The Philadelphia Flyers are an awful hockey team. There are few objective truths in the universe, and this one may end up being a fleeting occurrence that’s proven incorrect via a miraculous run to a Wild Card playoff spot or some such nonsense, but at the moment the Flyers are undeniably horrid. That this is the result of seven years of rebuilding followed by an injection of talent via trades and free agent signings is disappointing, to say the least.
The debate raging on Twitter, Reddit, and the other Flyers forums of the internet has been rather straightforward: should the team launch into a full rebuild by selling off most or all positive assets at the trade deadline this year, or is the roster just a quality coach and a few tweaks away from figuring things out?