\u201cFrom the time we started, we said it was going to be a rebuild, and we needed patience,\u201d Bri\u00e8re said Thursday at the organization\u2019s headquarters in Voorhees. \u201cI think we\u2019ve shown that that\u2019s what we\u2019ve done. <\/p>\n
\u201cNow, if there\u2019s a chance to help improve the team and something that makes sense for the long run, we will jump on it. But as far as I\u2019m concerned, it\u2019s the same thing. We\u2019re still in a growth part of the rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n
If what Bri\u00e8re said is true, if the Flyers aren\u2019t inclined to make a huge signing or trade for an established star to speed up their process \u2014 God, there\u2019s no avoiding that word, is there? \u2014 then there are certain parameters and patterns within which any possible move would have to fit.<\/p>\n
\u00bb READ MORE: Flyers’ end-of-season injury report shows just how banged up key players were<\/a><\/p>\n The Flyers already have established one.<\/p>\n From Trevor Zegras<\/a> to David Ji\u0159\u00ed\u010dek, from Owen Tippett-for-Claude Giroux (a deal made a month after Bri\u00e8re was promoted to special assistant to the GM) to Jamie Drysdale-for-Cutter Gauthier, Bri\u00e8re has either supported or consummated trades for talented young players who were underperforming with other teams. <\/p>\n If Bri\u00e8re sticks to that formula this summer, here\u2019s a possible name for him to consider (and one he perhaps already has): Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright.<\/p>\n The Flyers have two major needs: a top-line center and a top-pair defenseman. Wright, in theory, would fill the former. The prospective No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft, he fell to the Kraken at No. 4; many scouts and evaluators <\/a>came to believe that he wasn\u2019t dynamic enough offensively to justify being the draft\u2019s first overall selection. So far, that projection has been pretty accurate: At 6 feet, 192 pounds, Wright is not an especially imposing player, and over 153 games with Seattle over the last two seasons, he has tallied 31 goals and 71 points.<\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: Dan Vlada\u0159\u2019s breakout season has earned him a contract extension with the Flyers. Now can he do it again? | Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n Though Wright is still just 22, the Kraken were reportedly open to trading him<\/a> at last season\u2019s deadline, provided Seattle received at least a top-six forward in return. Given how far Wright\u2019s stock has fallen since the \u201922 draft, that asking price is probably too high, and it\u2019s a safe bet that the Flyers wouldn\u2019t be willing to pay it. But it\u2019s worth watching to see whether Seattle lowers its expectations about Wright\u2019s value \u2014 and whether the Flyers might act accordingly.<\/p>\n Torts being Torts. Again.<\/p>\n After his Vegas Golden Knights beat the Anaheim Ducks, 5-1, on Thursday night to advance to the Western Conference finals, former Flyers coach John Tortorella<\/a> declined to speak to the media. What\u2019s more, the Knights allowed just three of their players <\/a>to be interviewed \u2014 two at a news conference, one in a side room.<\/p>\n This situation was hardly new by Torts standards. By claiming to insulate his players from any distractions or noise, Tortorella often creates more distractions and noise. <\/p>\n Call me crazy, but maybe a coach who draws unnecessary attention (consider those two words to be bracketed by air quotes) to his team actually wants that attention \u2026 and is full of it when he insists otherwise.<\/p>\n Put down the notes, Josh<\/p>\n The Sixers fired Daryl Morey<\/a> on Tuesday and have turned over player-personnel power, at least for now and perhaps for longer, to Bob Myers. Nothing will change.<\/p>\n
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