2009 Free Agency: July 1 Open Thread

The NHL Draft over the weekend wasn’t quite as busy on the transaction front as people had expected. Only two major moves were made, but the foundations for other moves and possible signings as free agency begins today could’ve been set while the hockey world gathered in Montreal. The Flyers, of course, made the biggest…

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Thursday Morning News – 6.4.09

With the Ray Emery news going down yesterday afternoon, there’s actually been a little bit of Flyers talk around the web over the last 24 hours. Ed Moran of the Daily News asks the question: Emery in, Biron out? [Philadelphia Daily News] Puck Daddy asks another question: Is Philadelphia ready for Ray Emery? [Puck Daddy]…

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Now that it’s official…

I was hoping to kick this all off at the beginning of the week, but of course the Flyers had to go losing to Ottawa on Saturday and everything. But now that the team is officially in the playoffs, it’s time to start up Broad Street Hockey’s Postseason Preview. For starters, mark your calendars. The…

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PLAYOFFS! Flyers beat Panthers to clinch

[AP Recap] – [Boxscore] – [Extended Stats] – [Highlights] It’s official. The Flyers are playoff bound. With Carolina already clinching over the weekend and Pittsburgh playing Tampa tonight, we knew a win was important tonight. We knew that it wasn’t going to be easy, with a desperate Florida team coming in to face off against…

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Same old story as Flyers fall in Game 1

[Recap] – [Boxscore] – [Highlights]Pittsburgh wins 4-1, leads series 1-0 Coming into Wednesday night’s game, being the eternal optimist that I am, I was confident. The playoffs are a new season and the Flyers were going to put all that lackluster play behind them. They were going to play a solid 60 minutes of Flyer…

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Carcillo acquisition a mistake

photo by Bradley C. Bower/AP via CBC Paul Holmgren stepped in front of the media tonight at the Skate Zone in Voorhees and made his case for his deadline actions. He moved popular winger Scottie Upshall and a second-round pick in 2011 to Phoenix for tough guy Daniel Carcillo. Immediately, we all struck our palms…

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