Tom Brady = Rasputin.
The NFC Championship game was scheduled as the late game on Sunday well before we knew a West Coast team (49ers) would be playing in it.
It may not be true among your friends. It is true among mine, and if you search either "Risto" or "Ristolainen" in the Flyers subreddit, you will see that it is true there, as well.
The Leaves and the Oilers are idiot fanbases with a Trumpish cult love of their teams. They could put six seals out there in hockey sweaters and the morons would clap.
Re Risto: Every Flyers fan I know loves him. And I don't think we got a bad deal. But Flyers fans (even when I check Reddit) don't seem to think they got a bad deal either.
The Pegulas do have full control over the GM and everyone else. They own the team. Whether they *exercise* full control is a different question, and I say no.
*Kevyn* didn't spend this year. There is no indication that this came from ownership, and there is *every* indication, including from Adams himself, that it is Adams's plan to keep money available.