{"id":536377,"date":"2026-04-02T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536377\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:38:15","slug":"thursday-morning-fly-by-better-start-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536377\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Morning Fly By: Better start winning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/USATSI_22372306-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jan 25, 2024; Detroit, Michigan, USA;  Philadelphia Flyers right wing Garnet Hathaway (19) takes a shot defended by Detroit Red Wings defenseman Justin Holl (3) in the first period at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>*The Flyers have yet another opportunity to gain some ground on a team dead even with them in the playoff race tonight when they meet up with the Detroit Red Wings, again. Now would be a really good time to start getting your shit together and winning some games. Anyhoo, before this game you can read Chuck\u2019s thoughts about the last one. [<a href=\"https:\/\/allphly.com\/flyers-capitals-martone-vladar-dvorak-ovechkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PHLY<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>*Naturally most of the Other Flyers were asked what they thought of Porter Martone\u2019s debut and naturally they all had glowing things to say. Kid looked good. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadstreethockey.com\/post\/hes-got-it-flyers-react-to-porter-martones-eye-catching-nhl-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BSH<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>*Tuesday loss was a real bummer, but if there was one bright spot it was the new kid on wing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7162972\/2026\/04\/01\/flyers-porter-martone-nhl-debut-capitals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>*So yeah let\u2019s dig in to Porter\u2019s debut and see just how impressive he was once you break it all down. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadstreethockey.com\/post\/porter-martone-ramps-up-in-flyers-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BSH<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>*Anyway, learn some lessons from that stupid game you totally blew and move on to tonight. And win the dang game. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/flyers\/playoff-push-lessons-loss-capitals-penalties-slow-starts-20260401.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inquirer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>*Got an interesting roster move yesterday that we\u2019re not sure anyone saw coming. Lucky for you we have the best in the business to explain it all to you. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadstreethockey.com\/post\/flyers-prospect-carson-bjarnason-loaned-to-echl-reading\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BSH<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>*Also got some big news yesterday: David Jiricek signed a contract! [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadstreethockey.com\/post\/flyers-re-sign-david-jiricek-to-two-year-contract-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BSH<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>*And finally, no one loves giving an interview more than Chris Pronger, and perhaps no one is more qualified to speak on the current state of NHL Player Safety than Chris Pronger, which leads to Chris Pronger offering his thoughts on the current state of NHL Player Safety. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/48358211\/nhl-2025-26-chris-pronger-auston-matthews-hit-suspensions-department-player-safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 25, 2024; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing Garnet Hathaway (19) takes a shot defended by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,5,4,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-536377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-detroitredwings","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-red-wings","14":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116334684048789473","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}