With the Flyers getting bounced out of the playoffs in the first round for the third time in a row, there was bound to be a number of excruciatingly idiotic takes about who and what was to blame. We all knew this would happen, and honestly, I’m kind of surprised it took this long.
Enter Marcus Hayes. That’s right, the philly.com reporter with a penchant for writing precisely three columns about the Flyers every year, always coming at the end of an inevitably disappointing season. There was last year’s infamous “should have traded Giroux when we had the chance take,” which really aged like a fine wine, what with Giroux having an MVP caliber season in 2017-2018.