I’m as excited about the Philadelphia Flyers prospects as anyone else. I can’t wait until the day comes when we are free from the contracts of older players like Mark Streit, Matt Read and Nick Schultz, and they are replaced with the likes of Ivan Provorov, Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny. Combine players like that with the young core of Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek, Wayne Simmonds, Braydon Schenn, Sean Couturier and Shayne Gostisbehere, and it’s easy to see the Flyers as a legitimate Stanley Cup contender in a few years.
Here’s the question though. Why do the Philadelphia Flyers fans, and in certain cases the club commentators, feel the need to rush the Flyers prospects up to the NHL club this year?