To continue the trend of doom and gloom in Flyerland - because, let’s be real, it’s all deserved - let’s talk about pain today. Pain that we as a fanbase have suffered through over the past three seasons of Dave Hakstol, not even the older stuff. 2015-16 was pretty fun, but it ended in pain with a first round exit in embarrassing fashion at the hands of the Washington Capitals. 2016-17 saw missing the playoffs, and our coach benching the team’s best defenseman at the time in Shayne Gostisbehere for multiple games. It also saw Travis Konecny benched, and younger players punished for straying away from the system.
In three years, the Flyers have gone no further than game six of the first round
