Tuesday Morning Fly By: Time to fly right
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Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Flyers news and notes… *One can assume that the league isn’t very happy about all of these lottery wins leading to high picks for not-the-worst teams, because they’ve proposed a bunch of changes to the lottery process that are aimed at stopping this from happening. Because the league, famously, hates fun.
The NHL is proposing changes to the draft lottery that would see:* teams limited to no more than two lottery wins in a five-year period* teams only allowed to jump 10 spots with a lottery win* a reduction in the number of picks decided by lottery from three to two— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 8, 2021
*Anyhoo, the Flyers. Right back at it again tonight, this time against the Sabres. It should be a chance for them to get a good win in and move in the right direction. Before that, here’s what we learned from the disappointing effort against the Capitals on Sunday. [BSH]
*Charlie has some stuff as well, including the worrying idea that the Flyers have no idea how to fix their power play. [The Athletic]
*At the end of the day, it certainly wasn’t the kind of game you want to see played in front of fans who’ve been allowed to come to a hockey game for the first time in nearly a year. [Flyers]
*So, tonight. This is the time for these boys to get it together. No more excuses. [Inquirer]
*Travis Konecny is just one member of the 2015 draft class that are currently dominating the league. [TSN]
*The Capitals and Tom Wilson won’t be fighting his seven game suspension. They will, though, be doubling down on some really cringey comments about the whole situation. [Sportsnet]
*And finally, the story of one of the 3,100 fans that attended the game on Sunday. A long journey, in both time and distance. [Inquirer]...
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