*…and you know what that means. Time to drink precisely one beer and watch all of the playoff hockey games. Anyway, Drake ruined the Maple Leafs, which was quite rude of him, in my opinion. [Yahoo Sports] *We learned which players are nominated for the Selke award this year, and Sean Couturier is not one…
Alain Vigneault has been the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers for a little under a week and the verdict is in – he is, in fact, the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. A scientific poll was conducted on Wednesday night at a number of downtown Philadelphia establishments, including Oscar’s, Locust Rendezvous, Dirty Frank’s,…
What the hell are we going to talk about this week? Well, we figured it out and discussed potential free agent and trade targets for the hockey team the Flyers. Could PK Subban be wearing orange and black when the season starts? As much as we love Erik Karlsson, will he be worth the investment?…
*Round two baby! Who ya got? *So that news we got about Jay O’Brien yesterday wasn’t great as far as expectations for the kid go, but it is really easy to lose perspective when evaluating the ‘career’ of a literal teenager. [NBC Sports Philly] *O’Brien had a tough season thanks to injury, and evidently the…
*The Flyers have quite a healthy stock of European prospects making their way through the system. This is a nice check-in on how they are progressing and what we should expect moving forward. [The Athletic] *Speaking of prospects, it would appear that recent draft pick Jay O’Brien is taking a bit of a step back….
Steve and Craig discuss the Philadelphia Flyers’ decision to remove the Kate Smith statue as well as not playing Smith’s rendition of God Bless America moving forward. The two also talk about Alain Vigneault’s introductory press conference, finalists announced for a few of the NHL awards, and this postseason. Make sure to follow us on…
*Wait, you think the Flyers front office should emulate who? The Islanders? Who are riding high on the back of whatever kind of witchcraft leads to Val Filppula shooting at 12%? No, Chuck. We can do better than Lou. [NBC Sports Philly] *Speaking of building a team, late last week we looked at the free…
*Not a lot of Flyers news to speak of, friends. Summer starts early when you don’t make the playoffs. Anyhoo, our old pal Jordan Weal was given a new contract this weekend. Good for him! [Montreal Gazette] *And our old pal Craig Berube has earned himself a Jack Adams nomination! Also good for him! [ProHockeyTalk]…
The gang tries to make sense of a truly bizarre Round 1 of the NHL playoffs, as they try to find new teams to cheer on. Was the upset-filled round good for hockey? Can anyone deal with Boston winning another championship? Who are the new favorites? It’s an in-depth hour of playoff talk as the…
*There are some lessons to be learned from the first round of the playoffs. Lessons that, perhaps, the Flyers might do well to heed. [BSH] *Now that we are into the second round, we’ve got some questions for the remaining teams and it’ll be interesting to see how they are answered. [ProHockeyTalk] *Speaking of questions,…