PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Flyers fans are losing hope for the team’s future after watching disappointing preseason results and raised suspicions of The National Hockey League refs’ reliability.

The Flyers have been determined to complete the preseason on a high after their dreadful last season. As of Oct. 5, the Philadelphia Flyers have only won two of their five preseason games.

The two wins they have are against the Boston Bruins who are looking at a one-win record as of Oct. 5 after beating the New York Rangers 3-0. This doesn’t make the Flyers look any better seeing as they beat a team who looks to not be in fighting shape.

Though the preseason games don’t go against the team’s record, if they lose it shows the other teams who to look out for and who can be steamrolled. The heavy favorite happens to be the Colorado Avalanche who won The Stanley Cup Finals in the 2022 season.

Fans can only hope the preseason isn’t a precursor for what’s to come from the new season. Flyer fans are also in contempt for hoping the season will lead to a spot in The Stanley Cup Final or an ultimate win.

21-year-old, English Major Madison Kifolo of Doylestown said, “I do not believe the Flyers will do good. Philly sucks!”

When asked if the team is showing potential, Kifolo said, “If they get their stuff together,” having little hope the team will get a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals. The last time the Flyers won the Stanley Cup was in 1974 and 1975.

Kifolo said, “Refs are always biased,” and “There should be regulations and some sort of education along with someone to make sure decisions are correct and unbiased.” Kifolo believes refs are not reliable and should be replaced with a team of educated unbiased linesmen who don’t make any bad calls.

Kifolo said, “They have a commitment to winning but it hasn’t been shown.” Kifolo has little hope that the Flyers will win seeing as they have fallen short of showing their desire for wins by the results of the preseason games so far.

18-year-old Journalism Major Cristopher Ramirez from Bensalem said, “They could make it better.” The performance the team has shown has not impressed the fans who wish for more.

Ramirez shared his thoughts on the team’s chance of pulling through and getting a spot in the finals saying, “Possibly. If they get it together.” But when asked about their chance of a Stanley Cup he said, “Looking at the statistics absolutely no way.”

Ramirez also said, “Refs can definitely be biased. They can be paid off.” He believes that the refs are unreliable seeing as they can very easily be paid off and do a very good job at hiding it.

After hearing about the coaching and strategies he feels they could most definitely find better in both categories, as they are severely lacking saying, “It doesn’t seem very promising.”

The Flyers fans are very disappointed with the team as they have done a very bad job at keeping the hopes alive this preseason. The fans are preparing to lose rather than excited for a ‘possible’ win from their team.