Following the loss against Toronto Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers have now played 41 games and reached the official halfway point of the season. In many ways, particularly with the team hovering around hockey .500, the season has gone the way one might have expected. A team on the bubble, but pretty close to the bottom of the league at the same time, with constant questions looming about the franchise’s true commitment to a rebuild. No matter what, the 2024-25 season has allowed the Flyers to collect data points on players and evaluate who should or should not be on the next great Flyers team. For the first 41 games, there are a ton of key takeaways that Danny Briere and Co. could have gleaned, so here’s our best crack at what we’ve learned thus far in the 2024-25 season.
Matvei Michkov is the real deal
What this season always was truly about was the development of young players and no player in more important than one Matvei Michkov. The heralded prospect has largely lived up to the hype in his rookie season, posting 12 goals and 17 assists in 39 games. Michkov’s 29 points only trail Montreal’s Lane Hutson, who Michkov also likely trails in this year’s Calder race.
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