The North American Hockey League is coming to the Philadelphia suburbs. The NAHL, one of the top two junior circuits in the United States, announced Tuesday that its Rio Grande Valley (Tx.) franchise is relocating to Aston, the bedroom community just outside of Philadelphia. The team, nicknamed the Rebels, will play its home games at…
*More possible free agent targets in the form of Drew Stafford. [CSN Philly] *Help your friends at BSH decide who should rank third on our community draft board. [BSH] *Speaking of the draft, let’s take another look at who the Flyers might go for with the seventh. [Sons of Penn] *Nick Merkley is a possibility…
The Arizona Coyotes have talked to three teams about a potential trade for the No. 3 overall pick in the 2015 NHL draft, their general manager said on Tuesday evening. Might the Flyers be one of them? Don Maloney says three teams already have called asking about team’s interest in trading the third pick in…
The top five on our community board for the 2015 NHL Draft came was rounded out yesterday in rather predictable fashion, as Noah Hanifin, regarded by most as the best defensive prospect in this draft, lapped the competition several times over in picking up 77 percent of the vote for the No. 5 spot on…
It looks like the Lehigh Valley Phantoms will have a new head coach next season — or at the very least, that the organization is preparing for the possibility. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, the Flyers have interviewed Erie Otters head coach Kris Knoblauch for the AHL coaching position in the organization. It is…
We continued assembling our community draft board yesterday, as we look to decide what we (that second “we”, in this case, being “you”!) want the top of the Flyers’ draft board to look like on June 26 when the draft begins. For the second straight day, a forward sat atop the voting, with London Knights…
On Friday, as our turn in the SB Nation NHL mock draft came up, we at BSH took Brandon Wheat Kings defenseman Ivan Provorov with the No. 7 pick in the draft. If the voting on our community board from yesterday was any indication, that’s a pick that you all would be more than happy…
As we shared yesterday, the Flyers will play a preseason game at PPL Center in Allentown this fall. Officially it will be a game against the New York Islanders on September 21, 2015. It will be the first NHL game at the year-old hockey arena. Tickets are available now for Phantoms season ticket holders. Tickets…
*Kimmo! [BSH] *On the European influence on the Flyers. [Flyers] *Let’s take a look at some potential draft day trade partners for the Flyers. [Sons of Penn] *The Flyers love nothing more than a retread so how about potential free agent target Justin Williams? [CSN Philly] *Our infinitely intelligent readers have voted Mitch Marner as…
We’ve finally reached the crossroads moment, so to speak, of our community draft board, as the No. 7 name on the board essentially marks the cutoff of “players you would be most happy to see chosen by the Flyers on the 27th”. The player chosen for that honor was Seattle Thunderbirds center Mathew Barzal, who…