So, you’ve probably heard about the Flyers‘ preseason win over the New York Islanders on Monday night in Allentown. We have pictures and quotes and highlights and two stories about it on this here website, and … hooray! Hockey’s back and the Flyers won! You may have not heard much about the other preseason game…
After two days off, the Flyers are back in game action on Friday night when they host the New York Islanders in their fourth preseason game of 2015. The game will start at 6 p.m. ET at Wells Fargo Center — not the originally-scheduled time of 7 p.m. — because the Pope is coming to…
After five long months of no Flyers hockey, even a mere preseason game was going to be enough to satiate the appetites of desperate fans. But with the outcome meaningless, the real focus shifted to whether the team’s new acquisitions and their exciting prospects would live up to expectations. Consider their first test passed. Led…
Following this morning’s decision to send Shayne Gostisbehere, Robert Hagg, and Nick Cousins to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, Ron Hextall met with the media and answered a few questions about it. You can see the video of that, courtesy of the team, above this paragraph. We’ve also transcribed the full text of Hextall’s answers below….
Cuts have been made in Flyers training camp. Here they are: Winger Nicolas Aube-Kubel, the team’s second round pick in the 2014 draft, has been returned to his junior team, Val-d’Or of the QMJHL. Defenseman Philippe Myers, the 18 year old signed to an entry-level deal by the team just a day ago, has been…
*Reminder that your Friday night hockey starts at 6PM tonight; the game is being broadcast on TCN. *The Flyers made a few more roster cuts yesterday. [BSH] *Hextall spoke with the media about the cuts once they were announced. [Flyers] *One thing is clear: Hextall remains committed to the slow development of his farm system….
We’re about a week into Dave Hakstol’s first NHL training camp right now, and OK … it’s only been a week. Hard to make too many assumptions at this point. But we can’t just ignore what we’re seeing either, and we’re starting to notice some things about the coach, particularly with how he’s using certain…
* Well, OK, not all of the excitement is gone. But the Flyers sent back (arguably) their three top prospects back to juniors yesterday: [BSH] * And then they sent 19 other guys to Lehigh Valley: [BSH] * Anywho, yesterday we also checked in on the rest of the Metropolitan Division. Turns out they’re all…
Travis Konecny shined during his brief period in Flyers training camp this week, standing out in each of the two preseason games he played. He was cut from camp on Wednesday, sent back to the Ottawa 67’s of the OHL, where the 18 year old will play out the season as the team’s second-year captain….
* Flyers won! Here’s Charlie’s look at last night’s win over the Rangers, with observations on Medvedev, Laughton, Konecny and more. [BSH] * It’s an off day for the Flyers today. No practice. * First cuts have been made. The roster is down to 58 and more cuts are expected today. [BSH] * Ron Hextall…