(upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Hey everybody, how you doing? - Well, that's good. Welcome to PHLY Flyers. My name is Bill Matts. I'm your director of fun and games on this beautiful debut of Matt Vey Mishkov at rookie camp. Excitement of bounds. And joining me today with Charlie covering rookie camp for all sorts of updates. Make sure you're following Charlie on Twitter. But joining me today is none other than the star of the Anthony Gargano show. It is JP Zapata. You feeling it today? JP, what's going on? - Oh, of course we're feeling. I thought I saw some of the comments section. Happy Mitch Michigan, Mitch Cobb, that's we've, we have a whole bunch of fun stuff to get to today. It's gonna be a mailbag show. - Sir. - Bunch of Mitch Cobb questions, other stuff as well. But we have to start with some of the fun stuff we've already seen today. The first thing I wanna get to, it is official. So I am very happy about this because the Friday rookie game is the game we gave away all the tickets to. - Yeah. - 17 people joining us. It is official, Matt Vay Mishkov will be suited up for the flyers in the rookie game in Allentown at the PPL Center on Friday night. So we were right, he's going to be there. That is extremely exciting. We're all gonna be together for the first time we see the mad Russian in a flyers uniform on the ice against those freaking New York Rangers. But I think before even this announcement was made, we were already, he's already turning heads JP. He's already doing stuff out there. And listen, it's rookie camp. He's up against other rookies. It's not as if anyone is out there head hunting, but he's on the ice, he's puck handling, he's making plays. We got our first Michigan attempt. Allegedly, here it is right here. Yeah, he got shut down. It was defended well. Looks like it got knocked off his stick by the defenseman. But apparently all the coaches upstairs at the skates center, the flyers training center, whatever it is now, just the entire staff just looked and laughed at John Tortorello when he tried the Michigan for the first time. But we also saw him make a play down low to Jet Lachanko, just poke a puck free here and Jet takes it to the net. Boom, buries it top shelf. Hopefully that is a dynamic duo for years to come. And just more of that dynamic skill we're seeing out of him, just like a two on one drill, he's coming down. Ah, just like nice little defender playing it well. Looks like he's playing the pass. He still gets it over to him with a nice little spin move to draw the defender out. Gets a scoring chance there. So we are seeing this is real. This is happening thanks to thanks to everybody who tweeted these videos very much. - But Jacob's tweet was hilarious as it's really-- (laughing) - I know, it's very, very exciting here for all Flyers fans. Listen, I know we have played this little game of, all right, should we temper expectations? He's not gonna be a superstar right away. Like, yeah, you know, guys like Crosby and Ovechkin step right onto the ice and their monsters immediately, 100 point guys in their rookie years, like 52 goals for Ovi, like insanity. - Yeah. - Maybe not that. Probably not that. But you can see it just in the confidence he plays with the risks he's willing to take, the plays that he sees that we just haven't had anybody with this mind for the game mixed with the actual ability in a long time. Maybe he's Claude Giroux, maybe he's better than Claude Giroux. But that's the only comparable in like 20 years. - Right. - Haven't had a dynamic, the potential for a dynamic player and it is, there's no tempering expectations today. It's everyone on Twitter. Oh yeah, rookie game Friday, two goals and an assist. Why not? Like, Patrick, why are we saying only two goals? It's exciting right now. - Obviously we have to see what Mitch Koff turns out to be, but Bill, what he signifies is hope. And that is something that we haven't had in Flyers Nation in a minute here. And that's what he is. You know, it's funny 'cause I was talking to our great producer, Tyler Zwellie, the producer of the John Mark Show and of course the PHY Philly show. But like, in my lifetime, obviously like, you know, Ben Simmons had a lot of hype. Joellen B had a lot of hype. Carson Wentz had a lot of hype. But dude, I don't remember watching scrolling through Twitter, looking for those Mitch Koff videos. I never did that with Wentz. I never did that with Sims. I never did that with MB. But with Mitch Koff, I'm searching for this. I'm yearning for more Mitch Koff. The fact that he's like this like foreign entity that you had to go out of your way, like Carson Wentz is an interesting comparison 'cause like I was pumped when they go from 13 to what, like eight or nine, then all the way to two and then they draft like, well, no, I didn't know North Dakota stayed the quarterback before it was like, that's who were drafting. So then you start looking him up and it was like, yeah, all right. And then they draft him. And now you find out about him. Like that hype wasn't, I think Ben Simmons is a great, like maybe hype and like obviously didn't really work out here. So you don't want to, but just like the type of like the hyped kind of player. Devonta Smith, I guess, just 'cause he comes off the Heisman. Like Jalen Hertz, star level college player, but it was like, what the hell is this? And it's a second round, like you didn't know. - Yeah. Draft in a bad spot. Carson Wentz already there. - Yeah, like I, before the draft, like Maffee Mishka, like Charlie and I, like Charlie was telling me they love this guy. Like if he falls to them and we found them out, like later on, they tried to trade up to five to get him and it didn't matter 'cause Montreal didn't take him at five. And it was like, they were just trying, they wanted him so bad and they got like one of the most coveted players in that draft. It just seems like it's been a really long time. Like even Nolan Patrick, it was like, oh, he's gonna be good. But this is kind of a weak draft and then LOL, like three superstars go three, four and five. But players like, you know, Nolan Patrick, we were very excited, we were hyped. But it was like, don't expect franchise changing guy here. He's just a very good player, maybe a two-seal, like an excellent two-seal and a cup team. This is maybe Kirill Kaprizov, maybe Nikita Kucharov, a player good enough. If obviously you put the right pieces around him, a player potentially good enough to be the best player on a Stanley Cup winner. And we haven't had that in a long time. It's been, I mean, there's people out there who think Drew was that guy. There's people who weren't. I don't care anymore, it's over. Bafei Miskov is here. I'm just saying, we haven't had this level of excitement. And like even with Drew, it's like, we were looking forward to him. But we didn't know who, like when they drafted him, Bobby Clark goes up and goes, oh, who are we taking? Like they didn't, they forgot his name on the way to the podium. Like there was no, oh, and he's here and he's good. Cool, that's fun. But there was no like, oh my God, he's coming. This is the first time we've had that here with the hockey team in forever. And really it's been a while for anyone in this city. This is a, if this was an eagle or a six or draft pick, this would be the biggest freaking deal in the city, even with like football seats to start all that. Like this would be the biggest deal in the world right now. - And this is a great sport sound, right? - Yeah. - We all love the faces of our franchise, whether it be Jalen Hertz or Joelle Embiid or Bryce Harper. And it's crazy that already, this man hasn't even played one regular season game. A lot of people are putting him as the face of the flyers. It is crazy. His impact already off the ice. And now we haven't even gone to year one yet, technically. - Yeah, it's tremendous. Like we're talking about what is a glorified scrimmage on Friday at the AHL Arena. - We're talking scrimmage. - Yeah, like it's a game. - But like their, the rookies are on the ice for the first time today. - Yeah. - They have a morning skate tomorrow and then they go to Allentown and play. This is a glorified scrimmage at an AHL Arena. You know, an hour and a half away from the city. And it's like, yeah, there's a real good chance they fill 10,000 people in that building. And it ain't, like listen, I'm excited about Oliver Bond. I'm excited about Samu to Amala. I'm looking forward to seeing these guys. There's one reason I'm going. You know, there's one reason everyone there is going. - Not that direction. - It's, yeah, it's the mad Russian. It's Mad Fae Mishkoff. It's a Mishkoff mania, man. - You brought up another point that I'm really excited for with Mishkoff here. Having Canadians, flyers, rivalry, dude. I haven't been on the show, but I've been seeing what's going on social media and Bill, I'm excited for it, dude. - And there might be, it's not for a while, but there might be a little bit of an announcement about a potential travel day, maybe a road game in Montreal, the Mecca, might be coming up. So as I always say, allphly.com, bookmark that events page. You never know when we might announce something like that. And I bet you're going to want to go to see that perhaps. I don't, I'm not saying it's, I haven't been told, I'm allowed to talk about this yet. So I'm not talking about it. - It's our secret. - But perhaps that could be a thing that happens, but it's in like maybe April. So you got some time. - They go there. It's like the third to last game of the season or something like that. - But, oh my God. - We're building excitement today. And yeah, that's another announcement we have. Bryn just brought it up on the screen. This week is the end of the off-season schedule. Tomorrow's our last one o'clock show, RIP 1PM starts. - It's like an NFL game, the show. - I know, man. I love the 1PM starts. - Now you're in the America's game of the week. - Yeah, yeah. Now we're moving to four o'clock starting Monday. So, you know, set your DVRs. Just like I always say, hit that reminder bell on YouTube. Never miss a live show. - The millennial stuff. - But yeah, and that's like the official, like the off-season's over. The rookies are on the ice. Charlie's not here. He's at practice. He's gonna be dropping his first practice notes video of the day. So make sure again, you're subscribed. So you see that one as soon as it drops. 'Cause I bet, I bet Charlie's video does at least as many views as the main show today. - Yeah, for sure. - He's at, he's in Michkov, Mecca. Like he's there. People wanna hear that. Yeah, so make sure you follow him, Charlie, on Twitter. And you can see his video after practice at some point today. - Hopefully he's wearing a band T-shirt I'm just saying for my personal. - Yeah, I bet yeah, he's wearing a band shirt. No, he's at practice. He's in professional mode now, man. - Oh, cool. - He's gonna have his jacket on. He's gonna have his collar on. Yeah, man. So it's an exciting time. It's very exciting time to be a Flyers fan. But before we get into the mailbag, it's an exciting time here at PHLY as well. It's pretty cool, JP. - It is, man. - One year anniversary. - One down, way to go. - We made it a year. So that's a lot longer than most startups say they can make it, they made it. And I'm really happy with the things that have gone on here. We've had a lot of fun. There's a lot more fun coming. Like this first year was a building block. It was great, but it is simply just the beginning. - Do you have a quick story about how you came up out this time? - Yeah, yeah. I did want to talk. - It's on the tree, too. - It's last summer. It's got to be like late July, early August, maybe. And in my backyard, chilling, hanging with the dog. Phone rings. It's like weird getting a call from Charlie at like this time. Like it's the off season. I don't know what he could possibly be calling me about. It's like so. Kind of got this opportunity. He's like, just telling me a little about it. And he goes, and they told me, it's going to be mostly podcast based. And I told them, well, in that case, we're going to need to bring Bill. I just want to know if that's something you'd be interested in. I was like, yeah, yeah, man. Like I'm doing Broad Street Hockey for a certain amount of money, which was very good for the time and for what it was. I'm scraping things together. WIP doing production shifts, remote shifts, hosting overnights and holidays. And whenever people call out, just like trying to make something happen here. And then all of a sudden, this gets dropped in my lap and it just happens. Like all of a sudden we're like at a lunch being basically pitched. It wasn't an interview. It was like them pitching us. I was like, oh, this is not something that's ever that I've ever experienced. They're just telling us more and more about what it's going to be and what the structure is and everything. And I'm like, this sounds like a daily flyer show. This was the goal. This was the dream job. And it just kind of came together. And then a year ago, we did our first show. We were able to bring Kelly along with us. That was really cool. First couple of shows, we had Stefan as well. It was a long freaking road to get here. I mean, Charlie and I started working together right at the start of the 2016-17 season. Wow. And then all of a sudden we're like, yeah, we want to buy your podcast feed. And then it's going to like, we're going to rename it PHLY Flyers. And you're going to continue doing that every day. Oh, so everything we did paid off. Awesome, like awesome. That's great. How did you get started? That's the best feeling ever. 'Cause very similar to me, it's funny, 'cause Renee Washington's the one that kind of got me in the front door. And it's ironic, 'cause I sat in this exact chair a year ago for the PHLY Union show. And Renee's like DM me in and out. And she's like, I got this union show. And you know, I want you to be on the first episode. I'm like, I didn't think anything of it. And then everyone remembers the day we announced and like, oh, you know, every like Kyle Newbeck saying, like, hey, just step away from my job, Zach Burvin, but everyone put that tweet out. And then PHLY sports comes out. And then at that point, when that announcement came out, I was like, I put two and two together. Renee wants me to hop on the PHLY Union show for episode one and knocked out of the park. You know, we had a lot of fun in that first episode. And I told Vince, it's like, yo, anything I can do to be around? I'd love to be around and he allowed me to hang out. And I got to meet Bill and Charlie. Thank, I'm very thankful for you guys as well for allowing me to be a part of this. 'Cause I've always loved hockey too. But it is crazy a year. This guy's gone by and we're still, we're do. And we have bigger things coming too. Like the things, people don't understand that. - It's just the beginning. That's what I, like, Gargano's show didn't start right away. All that happened and then he had the delay. We just started John Marks nine days ago. Like, this is just very much the beginning. And it's really freaking cool that everyone's been along with the ride for us, you know, this year and for me and Charlie, well before that. And we're happy to be able to do this. And it just seems to be growing. So couldn't do it without you. Like I say, all the time. Thanks to the die hearts. But thanks to everyone who listens every day. 'Cause I really like this job and I don't want it to go anywhere. So please keep listening. No, we're kicking ass though. Everyone's really excited about the future here. Before we get into the mail bag, I gotta take a quick second to tell you about what's going on right now, man. It's allergy season. That's right. We see the fliers, rookies on the ice, football, well underway, basketball right around the corner. What does that mean? It means fall allergies. Fall allergies can begin as early as August and last since November. We're smack dab in there. We know the culprits. We know what causes the allergies. It's the ragweed, the mold, plants like sagebrush, plus dust mites, pet dander and fur. We love our pets. But yeah, they carry a lot of that stuff as well. It sucks. I've been a fall allergy sufferer my entire life. You can, if you've been listening to us this whole time, you can probably tell the difference in my voice between like July and September. Like it's different. I get it. There's some things you can do to get relief during allergy season. First thing you got to do. Sign up for Rite Aid Rewards. Emails at Rite Aid.com/rewards to receive email pollen alerts for your area. Palm counts are high, man. Maybe stay inside. Maybe close those windows, run that AC. Whatever you have to do to maybe alleviate some of those allergy symptoms, go to your local Rite Aid. Pick up a dehumidifier. Dust mites and mold thrive in humid environments. Dehumidifier takes the moisture out of the air so that these allergens can't grow. And if you're going to be outside gardening or doing what I've been doing the last couple of weeks getting those Halloween decorations up. Anywhere mask, wear some gloves out there and keep some of that pollen, those, all those allergens off of you. But if that's not enough relief, there are always over the counter options as well. You can try a nasal rinse to flush out your nasal packet, nasal passages. You can pick up antihistamines like Rite Aid brand or a brand name Claritin or Rite Aid brand or brand name Zaredtec. There's also nasal corticosteroids like fluenase and nasocort, still not enough relief. Ask a Rite Aid pharmacist if a different type of allergy medication like a decongestant might be necessary. You can always ask your Rite Aid pharmacist for recommendations on way to get relief during allergy. 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Like, I think he's the best exes and those guy. I think he's one of the best writers in town in any sport. And then you look like, you mentioned the names, man. Zach Burm and Kyle Neu, like all these dudes. It's like, yeah, I'm with them. All right, sounds great to me, man. So I was just very proud that, like, I was in consideration for this. And since then, just growing the show and proud of, like, the progress you've made from being on the union show and being a fill-in and just, you worked so hard to get caught up to be on post-game with me. And now you're the freaking star of the Anthony Gargano show. You got a better time slot than I do now. Like, I'm proud of all that. Like, we brought in Bryn to be our producer. And the show has improved exponentially since then. It's been great. So I'm just proud of everyone I get to work with, honestly. It's really freaking cool. Yeah, I really appreciate those kind of words. I, you know, still, yeah, pretty much that. Like, you know, obviously, like, coming in at my background was major union, but I also did a lot of Philly sports talk. But, like, the in-depth stuff, so then I've always wanted to improve upon it. And, like, being able to be with these big names. Like, you talked about being able to pick their brains. And so, like, throughout all this, like, even working with, you know, a lot of-- I told you, like, I just listened to "Brossery Hockey." Like, all my-- I used to drive my-- now wife, my girlfriend, then, just take her to work, would pop on "Brossery Hockey." And so, like, being able to, you know, all these personalities that I kind of grew up and kind of, like, you know, want to emulate my game tours. But even learning through the-- learning from them what I did, I still made sure to be myself. And I'm very proud that I was able to learn and grow, but still be GP. And that's what I'm really proud of there. That's outstanding. Love it. All right, now let's get into the-- I mean, the first, like, four or five questions, I think, are about Mitch Kove. What's up, Mitch Kove? We'll lead it off with our guy, Devon. Will Mitch Kove have more goals or assists? Or do you think an even split? My gut tells me goals. He's a goalscoreer. That seems-- his instinct is to take the puck to the net. Like, that's what he does. That said, he's never had teammates like this before. And I know what we think of the Flyer's talent level, but Travis Connecting would be the best player in the KHL. Like, that's just true. And, like, you see, maybe he'll be playing with him. And he's going to be on a power play with a guy, like, oh, and Tippett, guys like Tyson Forster, who just fire the puck at Will. Yeah. I think there might be a little bit of room for him to grow as a set-up guy. I think it was pretty even in the KHL last year. I think he had, like, 19 goals, 20-some assists, something like that. But my initial instinct is, yeah, he's going to score. That's what he does. But everyone talks about his IQ and how he thinks the game. And if he's just creating offense, like, to me, personally, his bread and butter, especially as a rookie, as he's adapting to new level, new teammates, a new speed of the game, all that, he's going to be the power play. And if I'm the power play coach, his AS is going to be set up behind the net. And, yeah, you can pull the Michigan from there, wrap arounds, get rebounds and stuff. You can always step into the slot. But you're going to distribute a lot from there. You know? That's Gretzky's office. And I think there might be a little bit more room for playmaking than I initially thought when I was learning about Mishkov and the type of player is where it's like, I score. I think he's going to do that. But I want to know how he bounces off these teammates and sets them up. We already saw, like, in the highlights we showed. Yeah, he had a Michigan attempt. And in the other two, he's poking a puck free to Luchenko. He's making a great spin move to try to set up a guy on a two-on-one. Maybe that IQ translates more to playmaking than we thought. Yeah, you hit it all in the head, man. I think that coming over to the NHL and this level that we got here in the NHL, I think that-- and also thinking from all the clips that we've seen, I just feel like the assists are going to be more than the goals. He's going to be facing much tougher goal-turning, much tougher defense. And you talked about his IQ. You can clearly tell that. And his vision on ice is impeccable, too. So I think in year one, we're going to see some more assistant goals. I think that could be-- and scoring-- and listen, this guy has scored at every level. There's a reason people think he was the second best player in his draft class. He fell to seven out of great, tremendous luck for us, I believe. But it's going to be interesting. He's still going to have to scoring on NHL goal. He's as difficult. It's very, very hard. They're mostly all gigantic, and they're the best in the world. Yeah, so maybe it takes him a little longer to figure that out. But I bet you the goal scoring comes around, too. But I wonder if he's going to be more of a distributor early on, just as he acclimates to his team. Also, keep in mind what line does he play with, right? We're all probably anticipating Kootz and Forrester possibly on that line. And obviously, at Forrester, I have high hopes for, man. I'm expecting him to score some goals this year. And we don't know where we're going to get with Kootz, but it does feel like with his IQ, he could definitely set both of those up for some early scoring. Both of those guys, it's not as if Sean Katorier is a goal scorer. But he showed an ability to put 30 in the net a couple of times, just getting to the slot for Claude Giroux. And for sure. If Mishkov can think the game like Giroux and all indications are that he can, he can score some goals there. And we know what kind of shot Forrester has. So if those are his types of line mates, now if he's playing more with Morgan Frost, who's more of a distributor, it's going to be probably a lot of given goes. And he's going to be the one taking the puck to the net because that's not necessarily Frost's game. So it might just depend on who he plays with more than anything. I'm curious what his mindset is in your one, too. Like, obviously, like, yeah, you're adjusting in the NHL. But what's the mindset on the ice still? Like, are you looking to score? Are you looking to create for others? Like, what is your mindset in your one? Yeah, I just, it seems like this dude just is goals, assists. He just wants to win. Like, that has been, yeah. Like, he just wants to win more than anything. So I don't think it's going to be, oh, yeah, man, he's a great end-to-end player, but he doesn't use his teammates. He selfish with the puck. I don't think it's going to be like that. But I don't think it's going to be like, sometimes we beg G to shoot a little more. I remember Peter Foresburg were like, "Yes, it is great that Simone Gagne scored 47 goals," or whatever it was, but like, I don't know, man, scored 30 instead of 20. Like, you had some opportunities to shoot still. Like, I don't think it's going to be either of those. I think he, like, his IQ and his willingness to just try to dominate early, it's going to be, it's going to be really, really fun to watch. Dude, what, did you know Foresburg has a cocktail here in the city? Does he? I did not see you. Tell him there's a bar that serves a Foresburg. Really? Yeah, what'd they get at the deets from that, man? We're going to have to find that out. I don't want some of that. Yeah. It's not a shot. We know that about Peter Foresburg. It's going to be a nice, nice little setup drinking. Maybe, maybe a chase or something like that. That's good. All right, we go to our old friends, Fransky in LA, one of the best followers on all of Twitter. Will Mishkov's first NHL goal be on the same night as a Philly's playoff win? And my initial reaction to this was just like, yeah, hell yeah. Of course. But you actually have the playoff schedule. Do you have the flier schedule? Yeah, I do have the flier schedule. So now obviously we don't know if the Phillies will stay at the onesie, but we're hoping and expecting that they will stay there. So, in my mind, they're already the onesie. I love that. So the first game for the Phillies would be on October 6th. I'd be game one, all right. Game two would be on October 7th. Now, if we go to a game three, that'll be on October 9th. And then, of course, game four, the 10th. And then if there's a game five, it'll be on the 11th. The 11th is the fliers opener, 10 o'clock puck drop in Vancouver. So, man, I really hope that's the thing is, I hope his first goal is in the opener. I really hope, though, that one, the fills get the buy and two, the first series doesn't go five, right? So, while my initial reaction is hell, yeah. I kind of hope not. Yeah, right. That's true. 'Cause I want the first goal to be on the 11th in Vancouver. And I don't want to game five. I would just much prefer the Phillies win it in three. That would be a lot more, that would be a lot cooler. I mean, Mitch Cough's starting off the season hot, right? It'd be like, what was this in the goal? And I know, again, like, we've been sitting here, like, listen, it's going to take some time. He might not dominate right away. But I just see him, like, I see a couple Twitter videos and I'm like, getting the tattoo, like, honey, not making the car payment this month by an every jersey available, like, just fired the hell up, man. So, yeah, right now, today, I'm saying he has three goals in his first two games. Like, that's, you know, maybe, maybe round two starts Saturday, the 12th, and he gets off to a slow start. And he scores his first goal in game two. Man, if he scores a, if he scores a hatty in Vancouver, this city is going to go insane. We're going to have a parade down Broad Street. We might, like, the beginning of that post game is going to be me leading a parade around in here. We're not doing the dog mass this year. We're going to do a parade every game. Like, that's, that's-- That's what we're doing, Bill. We've got to come up with something other than the dog mass this year, too, because I don't like that thing. Yeah. It's weird in there. It's hard to breathe. This is, I realize, is like a YouTube, this is a TV studio. And these lights are very warm. And a lot of times, during flyers games, I'm chilling with a nice cold-cores light. You get a couple beers in you, you're under these lights, it's warm. Yes. That's a rubber mask. That is, for sure. We've got to come up with something other than the dog mass this year. And they chill. You couldn't do any fear. I'll just start off the season on a West Coast trip. There's, while it's annoying and it seems like they always start the season on the road and they go out West, I did hear someone say the players actually like it because it gets one of these trips out of the way. And like, it is a hard trip. Yeah. Like, you go out there, it's three time zones away. You're on the road. But everyone's like, healthy. Everyone's fresh. It's not like, it's not nearly as difficult as doing it in like January, February. I just peeked at the New Year's Eve game. Yeah. I saw that. Oh God. Yeah. We're, I don't think I'm going to be able to get out of that one this year. We were. Charlie and I weaseled our way out of the out of the New Year's game last year. But it's an eight o'clock start in San Jose. So it's not the 10. That's great, dude. Like last year, I think it was like a nine or 10 o'clock start. Yeah. The ball is going to be dropping as the game as like I'm not doing, but eight o'clock start this year. Like, I think we probably have to, but yeah, no, it's, it's going to be a really fun season, like just the excitement level today of just seeing Michkov and on Friday when we're all up in Allentown, so happy it's the game we take its away for. They're like, we're holding them off and it's going to be Saturday and be like, sorry, everybody. But no, no, it's going to be that day, like when he takes the ice, that place is going to go wild. And the excitement right now is truly off the charts. I'm so excited for it. Excited. All right. Another, another Michkov question here. Oh, no, it's actually outside of Michkov from goofy, Alec. It's a which rookie outside of Michkov has the highest chance of making the club out of camp. I got one. Okay. Who do you have? They're so high on him. Hunter McDonald, dude. I love Hunter. I think it's going to depend on like the health of the defense if they're willing to play. They're willing to sit certain guys that they like or they think have a role like Igor Zamoula or like if Zamoula going to be the seven and that opens up a spot. Are they going to be able to trade Risto before the season even starts? Is he even healthy? We think so. I'll believe it when I see it, you know, haven't seen him in a while and he just looks like Mrs. Games and we don't know why he just disappears for periods of time. So I'll believe it when I see him on the ice game one. But I do think McDonald's because they love him so much has more of a chance than a lot of the rookies because this roster, it's we, Charlie and I talked about this the other day for a team that is rebuilding. There are not very many open roster spots. I know, right? And like for someone not to make is like, well, are they going to want to scratch Bobby Brink for the first couple of games of the year? Like, we'll see how some of these battles turn out and there could always be injuries. There could always be trades. Like stuff could always happen. I do think it doesn't sound like they're all that interested in giving bonk the nine game try out before they can have to make a decision on sending him back to junior. They just have so many defenseman again, injuries could change everything. But yeah, he might be better than like half their defenseman, but they just have so freaking many. It's all right, man, you're basically going to make the theme next year. Go dominate juniors, go dominate the world, world junior championships. We'll see you in a year and you're probably going to be at our starting lineup opening night, 2025. I think there are two forwards with a chance though. Okay. We talked about this a little yesterday, Massimo Rizzo, just because he's a center. He's like 22, 23 years old. He's a grown ass man. Like he is what he is now. There's not a ton of like development that needs to be done. Full development. He's done. Like he's this is it. He's grown up. He could probably hold his own. It's a position of need. They like him a lot. I think he has a little bit of a chance. And I am not ruling out the possibility of at least the nine game try out for Jet Luchenko. Again, center is a position of need and just sighted, you look at the centers. It's like, all right. Sean Couture. We have no idea what he is. He's got to wait and see on him. And then it's Morgan Frost. The coach just doesn't like him very much. Like he sits him all the time. And then after that, like Scott Lawton, all right, he's a wing, he's a center, whatever. Ryan Paling is he three C's, he the four C. Like, gently, you liked Luchenko enough to kind of go off the board a little bit to draft him over some really high consensus picks like Zeve Booyam, maybe give him a look because he is bigger than you think. Like you say, oh, he's like, he just turned 18, like two weeks ago, he's like a 17 year old speedster. Like he's a man. They size. Yeah. Like he's not small. He's six foot 180 pounds, six, like six foot. He's a couple. If not three or four inches bigger than that, they and 180 190. That's basically average NHL size at this point. I'm not ruling out the possibility, Luchenko, at least gets to try out now, probably unlikely, but it would be fun. It would be fun. It would be fun. Back to the defenseman. I am intrigued about Emil Andre because of the expectations we had him for him in the past. It, like you said, defenseman that room and it is tight, but I'm curious to see how he performs here. Yeah. I think I saw a quote on Twitter might have been on Charlie's, if not, sorry, but it was like in La Parrier just talking about where he saw where he saw Andre at the end of the year and coming into camp like, Oh, he's faster. Like it looks like he lost some weight, but put on muscle. He just looks faster and that was speed of the game. That was a lot decision making, but like just being able to get to the corner first and get the puck gives you more time to make a decision. Like he made the team out of camp last year. They told us we don't think he's ready. He just does something that none of our other guys kind of do. Uh, now with Jamie Drysdale, maybe filling that role, maybe there's less of a rush on Andre than there was last year, but who knows how healthy Jamie Drysdale is, you know, like and how long he stays healthy. That's a major concern for this guy as they try to basically start his development process all over again. So I do think we could see some Andre, if not out of camp, maybe, maybe he's the first defenseman called up. He does have four games, I think of NHL experience. The coach likes him. Yeah. It's he's one of the guys with a chance to be an orange and black sooner than later, I think. Yeah. And a couple of guys I kind of forgot about like Elliott, the noise, the noise in here is a wisdom. It's funny seeing some of these names in here, man. It is. Yeah. And like that we talked about and we'll have a question a little later that I think those guys might be an answer to. Let's go to Jason G and Quinto. He says coming up to Philly for our first fliers game as a family for this year, where should we sit and what should we not miss at the FARC? Those blues, baby. Let's go. I always, I always prefer sitting up high, like my ideal seat, like if I could get red line front row, second level, like that's the ideal seat, absolutely, but you do tend to sit with more of the, uh, more of the fans, the more hardcore fans when you sit up high. So I would always recommend that. What is a, I don't go to a ton of games anymore, just because, you know, I've post game here all the time, how often, I guess you do too, but how often, like, is there anything you think is, can't miss at the Wells Fargo center? Oh, like the food attractions, food, I mean, I'm not really buying food out there. I mean, it's just, it just gets to be too much, especially if you're bringing a feeling of four. Oh, dude. Dropping more than you spent all tick. That's why I love the Phillies. They allow you to bring your food in plastic bags and stuff. Very nice. Yeah. Uh, I, so growing, uh, I went to a couple of fliers games and me and you now, dude, it's so expensive going to a fliers game. So we, I used to love sitting in those nose bleeds, dude. If I could touch the wall behind me, that brick wall was, I was, I was so stoked. Best fliers game I ever went to was an 08 playoff game against Montreal, and I was in the very last row. And that's the most fun I've ever maybe ever had at any sporting event. It was freaking insanity. Uh, so I will always highly recommend sitting up there and for hockey, like the view doesn't get any better than that. See in the whole ice, like family of four, maybe it's a young family you want to maybe help explain the game a little bit to them. Oh, for sure. It's a lot easier to see everything up high than it is down low, but it's what I always say. Kids want to sit down low. It's cool to be near the glass. I will say that. One thing I will say, especially, you know, want to teach your kids about the history of our club. And there are some good things you could see. It's funny because I actually, for this concert, the Wells Fargo Center, this is a club being artists that I went to the concert for, and I'm literally standing at the, the hat trick, um, little thing that they have, like the glass thing with all the hats they have in there. And I'm like reading all the hats. I think we've done the hat trick thing a little bit and it's cool because like the glass case that they had forever, right, it's like, well, it's full. It happens next, and it seems like they've kind of redone it a little bit, so it like makes more sense. And you can actually add to it now. Uh, but yeah, I would, uh, and you have kids, the thing you can't miss is gritty, right? Oh, of course. Like you gotta, you gotta go down the gritty's corner, see them in the, uh, concourse, whatever it is. It's like the fanatic, man. Yeah. That's one of the draws for kids. Play some bubble hockey too, man. Oh, gotta play some bubble hockey. It's the best. Be like Maffet. Play bubble hockey. 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And I think those two guys are really looking to reestablish themselves as any part of this organizational future after, I mean, it's been a rough go for Zade wisdom for a couple of years now. Yeah, interest to, right? Yeah. He had that awesome start to his first AHL season when he was an underager and the OHL wasn't playing. He was allowed to play in the American league, scored 10 goals was looking real good. He's had a lot of trouble since then, had some injuries, played some time in a CHL. He's really looking to reestablish himself and Elliot day. No, he ate a couple of years ago was like, yeah, maybe he's a wing, maybe he's a center, but there's a spot for him in this bottom six somewhere. He just looks like one of these utility players. 23 goals is a rookie for the fandoms nine last year, so just took a huge dip. He's a guy. I think it's like, yeah, man, how long we're six picks in the top, maybe like 45 or 50 in this next draft. How many spots are going to be available for a guy like day new EA when it's, yeah, man, all you are is organizational depth at this point. He really has to reestablish himself. Yeah. De noe. De noe was here. We're like throwing some bad flyers. He's like 22. I think was he trying 23? I think he got to look then. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, dude. It's going to be tough for the both those guys that kind of reestablish themselves, but we just to see how they kind of, you know, especially with some, you got to think that seeing Mishka play out there has got to inspire some people now. It's that place like last night, you know, flyers, training facilities, Twitter, put out like doors are going to be open 10 30 AM like it's going to be like, I bet you that place is packed today. That has to just inspire it's like, I want to be a part of this. Right. Like that has to really wake some guys up to if you're on that bubble. If you're, we're not sure if you're going to get a next contract. We're not sure. We're not sure how much of a part of this you're going to be. Like this needs to be the wake up call. Listen, I know things have been rough the last few years at the NHL level. I know the fandoms haven't exactly been great, but this organization is going to be on the upswing at some point soon. Do you want to be here or not? It's time for some of these dudes to really prove that they want to be here. Now, hypothetically, can Andre survive a bad camp? Hmm. I think they're high enough on a skill set and there's enough like buffer room. Like they're not counting on him right now. A year or two from now might be a little different, but right now, I think they're still very much like in the development stage with him. If they weren't maybe so focused on, man, Jamie Drysdale is going to play in the NHL and we need to turn him into something. Maybe there'd be a little bit more of a rush on Andre to be something or don't. We're going to have to like, all right, now it was, now it was a mistake to pass on to pass on Steve Booyam because we don't have that guy and maybe if Drysdale becomes sort of what that would be, it's less pressure on Andre and there's more time. But I think he's still another year away from there being like, okay, blank or get off the pot, man. You know, like, I don't think he's there yet where is maybe day no way a is. Okay. All right. Let's get to James. James, this is an interesting question. Are we okay with the current medical staff in place moving forward? I remember the distrust building over the years during the Fletcher tenure with players coming back too early and continually getting re injured. What has been done to remedy this? It's like I said, with a rasmus first aligning. This is a, I'll believe it when I see it thing. I know they've made some changes to the medical staff, but one, I think there just needs to be a little bit less given to the players like you say you're ready? We're going to give you another game. But I know this is hockey. I know it's the NHL. The guys I see the Brad Marsh and just revealed he needed three surgeries after the playoffs, like three completely different surgeries that he needed. At some point this summer, like this is hockey. It's the way it's always going to be. These guys will play if their legs like we heard the stories two years ago about Mackett Chuck, he couldn't get himself dressed. He couldn't get himself out of bed. And then he's out there in the Stanley Cup final. Like the most intense level of hockey imaginable. And this guy can't walk when he's off the ice. That's why he just need to take the decision a little, a tiny bit more out of their hands. And listen, playoffs come. This is, this is what these guys have lived their whole lives for. They are willing to be like, yeah, man, I'll shave a couple of years off the end if I get to lift the cup. And that's their decision, absolutely. But it's like, yeah, my back still hurts. It's December. All right, man, take two games off. Like it's okay. Take the decision a little bit out of their hands. I know they've made some changes to the medical staff, but I'll believe that things are better than they were when I see that be the case. You know, hockey dude, hockey players are the toughest SOBs that there are. They're insane. They're literally insane people. So you can't let them make every decision. I know. That's a good point. Like you can't tell if a guy has a concussion. Hey, man, you dizzy, you seeing straight, everything cool? Yes. All right, then you're cleared, you know, like crazy, you know, like there's no, there's only so much you can do. So like the players maybe need to be a little bit more forthright, but they're not going to be. So you got to take the decisions out of their hands a little bit like this wrist line in situation. It's one of those things like I know it's starting to start last season. It was like, where is he? And he just disappeared like how bad is it? Uh huh. And then we didn't see him again. Like, I don't know. They're telling us Sean Catori, like the coach made a point last year to be like, no, Sean is a healthy scratch. And then he had an all season surgery. He's like, he wasn't healthy. I know it's like he's hockey healthy, like he can play. So he's held, but no, he isn't. And like the entire thing could have been different if they just told us he's a little banged up, so we're giving him a night off like the whole situation could have been so much different. And like, I don't know, injuries are just going to be the most frustrating thing always in hockey. I don't know if this is a flyers only problem. We're just so hyper focused on the flyers that like, oh, this is a flyers. Maybe this is just an NHL problem and it kind of is, but there is a weird trend of guys disappearing and then we, I don't know where to go. He's on Ellis Island at the bring over right up exactly. He played four or six games. Never saw him again. Like he can't skate. Yeah. I don't know. He's not only do these play, do these hockey players have a high tolerance for pain. They're competitors and like taking it back to Philly sports. Like a couple of weeks ago, you know, people were like, you know, Bryce Harper is look right. You tell Bryce Harper to sit out a couple of games, try, go ahead, try. And that's the, like with that issue, it's like, well, he runs the team so we can't. Yeah. Right. It's, I was just talking to Jamie before the show. I was like, I know it's the Mets are now in like second place. Maybe. All right. But say we, we beat them. We win the series. It's pretty much wrapped up. Can he just take 10 days off? Just like go sit in an ice bath for 10 days, man. Like we need you. And that's, he won't. And that's kind of the same issue. You know, like they're going to play. And so that you need to take the decision a little. The fliers don't have a Bryce Harper. Maybe Maffee Mishkov is that guy, but there ain't no one in that locker room. Well, it's like, well, he runs the team. So no, he doesn't. No one's that good. His team sticks. You know, like haven't made the playoffs since the bubble, like there's no one good enough to tell me what, like, no, you don't get to make the decision, man. So maybe, I don't know, it's, it's probably just always going to be an issue. Because that's hockey. But they're always going to be like that, man. Hopefully they could just get some injury luck some point where it's like, yeah, the guy's a, you know, he broke a finger. He's going to be out two weeks and not like, oh, he's got some undiagnosable injury and maybe his career is over. That seems to happen way too much. Dude. Hockey injury reports are the best. Oh, he's out with an upper body injury. What part of his upper body upper body? I just would. I just want to know, like, is the wrist considered upper or lower body? You're right. Because that can be lower below your waist. Like when your arms are down, you know, like, they're, it's a biggest bunch of BS. Like if you know that there's like no hold for gambling and hockey, especially compared to like the NFL, if anyone was willing to put big money on hockey injury reporting would change overnight, literally, but since it is, and it's just like, yeah, man, this is, this is the way things are. All right. Real quick take. TK had a body. It was just body and like he's hurt. All right. Well, what does that mean? It's the most annoying thing. All right. Let's try to get a couple more in here from chance, not the rapper. Another great name. Yeah. Now that Colesav is most likely not going to report if Fidotov isn't good enough to be a trustworthy backup this year, how long will take the flyers to pivot to a new goalie plan? Or do you think they'll ride it out the two years of Ersen Fidotov? I think they're willing to ride it out this year because your worst case scenario, like let's say Fidotov just isn't an NHL goalie. And Ersen is not able to carry the load. We saw last year once it was, yeah, you play every night, so he's not the same guy. If the goalies just aren't good, your worst case scenario is we get that top five pick that we so desperately won anyway, like that could be bad. Gold tending is the easiest way to attack, even with a team that you look at this forward core and if Mitch Kav is real good, it's like forwards aren't bad. They need some centers, but the forwards are pretty good. And you look at the defense and go, it's not nearly as bad as we thought it was going to be. It could like, I know Sean Walker's going and everything, but I thought the defense was going to be one of the worst groups ever assembled last year and they're fine. Jamie dries, Dale's good. It's an okay team, but if your goalies just stink, it doesn't matter. You're going to lose a ton of games. Yeah, literally. And in that scenario. All right. Top five pick. Look at the devil's. Could be a lot worse. Exactly. Like the devil's picked what nine or 10 this year. It's like they were people were picking them to go to the conference final, go to the cup. It's like, yeah, their goalies were real bad. They had a couple injuries and tops and pick there you go. That could very well be what happens to the fliers this year. I do think they're willing to ride it out for this year, but I'd be interested to then see what happens next summer. The fun answer might be able to offer sheet out in Jersey, Sturkin. Now chances are they signed huge extensions and you never get that chance. But as of right now, it's a it's a possibility for next year, next summer. And that's fun, but it's this was always going to be an evaluation year. And I think that's what like it's what's frustrating about the Colesov situation. He just looks at Fido Tov and Erickson and goes, well, they both have two year contracts. Like when's my, when do I really get my opportunity? And I think next summer next training camp was going to be unless like Erickson runs away with it. Let's Fido Tov is like, oh, he's the new Czech monarch. He's 29 year old rookie and he's awesome, like unless that were to happen, I'm pretty sure next training camp, it would be like, we have three guys, someone win the job. And that would have been his opportunity, not to mention injuries this year. Fire's goal. He's tend to get hurt. You know, it happens a lot. He would have got that chance. But since he's not here, I think this was always going to be, we're going to evaluate Erickson. We're going to evaluate Fido Tov this year. And then we come up with a new plan. If we need one next summer, there's some similarities with the situation to the Bob situation back in the early 2010s, little bit, little bit. It could just be open. Like who the hell were the goalies going into 2010 11? Like Brian Boucher was here, like who was going to be, oh yeah, well, Bob won the job. Like Colesov could have very much had that opportunity, I think next season. But we'll see how that he could always, I mean, he's still under contract flyers are going to try to maintain his rights, like in perpetuity. So maybe next year, I don't know. All right. So the other question is, do we need one of these guys to hit at least be one of the one A, one B goalies in less. If Mitch Kav is great right away, then I think you have to try to put something together to almost sort of go for it the next two years of his entry level contract, because then like you're four years from now, you're paying him 10 million bucks. Yeah, that's going to happen. And that's a great problem to have. You have a superstar, that problem solved. So maybe in that case, they'd be willing to go out and spend on a goalie. I agree, man. Otherwise, like, yeah, you kind of need one of these guys to hit because no idea how far ways of bragging is Bjorna sin. It's like, we think he's got the skills to turn into a goalie, but he's never been like awesome at any level, just kind of what we think we can turn him into. I would, I think it's Erickson or wait on Zavragan and get someone in between. Okay. I mean, you're right. Dude, if we can win while Mitch Kav is on that rookie deal, I mean, you've seen the past couple, see the Cubs guys, you need depth. And if you can have Mitch Kav on that rookie deal, it'd be huge. All right. Before we get the last question in, I'm going to thank all of our diehards for joining us and all of our subscribers. We couldn't do what we do here at PHLY without our diehards and, man, a whole bunch of diehards just for being members, got tickets to that Friday game and it's going to be Mitch Kav's debut. Just one of the many, many benefits of being at PHLY diehard. Yeah. All right. Where do we want to go for the late? Let's just do J hockey fans question. I love J. What unexpected trade could become a reality this season? And that's bouncing off of the last question in terms of like unexpected maybe if both goalies stink, they trade for a goalie. I think that would probably be more of an off season thing. And you look at that, like, or maybe a trade deadline thing, you know, this swam in situation hasn't worked itself out in Boston yet. All Mark hasn't signed an extension in Ottawa yet. I mentioned the two RFAs who are coming up at the end of this year now. You're never getting shistirk and like, ah, and Jerry, that's probably not happening, but it's fun to finish. Like 26, 25 unexpected thing might be trading for a goalie on an unexpired, on an expiring contract and then signing him to an extension. I think that would be the most unexpected thing. That's maybe a possibility, but I doubt it, but he has for unexpected. What about the center position? That's what if like, who's is not who's again, hopefully Luchenko is a year away, like hopefully then it's like, yeah, he's on the team next year. So you're, but I was thinking in terms of maybe Morgan Frost on his way out. He's got, this is his contract here. You're going to have to sign him at the end of this season. He's an RFA, but you still have to give him a contract if the team's just not sold that he's a top six player, like, what do you pay him? Why keep him around then? Um, and if Jet Luchenko, maybe he gets the nine game tryout, maybe he doesn't, but he kills it in juniors. He has a great world junior champions, like, all right, he's your replay, like, that's your replacement then for Morgan Frost. Maybe he's on his way out, um, beyond that, like, I don't think anyone would be shocked if Joel Farribby got traded. Like we've heard that a bunch, um, I would be shocked. If they traded Scott Lawton now, I think he's a flyer for life. I think that ship has come and gone. And now Scott Lawton is going to play as many games in a flyer's uniform as Bobby Clark. Like that's what, like, he is going to be Mr. Flyer forever. That is what I see happening. Cause if you're going to trade him, you would have already. I think they believe so much in his intangibles that he's here forever. That'd be interesting until a team comes in for the flyers with Scott Lawton with an offer that they can't refuse and maybe that happens. Maybe Toronto thinks they're one more grinder away from a Stanley cup and this is finally the year, but she's over there. Who the hell knows? Did see a, I think it was in the hockey news, maybe that I can't remember, but like Buffalo still kind of likes Lawton. They have some guys that they think like they have some prospects. They have some young roster guys that maybe they're not totally sold on. Maybe Buffalo or Toronto, the teams that have been rumored to be in on on Lawton for like three years. But again, it's been like two, three years hasn't happened. So I believe it. It's another believe it when I'll see it thing. Lawton is a flyer for life until the day they trade him. Not for nothing, but Buffalo could really use a player like Scott Lawton on that team, man. They think that I think. And that's why they like, but, you know, they could use a lot of things that Buffalo team. They're just a poorly run organization. The 10 year rebuild, man. All right. Let's hit the super chats. All right. Just one super chat today from that name. I can never pronounce what go, go, go, go, war, burrow goal, whoa, burrow goal odds on torch, benching, Mitch Cobb in the home opener. He would get fired. I honestly believe that would lead to him getting fired. I've said all along, if you're going to play your games with Mitch Cobb, which he will at some point, because he's John Tortorella and he needs to establish his dominance. He's got to pee on every fire hydrant. Do it on the road. Like please do. I really don't want to be why I took my fan like this, this dude is talking about taking his family of four to a game, it's going to cost him like a week's pay. Like, and if that's the night, Mitch Cobb is like, this is, you have one draw. You have one guy. Everyone is there to see play your games on the road, please play your games with him on the road. But if it was the home opener, I'm not advocating this. I'm just telling you what would happen. People would be throwing stuff on the ice. You would have a, you would have a guns and roses level Wells Fargo center ride on your hands. Like people. I remember I went to bracelets. I went to it. Yeah. Like the brace, I went to a game right after that, Guns N' Roses riot when they didn't show up and my buddy was just like, my seats missing, like we have like the end of the row. And it's like, there's, there's just no seat here. They had to like bring him a folding chair. It's like, that's the kind of nonsense we'll be dealing with. If you bench him in the home opener, there will, there will be very, very unhappy. They could win the game nine. Nothing. There will be 20,000 unhappy people. Yeah, dude. Seriously. But it does feel like, and that's, I know we joke, I don't think that's going to happen. Like that is not going to happen. And if it did, he'd get fired. Like that would be a fireable offense. Besides the Michigan, Mitch Cobb does seem like he does play style that Torts can appreciate. I think they are going to get along a lot better than, uh, then people think, oh, considerably more than more. Like the thing he wanted to draw out of Morgan Frost, like that's when he got his best run of play with Torts is when he went in and argued with him. Yeah. And that's, I think what he was trying to draw out of Morgan Frost for two years, he finally did it. We always joke. Like he went in and took a shirt off and yelled at him and I was like, okay, you're the one scene now. Congratulations. We finally did it. It seems as if voicing his opinion and desire to win and desire to play are not issues that Matthew Mitch Cobb will have, like that's very much part of his personality. Like no, damn it. I'm the best. Put me out there. And that's what Torts wants to hear. Yeah. I think they're going to get along a lot better than some people suspect. He just torches. Want some cojones. Some wrong with that. He wants people like him. Yes. That's what he wants. He like even if it's like, even if you were telling him, like giving him the finger and yelling at you, like he's like, great, like great. Awesome. You're my captain. Now. All right. Thank you. Thanks a lot for joining me. Thank you all for joining. That's all the time we have today on PHLY Flyers. Thank you all for listening. Thank you for hanging out. If you haven't already, you got to follow us right here on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, set that reminders bell and remember on Monday we're starting at four o'clock. Tomorrow's our last one PM show, follow us on Twitter at PHLY underscore flyers. I say it all every day and almost forgot it and follow the podcast wherever you get those just certain PHLY flyers. That's it. My name is Bill Matt's. That's JP Zapata. Hope to see you all at the game on Friday. Stay loose and sexy, Philly. Bye. Bye. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in.
Today we’re answering questions about the Russian rookie sensation, who other youngsters with a chance to make the team, the goalie tandem of Sam Ersson and Ivan Fedotov, potential unexpected trades, plus much more!
