The fans didn’t hold back. As soon as Chuck Fletcher took the stage at the Philadelphia Flyers’ town hall event for season ticket holders last Saturday, the failing general manager was greeted with raucous boos as he prepared to take questions from his disgruntled paying customers. A few feet behind him? Danny Briere took the…
Welcome to Part One of a two-part look at what the Flyers can learn from a few recent rebuilds executed by teams around the league. Well, it finally happened: the Flyers fired Chuck Fletcher. In a press release, Dave Scott said a number of things about the state of the franchise and where things are…
The fans didn’t hold back. As soon as Chuck Fletcher took the stage at the Philadelphia Flyers’ town hall event for season ticket holders last Saturday, the failing general manager was greeted with raucous boos as he prepared to take questions from his disgruntled paying customers. A few feet behind him? Danny Briere took the…
Sean Couturier returning to Philadelphia Flyers practice wearing a non-contact jersey and it was the first time he was able to skate with other teammates in an organized fashion, in a very long time. The Flyers top centerman has been slowly recovering from a back injury that caused him to get surgery for the second…
The last 48 hours have been a whirlwind for Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Danny Briere. He admitted as much during his first media availability under his new title Sunday morning. But in the midst of the chaos following the firing of former general manager Chuck Fletcher, Briere already has his sights set on making…
*So some stuff has happened since we last dumped some links here on the ol’website. Friday was a big day! For the Flyers and, really, for all of us. The day we’ve been waiting for for a very long time: Chuck Fletcher was fired by the Flyers. [BSH] *Fans were pleased, of course, but not…
The last 48 hours have been a whirlwind for Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Danny Briere. He admitted as much during his first media availability under his new title Sunday morning. But in the midst of the chaos following the firing of former general manager Chuck Fletcher, Briere already has his sights set on making…
*And just like that your stupid silly useless Flyers are the talk of the Hockeyverse! How exciting, huh? Anyhoo, Marek and Friedman had quite a lot to say about the Flyers on their 32 Thoughts podcast yesterday, in case you missed it: “I think people in media knew before Fletcher knew.” On the latest 32…
FOLKS the long national nightmare is over and Chuck Fletcher is no longer the General Manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. The gang goes in on Chuck’s firing, his tenure, what to expect from Danny Briere as the interim GM, and what the rest of the season might look like for this team that has finally…
Well that was a whirlwind of a weekend, huh? Fletcher out as GM, Danny Briere in, and a slew of other changes coming in the near future. Some things never change though—like Sidney Crosby scoring goals against the Flyers. Anyway, the Flyers host the Vegas Golden Knights tonight. Vegas is the top team in the…