Whether or not the Flyers make the playoffs this season is almost inconsequential, says Ken Campbell.
Jamie Drysdale and Morgan FrostPicture this: you go to Philadelphia Flyers' hockey operations president Keith Jones, GM Daniel Briere and coach John Tortorella before the season and you tell them that their team will be playing meaningful, playoff-deciding games down the stretch run in April.
After they inquire as to exactly what you're smoking, they take that in a second. And that's exactly where the Flyers find themselves with six games to go in the season. It's also a place nobody expected them to be.
Yes, they've lost five in a row, haven't looked particularly good doing it and appear to be in a free fall. But even if they don't make the post-season in 2023-24, what they have gone through will make them stronger and more resilient in the future when this team is really expected to contend.
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