AGM Alyn McCauley Shares his thoughts on the Rebuild and fans
In the midst of the Philadelphia Flyers' rebuild, the fans are becoming increasingly demanding.
In order to build a contender, any hockey team must rebuild, and McCauley recalled the Penguins, Capitals, and Blackhawks had to lose in order to win later and acquire top talent.
«You look at some of the teams that have been successful and take recent winners [excluding expansion Vegas],» McCauley said. «The [Alex] Ovechkins or the [Sidney] Crosbys and, go back a little further, [Pavel] Datsyuk and [Hank] Zetterberg.
«Some of these teams that were built you had to kinda lose � sorry, I didn't mean Detroit, I mean more Chicago and [Jonathan] Toews and [Patrick] Kane � the core pieces that were built around kinda came through some difficult times.
«If you want to have those real difference-makers in your lineup, more times than not that's where those players come from. You can get lucky with some guys that come along later in the draft, but typically those first three picks are where you find those players � I guess [Cale, fourth overall pick] Makar would be an exception.
«You can find those exceptions to any general rule. Not to say we're looking to bottom out like some of those teams may have. But at the same time let's be realistic where we're at.»
«Some of these teams that were built you had to kinda lose � sorry, I didn't mean Detroit, I mean more Chicago and [Jonathan] Toews and [Patrick] Kane � the core pieces that were built around kinda came through some difficult times.
«If you want to have those real difference-makers in your lineup, more times than not that's where those players come from. You can get lucky with some guys that come along later in the draft, but typically those first three picks are where you find those players � I guess [Cale, fourth overall pick] Makar would be an exception.
«You can find those exceptions to any general rule. Not to say we're looking to bottom out like some of those teams may have. But at the same time let's be realistic where we're at.»
Despite the fans swallowing bitter medicine for a while, McCauley said that the team intends to increase transparency and keep them informed by including them in the team's happenings.
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«Yes, the Flyers fans are demanding and that's good,» McCauley said. «Having expectations and to be successful is fine by me. That's where we want to get to.»
In light of the fact that both the team and fans want to succeed, Assistant GM McCauley thinks it's good that the fans have expectations for the team.
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