PHLY’s Anthony Gargano sits down with Flyers GM Danny Briere, Head Coach Rick Tocchet, President Keith Jones, and Comcast Spectacor CEO Dan Hilferty for an EXCLUSIVE interview on all things Flyers, including the state of the rebuild, player development, drafting Matvei Michkov and Porter Martone, the hiring of Rick Tocchet, and more.
00:00 – Intro
0:37 – Status of Flyers’ rebuild
4:00 – Hiring of Briere, Jonesy, and Tocchet
8:20 – Meaning of the Flyers logo & resetting the culture
14:29 – Flyers’ player development
25:17 – Drafting Matvei Michkov and rookie year
35:38 – 2025 NHL Draft and selecting Porter Martone & Jack Nesbitt
46:57 – Trade for Trevor Zegras, expectations for Flyers roster
49:41 – Flyers’ goaltending: Sam Ersson, Carson Bjarnason, Egor Zavragin
54:30 – Sean Couturier
56:57 – Why Tocchet chose to coach the Flyers
1:00:48 – Four Nations & where NHL stands now
1:00:37 – Xfinity Mobile Arena, plans for new arena & stadium district
1:07:25 – Bringing back the playoff atmosphere
1:10:13 – One message to Flyers fans
Photos and b-roll courtesy of Philadelphia Flyers.
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20 Comments
Dont put too much pressure on Michkov he's not a complete player not near , needs to improve his speed and not enough responsible defensivly, but he's young will see
That was a fucking excellent interview. I normally don't drop f-bombs…but it fits with hockey.
Too much about the building, not enough about team, otherwise, a good interview.
So we have a Gorilla interviewing A Hobbit, Fred Flintstone, A Comcast Shill, and Coach Cool Guy.
Everyone seems overjoyed to be with the team that was the 29th best team last year.
Love the leadership group. Danny , Jonsey , Toc . I feel good about the direction we’re going
We Believe in You boys.
LETS GO FLYERS !! !!!
Very Exciting times ahead for the first time in a long time.
Good job. Mitch isnt Lindros he is his own style career
Cuz you did a great job. Really loving PHLY content, especially the Flyers coverage. I hope Hilferty can help keep all the teams in together in the south Philly sports complex. I really think it's a cool thing that Philadelphia has that most cities don't. But I love the direction this team is going. There is so much to love about what they are doing and how they are doing it. In Briere we trust!
Dang I’m happy for the channel for getting the interview but I feel like this should have been Charlie bill and Kelly’s
Improve the defense thats the key but I'm not sure about that
Great interview! Really enjoy this leadership group so far. I think their heads are in the right place.
Well, I don't know who's going to ever read my comment, but I'll go ahead and leave this here. You think about other sports teams having success in other cities, like what Tocc said, not trying to take away from them—but Philly, man. You see a Boston parade and their attitude, Pitt, Florida, it's all about a fan base and their joy over their team of players. When I see this group I see four guys *who are already playing*. They're playing the builders' game like Keith Allen and Bud Poile did. As much as I get emotional looking back over Coot's amazing career, and enjoy him smiling over the success of his young teammates when Michkov flips a stupid good pass to Zegras, I also get a thrill watching Hilferty smiling at his boys killing it at the draft.
I'm saying this management team needs to know there's way more than 19,500 fans out there who are patient with players, yes, but we're cheering for management right now, yelling at the screen, when Fedotov and Ellis come off the books and Zegras lands in town. F* YEAH! Let's Go Flyers!
Awesome interview!!!!! I want Anthony Gargano doing more Flyers content. Interview some players. His energy is contagious.
Great to hear from management & the coach all at once. Briere was a favorite player of mine & is turning out to be a great GM. Love Jonesy. Tocc seems like a good fit. The negative fans need to understand what a rebuild is. You don't go from a bad team to good overnight, especially with a bunch of young players. It takes time to develop & find the right pieces, but it badly needed to be done. Let's go Flyers!
36:00 Jonesy busting Tocc's balls for no reason has me dying 😂
Bill and Charlie should have been doing this.
Great Interview!!!!!!
Felt less like a interview and more of a hype piece. Softball questions, only focused on positives. Wish we could get someone with a sack to ask harder questions to this group.
2 years away from the playoffs.
Need some more serious talent out of the draft.
G/D pretty horrendous.