As the Flyers continue their West Coast, overtime filled road trip, coincidentally they’ll receive a few more hours to reflect upon the calendar year of hockey they’ve played. They’ve, in this time, completed an incredibly poor and disappointing shortened (2020)-21 season, re-tooled their roster, and in the midst of the season to follow, find themselves with work to be done as they sit 5th in the Metropolitan Division.
It is entirely still possible, yet unlikely, that the Flyers finish the 2021-22 NHL season in a playoff position.
Considering that they still have 51 games left before this would be determined, it is indeed odd to reflect on what is yet to come in a somewhat retrospective (or, predetermined) manner.