If the Beddard kid is that good, yeah tank your ass off to get him. My problem is, its still a lottery. So you can blow goats the whole season and still come up with nothing. The cost of that is another contract, performance on ice, year for current roster. The long term implications of that can set you back financially.
Taking Beddard out of the discussion, I think you hire a coach first. One you believe can transform, then lead your team to long, sustained, playoff life, with the hope of a championship. This has only worked one time, some guy name Fred. The Flyer always seem to build the team, then try to find a coach who fits, when the last one gets run out of town. This results in that guy also getting axed, as soon as the "room' decides it was his fault.
The last time the Flyers went out and got a generational, once in a lifetime talent, it was Eric Lindros. And that resulted in a couple of Stanley Cups.....for Colorado