*It’s mid-July and hockey news is sparse at best, but we’ve got a few things happening here in Flyersland. First, Jordan Weal has re-signed with the team. [BSH] *The Flyers also signed another KHLer who may or may not be the next Alexander Ovechkin. [Flyers] *Charlie has been at development camp watching these kids do…
*The last season review roll on with our old friend Scott Laughton! [BSH] *We aren’t wrong to expect great things from Travis Konecny and that’s pretty fun. [Pattison Ave] *If Ron Hextall is pitching the Flyers to Jimmy Vesey, here’s what that pitch might sound like. [Sons of Penn] *Big news yesterday was the stupid…
*Has anyone mentioned yet that summer sucks? Oh right every day this week. Anyhoo, Claude Giroux is back on the ice after recovering from his surgery, hooray! [Sons of Penn] *Ron Hextall has been impressed with goalie prospect Carter Hart, which can’t be a bad thing. [CSN Philly] *Some people were surprised to learn that…
*God, summer is painfully boring. The Trial on the Isle as yesterday, what fun, and Ivan Provorov won the sand castle contest with this masterpiece so I can only assume that the Flyers are very bad at sand castles. [BSH] *The kids at the beach down the shore got a little visit from the World…
Shea Weber has been in the news a lot this off-season, hasn’t he? He’s with the Montreal Canadiens now – but four years ago today, the Philadelphia Flyers ensured the Nashville Predators signed him to one of the more expensive deals in the NHL by sending him an offer sheet. Had the Predators chosen to…
*There is literally nothing going on so thank the gods for our pal Charlie, who has written quite a lot of words about Brayden Schenn and each and everyone one of them is worth reading. So read them. Thanks. [BSH] *Now that all the contracts are taken care of, what might the Flyers be up…
*Ron Hextall don’t need to stinking arbitrators. He does ALL THE DEALS. So yeah Brandon Manning, two years, $1.95. Not bad at all. [BSH] *Brayden Schenn is going to prove he’s worth his big contract, yeah yeah that’s what they all say. [NHL.com] *But seriously though, the contract Schenn got was the contract he deserved….
*Oh hey look Nick Cousins will be a Flyer for at least another year. That was yesterday’s big news. Hooray for summer. [Flyers] *One thing that Ron Hextall has done since coming that may end up serving the Flyers well is deepening the pool of goalie prospects. [Courier-Post] *Speaking of, Alex Lyon believes he’ll make…
Mark the date: Nov. 13, 2016. The Friday before, the Philadelphia Flyers will be in Toronto take on the Maple Leafs to kick off the Hockey Hall of Fame Weekend. And as that weekend progresses, on that Sunday, at 3 p.m. ET, will be the Legends Classic. Eric Lindros vs. Borje Salming. And friends. And…
You guys, I love Michael Del Zotto’s Instagram account. Love it. It’s one of the most redeeming parts of the boredom that is the off-season, because he’s pretty much constantly on it and posting stuff. Sometimes it’s fun and frivolous; sometimes it’s actually related to his job. Like his recovery from wrist surgery, and following…