Recent weeks have seen the Flyers spend differing amounts of time without their three most important forwards. Center Sean Couturier missed a couple of weeks in February with what appeared to be a foot issue, captain Claude Giroux was out for three games with what was probably a concussion, and top winger Jakub Voracek is…
*This was kind of a fun weekend of hockey. Mostly because Ghost exists. First up was Friday’s game against the Habs, which the Flyers dropped in a shootout. As is their way. RECAP! And also Charlie’s morning observations. *The Saturday night the boys rolled into Toronto and ran house. Sure it’s just the Maple Leafs…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. Two weeks ago, I wrote about how the Flyers’ shot attempt differentials had cratered, a process which started near the end of January and continued into February. The culprit? Horrific defensive zone shot suppression, which was dragging the…
*The Minnesota Wild are in town tonight and I guess we have to root for a win now that The Streak is over and we have nothing left to live for. Unfortunately, the team will remain without Claude Giroux. [BSH] *Charlie looks back at Tuesday’s loss with 10 Things. [BSH] *All deadline talk all the…
The Flyers have finally made their big move a couple of days ahead of the trade deadline: Per GM Ron Hextall, the #Flyers have signed RW Colin McDonald to a multi-year contract extension → https://t.co/R50IKR27lF — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 28, 2016 Wait, that’s not a big trade deadline move? My bad. In any case,…
Things could be going better for the Philadelphia Flyers. Playoffs do not appear to be in the cards. Shayne Gostisbehere’s point streak ended. Michael Del Zotto is done for the year. But at least there will always be one ever-present ray of sunshine: Stall Talk with Del Zotto. Stall Talk debuted well with Claude Giroux…
Today’s going to be a crazy day. The Philadelphia Flyers are playing a game tonight, and it also just so happens to be trade deadline day, which means some of them may no longer be here when the time comes to drop the puck. But before all the chaos, let’s taken a moment to remember…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. The scoreboard doesn’t show it, but the Flyers carried play in this one from start to finish. Clearly entering the game with a “shoot from everywhere” mentality, Philadelphia ended up finishing with a whopping 68.8% score-adjusted Corsi, and…
*Yooooooo it’s Deadline Day! Which is either the most exciting day of the year or a disappointing crashing bore! Stay tuned to find out which one we get this year. Oh, and the Flams are in town tonight. Puck drops at 7. Go Flyers. *Hey you know who definitely isn’t getting moved today? Michael Raffl!…
*The Edmonton Oilers are in town and while that team is generally hot garbage, we get to watch Connor McDavid. he’s kind of good at hockey. [CSN Philly] *Let’s take a look at how the Flyers have managed to position themselves to maybe make the playoffs. [Flyers] *Could it be that the team is peaking…