The people that run the Philadelphia Flyers think that they are going to be competitive next year. They have told us this on multiple occasions, famously saying in January that they plan to pull off an “aggressive retool” to quickly propel themselves back into contention rather than perhaps take a step back and fully rebuild.
The Flyers would not be the first team to convince themselves they could turn things around very quickly. But if they think that’s something they can do, it is worth noting how unlikely that is probably going to be given the quality of on-ice play we’ve seen from them this season.