Without a true #1 defenseman, the Philadelphia Flyers path to a Stanley Cup is questionable. But does a group consisting of Travis Sanheim, Cam York, Oliver Bonk, and Jamie Drysdale inspire championship confidence? Are they good enough? Bill, Kelly and JP debate.
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4 Comments
No, that top four D does not have it. They need a true #1. When your top guy gets hurt in the playoffs, that’s when you’re forced to try a by committee approach. Stop considering Drysdale a piece of this puzzle. He is hurt far too often. Just unreliable.
A top four with Sanheim Bonk York and Drysdale not enough physical sorry
They’ll need to add more pieces in next year’s draft. Buium would have been a great addition to the blue line. However, I have a lot of faith in York, Drysdale and Bonk. Sanheim is still solid too. And then you are talking about guys like McDonald, Gill, Attard, Ginning, and Andrade who are in the pipeline. Shaw has done an incredible job with the blue line. They’ll at some point need to move on from Risto though.
I think the Flyers still have to stay the course of this rebuild and not get too excited just yet. They need to maximize the draft next year with the three first rounders, gain more flexibility in cap space and then maybe take on 1 or 2 more big names from free agency once that has been achieved (and not signing them to over inflated deals like with Couturier). If they stay the course they can become contenders in two seasons.
lol. No. Not even remotely close. Unless Bonk is similar to. Chris Pronger and Sanheim gets better