Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. In their past games against the New York Rangers this season, the Flyers were able to carry play for the most part, even in their two shootout losses. But in the final meeting between the two squads in…
The last time Shayne Gostisbehere was held off the scoreboard, it was Jan. 17, in a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. It certainly wasn’t for lack of trying, though: he had five shots on net in the outing, the most of any player on either team. It has been almost a month since…
When we last checked in with Shayne Gostisbehere, he was riding a 13-game point streak, the longest ever by a rookie defenseman. In fact, he was just one game back of Brian Leetch for longest point streak by a defenseman, period, sine 1996-97 – back when little Shayne was just three years old – and…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. The Flyers came away with the victory in the end, but they would have walked away with two points easily, if only a hockey game was forty minutes rather than sixty. For the vast majority of the contest’s…
Bad news for the Philadelphia Flyers and their playoffs hopes: according to the data below from NHL Network’s Matt Sitkoff, the Flyers have the toughest post-trade deadline schedule of any other team in the Metropolitan Division. (He excluded Columbus, because of course.) Metropolitan Division Schedule breakdown post #NHLTradeDeadline (Schedule is from March 1 on) pic.twitter.com/wbjioyvI4k…
There was one reason to cheer for the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup last season: Kimmo Timonen. It was Timonen’s last ride in the NHL, and the Philadelphia Flyers traded him both for assets, and for one last shot at glory. He got it, we were all extremely happy and probably cried a…
Gabriel Landeskog has a rough life. He’s young, he’s Swedish, he’s a multi-millionaire professional athlete… and he hasn’t scored a goal in nine games. Quite frankly, I don’t know how he even has the strength to go on. Landeskog is almost the anti-Shayne Gostisbehere in that sense. The last time he scored a goal was…
*The Flyers are down in Carolina to take on Dr. T’s Hurricanes. Puck drops at 7PM and the good news is it looks like we’ll have Sean Couturier back. No Giroux, though, which is a bummer. Better safe than sorry there though. [BSH] *And here’s Cooter speaking with the media after practice. [Flyers] *Ron Hextall…
When Cooper Marody posted 58 points through 52 points in the USHL last season, it was enough to earn him a draft selection. The Philadelphia Flyers took notice, and decided to take a chance on him, selecting him in the sixth round, 158th overall of the 2015 draft. So far, Marody is holding up his…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. After a couple of weeks of very strong games played at even-strength over the past couple of weeks, the game the Flyers played yesterday afternoon against Arizona was somewhat more reminiscient of the type of game they’d been…