Pre-Scout: Flyers’ gambles parlaying into a playoff spot
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04.01.2026
Hook up a Philadelphia Flyers fan to a lie detector machine and ask them whether they truly believed this team could go to the playoffs. Whether Maury Povich wants the gig or not, the Flyers fall back to the earth hasn’t happened yet – if it will at all.As the calendar flips to 2026, the Flyers sit third in the Metro Division, boasting a 20-12-7 record, and four points back of Carolina for first. They are positively stingy.That is, until a December 31st lapse against the Calgary Flames, as Samuel Ersson’s struggles between the pipes continued in a decisive 5-1 loss. This is the fourth and final game of the Flyers’ road trip, as they aim for .500 on this western swing. Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers begins another truncated month of hockey, the first of 15 games in January for Philly. “Every team has kind of a compacted schedule with the Olympic break (in February),” said coach Rick Tocchet on Friday. “We’re playing almost every other day. So it’s important to get contributions from everyone on the roster. There’s not a lot of practice time when we get back. We have to be smart about how we prepare.”Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch talked in his Friday media availability that a sign of a good hockey team isn’t just going on winning streaks – which have eluded the Oilers of course – but good teams also avoid losing streaks.That’s what the........
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