Philadelphia Flyers: Road Map to the 2012 Offseason

Last June, the Flyers traded franchise cornerstones Mike Richards and Jeff Carter and signed Ilya Bryzgalov to a nine-year, $51 million contract on the same day.  

This drastically altered the look of the team, as the club seemingly changed it's personnel from a high-scoring team to a defense-first team led by a Vezina caliber goaltender. 

As we all know, the 2011-2012 Flyers turned out to be an even higher scoring team—No. 2 in the NHL—while the defense and goaltender floundered in sea of terrible play and