James van Riemsdyk is on the board at number 11, winning 25% of the vote with Ryan Parent coming in second with 19%. Low vote totals can be a factor more and more as we make our way down the list, a problem you yourself can prevent by voting and getting your friends and neighbors…
Even though we’re only 5 games into the season, there is already a large break in action. The Flyers will only play once between now and next Thursday, which is both good and bad. Bad we don’t have any hockey to watch but good that JVR and Blair Betts can get some recovery time. With…
From a total lack of identity in the sixties, two players gave the Flyers their character in the seventies. Bobby Clarke gave them their hard-working, tenacious, never-say-die quality, while Dave Schultz gave them their sneering, cocky, even arrogant “Broad Street Bullies” temperament. >> Gene Hart, the Voice, in his 1990 book SCORE! Following the 1969…
The way that title is worded, you’d think this would be another of those “it’s not that bad!” stories. You’d be wrong. Rather, this is just to show exactly how bad the Flyers offense has been this year in comparison to last year. The team statistics are obvious – they aren’t scoring, their power play…
In a development that is sure to anger Southeast Division fans, former Flyers goaltender Antero Niittymaki has apparently worked his way out of a deal with Atlant Moscow Oblast of the KHL and back into the National Hockey League with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay offered Niittymaki a contract early Thursday, a day after…
[Recap] – [Boxscore] – [Complete Coverage] – [CAR Reaction] The Philadelphia Flyers won’t be having any of that 0-3-3 nonsense this year. Ray Emery made 28 saves, earning the shutout, while Jeff Carter and Mike Richards scored two power play goals to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 in the season opener. Emery is the first…
One of the biggest surprises early on in this nascent NHL campaign is the Los Angeles Kings, who have stunned many by racing out to a 13-7-2 start that has them in fourth place in the Western Conference. And while most Flyers fans don’t know (or care) a whole lot about the Kings, there’s a…
Philadelphia Flyers (2-2-1) at New Jersey Devils (2-1-0)Prudential Center – 7:00 PM EST – Newark, NJNo TV CoverageRadio: 610 WIP – internet streamThis is the open game thread.Behind Enemy Lines: In Lou We Trust In the second to last preseason tune-up of the year, the Flyers travel to North Jersey to take on the Devils…
Welcome back to the continuing series ranking the Flyers. After some heated discussion in the comments, Kimmo Timonen edged out Jeff Carter as the #2 most valuable Flyer with 34% of the vote. Will Carter’s breakout year land him at #3? Or will Simon Gagne stage another comeback performance and beat out both Carter and…
The way that title is worded, you’d think this would be another of those “it’s not that bad!” stories. You’d be wrong. Rather, this is just to show exactly how bad the Flyers offense has been this year in comparison to last year. The team statistics are obvious – they aren’t scoring, their power play…