It’s hard to remember the last time there was any reason to be excited about Philadelphia Flyers hockey.

Maybe the pandemic bubble?

That feels like a lifetime ago.

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Ever since then, this organization has been a directionless disaster.

Multiple seasons of refusing to go all-in on a rebuild has left them purgatory.

Sure, most of us weren’t alive to ever see them win a Cup.

But they were a team that you either loved or you despised.

A team constantly in the mix.

And in the past few years they’ve just been…irrelevant.

But that all changes now that 39 is buzzing around out there in a Flyers sweater.

He’s explosive, he’s creative, he’s competitive, he’s unbelievably skilled.

Pretty much everything the Flyers have been lacking over the last few years.

Are the Flyers a lock to be a playoff team this year?

They’re still young and have plenty of holes in the roster.