Part of Allen Iverson’s lore was that he never had a great teammate. “How in the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?” is an often-overlooked line in the practice rant. After the Sixers passed on Paul Pierce in the 1998 draft, they typically surrounded The Answer with a fading big name like…
Kicking off the list this year, to the surprise of no one, is the highly touted 17-year-old Connor Bedard. He has had all the buzz this past year and deservedly so. I don’t think a prospect has gotten this kind of attention since Connor McDavid. Statistics Pre-Draft Rankings No. 1 (NA skaters) by NHL Central…
The Philadelphia Flyers have new(ish) people in charge and a new statement to go along with it. On Thursday morning, the Flyers released a brief statement that served more as a motto heading into what should be a transformative summer for the hockey club on and off the ice. Welcome to A New Era of…
For a Flyers team icing a number of inexperienced players looking to prove themselves, any meaningful contributions from these players would truly be icing on the cake and kindling to stoke the fire of hope for the future of this franchise. Noah Cates fits into this category, and boldly so at that. After impressing with…
*The rebuild is underway, and the fans can take it, despite what Flyers brass seemed to have thought. [BSH] *It’s award season, and the teams are making their nominations for the King Clancy once again. This year, for the Flyers, it’s Scott Laughton! [NBCSP] *In case you were wondering, here are all of the nominees…
According to now multiple reports, the Philadelphia Flyers are expected to announce the hiring of Keith Jones as President of Hockey Operations. Hearing that tomorrow morning, PHI will announce Keith Jones as President of Hockey Operations and officially drop the "interim" tag from Daniel Briere's GM role. Jones played 491 NHL games, the final 131…