on things in St Louis just in case they ditch Craig Berube,and things don't work out with Torts (and things don't work out with Torts for long)

[@jackgreene5868]

As a Philly area resident it seems to me the Flyers are always playing the game the way it was played 5 years ago, signing players 5 years past their prime and trying to appease fans who want to return to the Bullies era.The team executives have under performed more than the players have. Tortarella is just another attempt to get tough with a coach with a notoriously short shelf life

[@foxy9011]

If Kevin Hayes and James Van Riemsdyk are your best fowards, no coach can save them

[@dbliss741]

Nitpicking but they do have Couturier who is quite excellent. Big drop off from him

[@are3287]

im sure atkinson is happy to get back together with torts

[@hockeypsychology]

Lol buddy just can’t escape him…

[@rjdaire38]

I enjoyed Tort's time with the Rangers, fun to watch and felt like the team moved in the right direction. He is certainly fun to watch

[@matthewcrowley9822]

He was good for the Rangers as a whole at that time with relatively young 3-4 year vets. He’s terrible with young talent and seems to alienate European players. He drove virtually all of Columbus young talent away. The league has evolved and moved on Torts D first ethos absolutely has value to a point with the right personnel but the league is so highly skilled now that is just not enough. A bad team can absolutely be better under Torts but another coach would be needed to take that same team to the next level.

[@graveyg]

Keep an eye on the Flyers/Pens game on 10/25. This will be a good litmus test to see if Torts in making a difference in Philly. Growing up a Pens fan from Pittsburgh, I always hated the Flyers and their fans always hated us. It’s the kind of old time hockey rivalry that makes the sport so fun to watch. However, since the rise of Sid and Ovi, the Pens vs Caps rivalry has overshadowed the Pens vs Flyers one. As far as 10/25 goes, with the Pens playing in Pittsburgh two days before and back in Pgh the next day, they might be distracted and tired. If Torts and team make a statement against the Sullivan system, that would certainly get the Philly fans on board and could be the spark the team needs for a playoff run. For as much as I always hated the Flyers, I do miss the competitive rivalry. It made for some great (and long) games.

[@Tristan-nd9lj]

good stuff

[@hockeypsychology]

Thanks for watching

[@whackronomicon]

Torts will squeeze the most out of Philly until they're dead on their skates, black & blue with broken bones from blocking shots. The yelling and berating players wears thin pretty quickly. When he came to the Rangers I felt exactly how you feel rn. He's focused, determined, a great motivator and wildly entertaining. Until he's not. +/- of 2 seasons until he loses the room.

[@sethjohnson940]

Flyers fan here.....I don't think they will make the playoffs but I do think we will see a huge change in the way the Flyers are Perceived by everyone with a huge guaranteed final 4 chance for the cup the following year. If the new coach can do what we all know he can this is without a doubt 💯 a championship team within the next 3 year's. Remember u heard it from me first. I see a ton of potential and major trades coming to make this possible. Starting with cootz and Hayes. These 2 won't make it to the end of this season.

[@michaelcurran3451]

As a Flyers fan, you’re crazy. Have you watched this team? Till They fire Fletcher (GM) they will remain trash. Injuries didn’t help, but with everyone healthy they weren’t a playoff team. Johnny Hockey wanted to play for us, and we gave his money to Risto. The Flyers are going to be the Sabresfor the next decade.

[@terryslota2224]

Torterella is an old school no nonsense coach like i was used to watching from the late 50s on. i wish my Hawks would have hired him....

[@droogiesouls8635]

NHL needs more character coaches. I hope that Babcock will make return soon. It was so unfair to fire and banish him for NHL just because Marner got upset.

[@hockeypsychology]

The game is changing for sure. What may have worked or been accepted 20-25 years ago is now taboo in the league

[@droogiesouls8635]

@@hockeypsychology Sure, but whether it is for the better or worse, is up for debate. I believe that players need to have certain mental toughness to face tough opponents, and also tough and highly demanding coaches.

[@nickhughes8179]

Babcock is a dated caveman. He grew a Phaneuf brow in Toronto, was exposed as using dated tactics, and assaulted players. What he pulled on a rookie Marner could’ve alienated him from the locker room and possibly damaged his career. All because Babcock wanted Dylan Strome.

[@CharlieND]

Torts is probably the hockey version of Fletcher from Whiplash.

[@brucegemmell730]

Love Mike Gardner. Great player. Was a huge part of Team Canada 87, best team ever assembled.

[@northernrebel1375]

They have a young team this year. I think Tortorella is a good match for a team with young players. I’d like to have seen the Devils hire him for this season. I feel too often that Ruff babies the young devils players. In his post game pressers he’s always just talking about the good takeaways from the game even when they played horribly.

[@kevinb2844]

Appreciate your video as a flyers fan have been despondent as I think the general manager is literally the worst in their history…. Overall hate when son of a general manager gets opportunities he really doesn’t deserve…. Overall feel talent level is such-it will be like getting blood from a stone… hope you are correct on several points and believe they will be more competitive but like you said-he will eventually burn them out and the talent level will remain sparse until they get another general manager

[@davidarmitage289]

New sub here…..and Flyers Fan. Torts move would have played well with our former Owner Ed Snider. He built the bullies reputation on toughness and Torts will make the team tougher to play against which Ed would have liked. Last year was ice Capades at the Wells Fargo,

[@keithball6480]

Don't think Torts is an "old style coach at all". He loves the camera too much....he's a celebrity coach.

[@Vestu]

I'm not sure Philly can make it to the playoffs even with Torts doing his job perfectly. The situation is just too messy and dire. I would be happy if they did and it would surprise me. What I'm observing primarily is to see the team getting it back together and start to build things up and maybe get some good trades during the next four seasons with Torts and then we can see great things happening.

[@TravieBallin]

Thumbnail and many short clips in this video taken by me

[@hockeypsychology]

Hi Travie, I’ve attached link to your page in our bio giving credit to some of the footage in this vid.

[@TravieBallin]

@@hockeypsychology appreciate it

[@freedom1028]

Love Torts. No time for babies.

[@derrick4544]

Simple answer: Just go get the 75' team and "BAM"...NO ONE'S TAKING THE OFFENSIVE BLUE LINE AND STILL HAVE TEETH! #bringbackhittingtohockey

[@chachmon5180]

this has aged well so far

[@hockeypsychology]

Thus far, Torts is working his magic 😂

[@Detector1977]

As a pens fan I approve of their tradjectory 🙂

[@celluloidtherapy5003]

D’Angelo is a damn fine defenseman. So, he had a fight with a teammate, big deal.

[@hockeypsychology]

Tony D is a good player. His fire may be more of what they need? But either way, it’s certainly a bet

[@ogieoglethorpe3788]

@@hockeypsychology no one denies deangelo has talent BUT do you really think deangelo and totorella is going to be a good mix? honestly i will be shocked if deangelo lasts a season with torts as coach

[@matthewdonohue8400]

Good job on the analysis. Torts will get the most out of his players. He will reward those he likes and make anyone uncomfortable he has a problem with. Laughton or Konecny will at least be alternate captains. In time there will be friction with Torts, especially if a fan favorite like Couturier gets his wrath. He rules out of fear. You dont play the way he wants, you will not play.

[@buckappel6835]

The Flyers are 1-3-0 in the preseason and has been outscored 10-4.

[@josephlucera6232]

Team is young is just a question mark on how rookies produce

[@hockeypsychology]

They should be hungry.. will be interesting to see how they compete this year

[@josephlucera6232]

@@hockeypsychology as a flyers fan i have high hopes but we will see💯

[@angrydalailama6089]

They're gonna be a pain in the ass. Torts is a GEM.

[@joegoodman6787]

A good bag skate should whip these guys into shape

[@hockeypsychology]

That’s the hope! Lol

[@DS-mo7vu]

I don't think they go from 29th to playoffs just from a coaching change and I'm not familiar with their offseason moves, if any.

[@hockeypsychology]

Nothing to notable. They signed Tony Deangelo & that was pretty much it. A lot of new & young blood this year

[@DS-mo7vu]

@@hockeypsychology yea it may take a couple years, what NYR did with their run after being terrible was borderline weird but all world goaltending helps. See what happens I loved him in NY, I'd turn their post games on just to listen to him. Lol

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

Did you add the "for now" after you saw what a great start they had?

[@sammarvel8]

Torts is what we need! He’s a couch that won’t let up! He’ll make you do suicides for a poor performance and he will break our team! He’s everything Dave Hakstol failed to be for us in his later years.

[@jonnywhite6541]

Flyers are gonna suprise this year

[@willcc5074]

I think Torts is the right coach, but this is going to be a tough year. No way this team will make the playoffs. They lack talent, the Dmen are way below average, and they lack speed. No coach can overcome these deficiencies. They will struggle mightily to score goals. They have to get rid of Fletcher who has drafted and traded terribly. He should get the axe when this team wins less than 30 games this season, but ownership will probably blame Torts and fire him instead.

[@hockeypsychology]

I agree. Torts will have some leeway to get this team on track, but 2-3 years at most

[@NeumsFor9]

This may be the first time since 1979 I don't watch this team. No way Comcast is getting any of my money. That needs to be earned.

[@joemcguire5017]

As a hungry Flys fan born in 79 (witnessing multiple Cup final fails), I was immediately was gonna start poppin ish like an idiot at very beginning….but you know what the F you’re talking about. Facts all around . Torts being head coach is the BEST NEWS for Philadelphia. At least they will begin to become a top contender…maybe not this season or next…but if Fletcher the f**ko brain trades away everyone, they will never be the opponent to beat. Stay with this roster (which is very tough now if ya look) they can be like a Capitals cup winning team a few years ago. There’s a heavy handful of players that will hit hard and fight ANYONE! Facts!

[@marie2274]

Kinda wondering if the Avs would have won the Cup if Torts was the coach?

[@hockeypsychology]

Definitely and interesting thought… not too sure they would have

[@marie2274]

@@hockeypsychology As MacKinnon calls Betzy 'Surfer Dude' which is mellow, I don't picture Torts that way, some players need that I just don't know. Some players had problems with Patrick Roy coaching style.

[@jahnvansohn9906]

I feel like Torts is probs overrated, he had a Columbus team with an amazing roster, and didn’t do anything with it.(Panarin, Atkinson, Jones, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Dubois(he was good there), Duclair and Werenski. And btw also Bob That should be enough to be an ELITE team.

[@hockeypsychology]

True, that team had talent but I’d argue he got the most out of guys in that situation.

[@doubledavid95]

That's not the way i see it. It's a lot more nuanced than that.

[@paulbaglio6295]

I was hoping the Bruins would hire Torts🤣 he's a bad man

[@northernrebel1375]

Could you do a video like this on the devils. They are an interesting team this year and some analysis would be cool.

[@motogig7803]

Give Torts lemons and he will squeeze the shit out of those lemons and get results. He will make players better and find a way.

[@gregchezick7757]

The big thing about DuBois in columbus that everyone seems to ignore, is that Dubois' effort was poor because of torts' behavior as a coach. Torts is just now a bad coach now and has no clue how to be successful in the current NHL, and is frankly unhinged.

[@davideaston6944]

I still have no idea 😆

[@hockeypsychology]

Lol

[@bobmclean501]

allow a little more time between cuts. at 1:16, 2:02 and a couple other times, your voice starts too soon and I can't make our the first word. It's ok to have cuts don't try to hide them. Also maybe disable the closed captions. They're not very accurate and kind of takes away from the video's quality. Overall great content.. I'm enjoying your videos. I mean it as constructive criticism.

[@nalby8312]

If the flyers play off the forecheck and use the size they have.. they could maybe get a first round exit. But that'd be progress, no joke. Farabee, tippett, they got young talent, it could work out - and torts actually coached the jackets v well for many seasons (u pointed out some good parallels between the 2 teams)

[@CaptainAeroz]

As someone who is die hard Philly, trash the entire team. Restart. I just wonder what the 19-20 squad could’ve done with torts as the coach. Maybe a cup? Who knows. We need a redo in Philly as far as hockey goes.

[@oddity4all2see]

Hard core flyers fan for life. I think it goes beyond coaching. I'm starting to feel like Chuck Fletcher hates the organization. Why on earth would he keep doing this to us. Is it a coincidence that stars such as Ellis came to us and either gets season if not career ending injuries? Or even worse make bad trades with our net minders such as Bob? I love and hate torts. I'm not liking the distance he's pushing Hayes further out the locker room. Lastly, I love the addition of Tony d. Yet I'm starting to see the tension between him and some of the team. The other night he scored from the blue line and then waited for the guys On ice to catch up to him for the celebration. I'm wondering if anybody else noticed how TK couldn't even look him in the eye basically snubbing him. It doesn't seem that the beef between him and TK has been squashed. Anyone else noticing that?

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

MAYBE NBC-Comcast should focus on getting out of last place every year instead of getting rid of statues, canceling outings to Trump golf courses, and having gay pride night's. They might actually fill more than half an arena without their left wing politics and kiddie gimmick mascots

[@user-zb7tg5hi3t]

Flyers have been an absolute joke since Ed snider passed away. Terrible players who are soft. Need to overhaul the team.

[@hockeypsychology]

They do need a reset if they don’t get things on track here quick

[@miguelitomarques8]

As a Sens fan, it's so good not to have my team as the league's laughing stock anymore... My god...

[@chrispeters8555]

You guys never were... the Arizona Coyotes have had that title for many years now lol

[@J77199]

There is 0 chance they sniff the playoffs. However they will defend slightly better and work a lot harder...for a while

[@hockeypsychology]

Ya I agree also. It’ll be tough for their roster to sniff the playoffs but I think they will compete

[@valdavis7461]

I've been following the Flyers since 1998. This team is the worst in franchise history-even worse than the 2006-07 team that finished dead last in points. What they need is to tank for 3-4 years and build around a number one center, wing, defenseman, and goalie. Then they can draft other players, sign free agents, and make trades that will fill in the other spots. This team is garbage and cannot win even with Tortorella. A team cannot win the Stanley Cup without superstar talent and the only way the Flyers will get it is by drafting in the top 5 for the next 3-4 seasons. Just trade all players with value and ice teams that cannot win for a few years and then once they have enough assets in terms of draft picks, they'll be able to get compete.