Template talk:Philadelphia Flyers roster

Why not use template at Philadelphia Flyers in place of Current roster table?
Looking at the other Big Four sports pages I noticed their roster templates were used on the main team pages current roster section instead of a separate wikitable. --Ulf17 (talk) 21:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's been mentioned and rejected before. I totally agree with using it, and have no idea why other oppose it, but it never hurts for someone else to bring it up.  Try it here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey
 * Probably because it doesn't contain as much info as the wikitable. Perhaps it could be improved to include more. --Ulf17 (talk) 21:55, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

UFAs
Where's the UFAs? they're not supposed to be removed until they retire, sign elswhere, or team declares it won't be re-signing them. GoodDay (talk) 20:30, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * PS- I've restored Captain Jason Smith to the roster. GoodDay (talk) 20:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * They are not part of the roster at this point according to the Flyers. --72.25.16.185 (talk) 21:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Ice Hockey has chosen to keep UFAs on the previous season team's roster, until they're signed by another team 'or' the team say's they won't be re-signed 'or' the UFA retires. GoodDay (talk) 22:19, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Except for Jim Dowd or Jaroslav Modry or anyone other than a notable UFA apparently. I believe the team is saying that Smith, Dowd, and Modry won't be re-signed by not having them listed on their official website's roster list. And considering that is the only source we use for Wiki's roster templates, shouldn't these templates reflect what the source says? --Flyer47 (talk) 22:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not certain of this; if the Flyers had said we won't be re-signing Smith then I'd agree with removing him (see the Rangers/Jagr situation). GoodDay (talk) 22:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Did some searching and found this.
 * In the meantime, besides trading Umberger, the Flyers said goodbye to free-agent defenseman Jason Smith. Holmgren praised Smith for what he did for the Flyers last season, but told him yesterday the Flyers would not be able to pay him what he would want in a contract and wished him good luck.
 * Is this good enough? --Flyer47 (talk) 22:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Bye bye Captain Smith; hello Captain Gagne (IMHO). GoodDay (talk) 22:53, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It is doubtful that the Flyers would want another Captain Concussion. It'll be Richards or Timonen. --Flyer47 (talk) 22:57, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a co-captaincy (Gagne/Richards), or a tri-captaincy (Gagne/Richards/Timonen); I suppose we won't know until Sept/Oct. GoodDay (talk) 23:01, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Tyler Brown
He was also a Black Ace. Called up on April 17 with the rest of the Black Aces, he was listed as a healthy scratch in every Flyers game until they were eliminated. Why the Flyers never listed him on the roster page on their website is beyond me, but since it is the off-season at this point and he still isn't listed, I suppose it would be best to follow what the official website says is the roster (starting July 1st, excluding UFAs not ruled out from possibly re-signing with the Flyers). -- Darthflyer: Matt Ford and Tye McGinn haven't played for the Flyers either. The difference between those two and Brown and Lauridsen is that the latter two are redlinks. There is nothing wrong with having redlinks for certain players if they don't meet notability requirements. --70.15.124.143 (talk) 18:51, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Unless they are listed on the actual Flyers roster per the team website, which they are not, they should not be listed on the roster here.Darthflyer (talk) 17:47, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Ford, McGinn and Lauridsen are currently listed there. I'm not sure what you are seeing differently here.--70.15.124.143 (talk) 19:44, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Age sorting
It seems as though when sorting by age, and there are two or more players of the same age, the first tie-breaker is jersey number, rather than birth date. Is there a way to edit the table to make birth date the first tie-breaker? 98.114.248.202 (talk) 09:13, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The first tiebreaker is whatever you sort by before sorting by Age. If you click on # and then sort by Age, # will be the first tiebreaker. If you click on Nat first, then Nat will be the first tiebreaker. If Age is the first thing you sort by, then Player will be the tiebreaker since it is the default order of the list. It is a minor flaw in the template that you can't sort by Age and get the exact order every time. --208.123.190.37 (talk) 21:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)