Chuck Fletcher and Paul Holmgren Ruined the Franchise
The Philadelphia Flyers' Paul Holmgren and Chuck Fletcher enjoyed short-term success, but after 2020 they found it to be unfeasible.
Multiple players would be traded, Matt Niskanen would retire, and Fletcher would bank his entire tenure on him.
Since 2012?
@NHLFlyers
lead the entire
@nhl
in:
Buyouts: 8
Retained cap trades: 12
and 2nd in:
Total cap retained in trades: $17,973,178
Over that time?
Spent to cap basically every year.
Have been trying to win.
Result?
24th in
@nhl
in Point % over that time. #Flyers #NHL
@NHLFlyers
lead the entire
@nhl
in:
Buyouts: 8
Retained cap trades: 12
and 2nd in:
Total cap retained in trades: $17,973,178
Over that time?
Spent to cap basically every year.
Have been trying to win.
Result?
24th in
@nhl
in Point % over that time. #Flyers #NHL
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Fletcher's limited mindset may explain his inability to adapt or sign Johnny Gaudreau, which sealed his fate.
Nevertheless, the whole story does not account for 2012, when the bad decisions began.
As of 2012, the team completed 8 buyouts, involved in 12 retained cap trades, and in these trades, ranked 2nd in retained cap totaling $17,973,178, and spent to the cap each season.
In terms of percentage of points, the team came in 24th.
It was a highly unsuccessful decade in Philadelphia history.
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