that being said, flyers have been in a downward spiral since pronger injury. that really destabilized the defense and it hasn’t recovered. and meszaros injuries didn’t help. couple that with bryz as goalie. that was a bad choice. listen to the crap that comes out of his mouth. and compare him to someone like brodeur. their professionalism is night and day. i am ok with the carter and richards trades. carter came up short and/or was injured in big games incl playoffs. and richards had alleged off-ice issues. the haul in return — simmonds, b schenn, voracek, couturier — wasn’t bad at all. but the root cause was pronger injury coupled with giving the keys to the goalie position to a flake like bryz. he reminds me so much of cechmanek. also the jvr for l schenn trade was a desperate move to shore up the pronger-less defense.

i think the next move might be to bench bryz. he has become undependable.