The Fan Blog : Ek on Flyers:Bedard vs. Michkov: The new Crosby vs. Ovechkin.

Where is everyone? Biggest game of the year.

Macklin Celebrini is better than Bedard, and he's only 18 years old, heck, Logan Cooley is better than Bedard too. Not to take anything away from Connor Bedard, he's a great young offensive player, but Celebrini and Cooley could skate circles around that kid when you compare their games wholistically.

Keep playing Fedotov and the Flyers might just get a top 5 pick

Guess we have a goalie battle today?

Both goalies stink

At least Michkov is stat padding

Fedotov looks cooked- keep playing him

Fedotov looks cooked- keep playing him
- Trox88

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Flyers may end up with a team save % below .875- truly horrific. Not above .900 % no shot at the playoffs.

This game is killing me today in fantasy playoffs..... Opponent has Seeler, Donato and Konecny....

Will we ever see Fedotov play for the Flyers again? TBD

This game is killing me today in fantasy playoffs..... Opponent has Seeler, Donato and Konecny....
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

I have 3 centers out. Mcdavid stall and Stephenson. Picked up cates and coots. Each with an assist today

If we get 1st or 2nd overall who you taking

Buffalo up 4 2

If we get 1st or 2nd overall who you taking
- SlNlSTER

Schaefer or Misa

Will we ever see Fedotov play for the Flyers again? TBD
- Trox88

Make him starter next season. Guaranteed top pick

Schaefer or Misa
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Any preference

Apparently hart court starts in April if he becomes not guilty, do the Flyers sign him

Any preference
- SlNlSTER

May lean Schaefer.

Make him starter next season. Guaranteed top pick
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

I like your forward thinking to tank for McKenna

Better weekend then expected, only 1 point- good job

Crosby 6 points away from beating a Gretzky record

Another perfect loss today, 2 points for Michkov!

It's interesting to see the Blackhawks and compare where they are in their rebuild to the Flyers.

For the Blackhawks, they have their potential generational talent in Connor Bedard, who plays that all important 1C position. The Flyers have no 1C on their team or in their system as yet.

Oliver Moore and Frank Nazar look like potential top-six pieces for the Blackhawks, Moore being that all important 2C. The Flyers have Luchanko who should be their 2C, and of course Michkov at RW, who has potential to be not generational, but just below that, and TK who is an estalbished NHL top six winger.

The Blackhawks have Artyom Levshunov, who looks like a potential 1D top-pairing defender. The Flyers have no top-pairing defender on their roster or in their system. The Blackhawks also have Korchinski who also projects to be a top-pairing defender. The Flyers have Bonk who may project to be a top-pairing defender, but certainly not a 1D.

And finally, the Blackhawks just got Spencer Knight to be their goalie of the future. He didn't have a good game today but he is a top prospect. The Flyers are once again a mess in nets.

So in summary, Blackhawk fans have a lot to look forward to, seeing a team that already has a 1C, 2C, 1D, 2D, top six winger and a young and highly touted goaltender, while Flyers fans scratch their heads as they watch a team with no goalie, no 1D, maybe a 2D, no 1C, maybe a 2C and two top 6 wingers.

Fans are not stupid. They can handle a rebuild as long as they see key positions being filled by exciting players or prospects. This is a very important off season for Briere. He has a lot of work to do.