The Philadelphia Flyers are eight games into their 2026-27 season and guess what? They’re still looking for a win. Our Kraken just helped keep that zero in their win column too, snagging a 3-2 victory in Philly. That win against the Flyers just added another notch to what’s quickly becoming an all-time historic slide for that franchise.
Can you believe it? These guys are 0-8 to start the season, and if you count last year’s playoffs, they’ve actually gone winless in their last 12 combined regular season and playoff games. Remember like, two weeks ago, when they were gearing up to play the Penguins? There was this talk about building ‘brick by brick’ towards a playoff run, getting some respectability back. Yeah, that’s a pipe dream now, 14 days later. Right now, Philly is one of only two NHL teams still without a ‘W’, with the Kings being the other after Calgary somehow managed to beat Anaheim. This isn’t just bad, it’s *historically* bad. This is their longest winless streak ever to kick off a season, and with every single loss, they’re creeping closer to their all-time franchise record for futility. You gotta feel the heat on GM Danny Briere. The pressure to actually *do something* has never been higher, even though he’s made a few ‘minor’ moves. Minor? Everyone in that organization is scrambling for a life raft right now.
It’s not their first rodeo with a long losing streak though, even if this is the longest to *start* a season. Back in 1968-69, their second year as a franchise, they went 11 games without a win, from November 21st to December 14th. That was a rough stretch, even for an expansion squad. They actually had another nine-game winless streak that same season, but that 11-gamer started with a 3-0 shutout by the Habs, and they got blanked five times during that whole miserable run. Eventually, after losing two nail-biters 1-0 to Toronto and Montreal, they finally broke it with a 3-1 win over the Rangers, pushing their record to a stunning 7-17-4. What did GM Bud Poile do back then? He didn’t go for a blockbuster trade, which makes sense for a team built on expansion draft scraps. Instead, he just tinkered a bit. He dealt Keith Wright for cash and Brian Bradley to Chicago for Bob Sneddon in early December. Plus, he shuffled some players up and down, like Dick Sarrazin, Don Blackburn, Pat Hannigan, and Earl Heiskala. The biggest drama from that time was when Larry Zeidel refused a demotion to the minors on December 13th, leading the Flyers to slap him on waivers the next day for not reporting. So, while Briere is facing massive pressure, Poile just kinda rode it out with some minor roster tweaks. Does that sound familiar with Briere’s ‘minor moves’ now?
So, the Flyers are still in a deep hole, desperate for that first win. Every game from here on out is about stopping this slide before it becomes an all-time NHL disaster. Our Kraken did their part to keep that streak going. Will Briere make the big move everyone is waiting for, or will he keep tinkering while the ship sinks? We’ll be watching to see if anyone in Philly can find that life raft.
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Originally reported by Broad Street Hockey.
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