The Flyers have finally waved the white flag. It’s eight years overdue, but at least, at last, the time has come.
Kevin Hayes, James van Riemsdyk, and Tony DeAngelo all stand to be traded by Friday’s deadline. Maybe more. This will mean more losses in the team’s last 20 games or so, which means a higher draft slot, which means the Flyers will have a better chance to get better quicker.
Any veterans traded will follow Claude Giroux out the door; he was shipped to the Florida Panthers last year and now plays for the Ottawa Senators. Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher said that entering last season, the Flyers were the third-oldest team among the NHL’s 32 franchises. They stunk. They still stink, but now they’re the seventh-youngest, and they’re about to get a lot younger.
