Folks, we are HARD into the dog days of an already dead season. There is very little reason to watch this team and the Flyers are doing very little to provide us with any semblance of hope.

That said, if you are searching for a thread, a scintilla, an iota, a neutrino of hope, look no further than the crease because Carter Hart is a franchise goalie, and should be the keystone building block for the the Keystone State’s most beloved hockey team. Most of the fanbase already knows this, however there is a non-zero number of people who think that Hart is not as good as he is and would even trade him, which some might say is certifiably insane!

So, before we get into the reasons why Hart’s mechanics and ability make him the franchise goalie that we have literally been trying to find for 20+ years, let’s be clear about what I am not saying.

I am not suggesting that Hart will be a perennial Vezina Trophy candidate. I am not saying that he will be a top-5 goalie year in and year out. Nor am I saying that he is not susceptible to giving up a soft goal here.

What I am saying is that Carter Hart’s technique and skill, specifically his head tracking ability, makes him a good enough goalie to win games on his own and should be the undisputed starter (Hart) for the Flyers for the foreseeable future.

So, what do I mean by “head tracking?” We hear analysts and announcers say something like “goalie X did a good job of tracking the puck.” Generally, what they’re referring to is that the goalie did a good job of keeping their eyes on the puck which is not inaccurate, but nor does it fully describe what is going on. By describing what goalies do as just “tracking the puck” is like describing Michael Jackson’s dance moves as a guy who is simply “moving his feat.”