Flyers' 1990s Rebuild: Decisions, Winning, & Collapse

In the 1970s and 1980s, the Philadelphia Flyers defined what it meant to be a winning franchise. From their 1972-73 campaign through 1988-89, they made it to the Stanley Cup Final six different times, winning two championships in the process. Not having missed the playoffs a single time in that 17-season period, the Flyers were definitively the most successful franchise of the “Next Six” expansion era that started in 1967. Once that run ended, though, the Flyers were in some serious trouble.