Enigmatic Flyers handle highs and lows of rollercoaster seas

Posted by seestyle on August 4th, 2022

PHILADELPHIA--The Flyers are certifiably extreme.

They've been ice-cold this season, Chris Young Jersey exemplified by a 10-game losing streak strung out from November to early December that landed the Flyers at the bottom of Metropolitan Division standings.

And they've been en fuego --the proof being the Flyers 10-0-2 stretch in February that fueled their climb from the bottom of the division standings to the top.

Depending on which Flyers team shows up, things can swing greatly, and there doesnt seem to be an in between.

We knew we were gonna have to fight some challenges, and ups and downs," Flyers coach Dave Hakstol stated simply on Sunday. "Our group has done that and stuck together through it all.

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Despite some rough skids this season that include dropping seven of their first eight games in March, the Flyers sent a strong me sage over St. Patrick's Day weekendby holding firm in theirgrip on the No. 3 spot in the division and Andrew Heaney Jersey moving only four points behind the Capitals for first place with nine games remaining in the regular season.

Philly got back to their winning ways, snagging all four four points on a back-to-back this weekend. After beating the Hurricanes 4-2 down in Carolina on Saturday, the Flyers dominated the Metro-leading Capitals with a 6-3 home-ice win le s than 24 hours later.

With Columbus, New Jersey and Florida right behind Philly, currently fighting for wild card spots, Hakstol pointed out that the remaining games of the season are basically all playoff games.

The Flyers are a team that can thrive under the pre sure. The tribulations theyve endured this yearhelp silence any panic alarms about their position.

I think its tough going through a stretch like that 10-game losing streak but if youre able to take all the positives from that and, you know, we go into tough stretches right now, were not nervous, were not worried, said Travis Konecny, who has 19 goals Kole Calhoun Jersey for the Flyers.

Weve been in the situation, we know how to bring it back in, control our emotions, stick with it, stay positive. I think its just paid off for us here. We know how to take the adversity and turn it around and make it positive.

Heading into this season, the Flyers were seen as an inexperienced team with young players--Nolan Patrick, Ivan Provorov, Shane Gostisbehere and Konecny, among others--who were full of potential.In a stacked Metropolitan division, it was a sumed, though, those young players likely wouldnt develop quickly enough for Philly to become a playoff team.

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After their 10-game skid, Philadelphia became the fifth team in NHL history to follow up a slump of that spanwithsix straight wins.

Hakstol said that Cam Bedrosian Jersey despite the rollercoaster season, it didn't defy his expectations.

There havent really been any surprises. I felt like we were a team thats gonna be battling for a playoff spot, a team thats going to be a good team Darin Erstad Jersey and continue to get better, Hakstol said.

The Flyers major flaw is inconsistency. It's what will make or break them in the playoffs, should they hold off the Blue Jackets, Devils and Panthers.

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Despite the highs and lows of the season, Konecny says theres one factor that never wavered.

Honestly I dont think the confidence ever left, Konecny said. We know what were capable of and I think we just looked at it as, it was a tough stretch a couple weeks ago but we were still in the drivers seat. Theres teams chasing us.

Nine regular-season games remain on Philadelphia's schedule, including a home matchup against the Penguins, who sit two points ahead of the Flyers in the division standings. Eight points separate the Flyers from the ninth-place Panthers, even though Florida owns a dangerous four games in hand. So, the Felix Pena Jersey Flyers are chasing up, while also being very aware of what is taking place behind them.

Honest to God, I havent heard one bad thing from the locker room for the entire season--ups, downs, it doesnt matter what it is. We all stick together and we know what were capable of doing.Were a very confident team. Were humble, we know that were deserving to be where we are but were still grooming ourselves everyday, Konecny said.