Keeping it in the family, these Flyers are. With the 179th pick, they selected Nick Luukko, the son of team president Peter Luukko. Nick was drafted in the USHL Draft last month and he’s expected to attend the University of Vermont to play hockey in the fall of 2011. A defenseman, Luukko plays a lot…
It has long been a mystery amongst Flyers fans. The Braydon Coburn Triple Fist Pump. Where did it come from? What purpose does it serve? Is it only meant for special occasions? Is it some kind of mind trick that wills the Flyers to victory? Braydon answers those mysteries of the universe, as well several…
According to Bob McKenzie on Twitter, the Flyers have acquired Andrej Meszaros from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second round pick in 2012. Meszaros, 24, is under contract until 2013-2014. He has a cap hit of $4 million a season, with the salary ramping up at the back end of the contract. Meszaros is…
We’ve been scratching our heads over the last few weeks trying to understand exactly what Paul Holmgren has up his sleeve. Whether it’s signing goons to long term deals, planning on trading a fan favorite who’s spent 11 years here, signing a goalie before the seeing what was available on the open market, trading for…
You need a backup goaltender. On paper, the choice seems simple. Goalie A has some limited NHL experience including traveling with a team during a run to the Stanley Cup Finals is 29 years old, has almost 3,000 minutes of experience in North America and has to clear waivers if he’s sent down. Goalie B…
We’re teaming up with Anthony SanFilippo of the Delaware County Times to bring you a new weekly feature. Tentatively, we’ll simply call it ‘Ask The Flyers.’ It’s a pretty basic idea: you ask a few questions below in our comments, we send them to Anthony and he asks the players exactly what’s on your mind…
Lukáš Krajíček says he wanted to stay in Philadelphia and it was close to happen. “I wanted to stay. It was my first priority. I wanted to settle somewhere more permanently. We had agreed on the terms, but at this point we have nine defensemen in Philadelphia, so there was no commitment in the end.”…
July 1 is typically one of the most exciting days of the year for hockey fans, and it usually doesn’t disappoint in our neck of the woods, considering the Flyers are a perennially active team in the free agent market. But in the run up to what many call the Christmas of the sport, we…
Another show, another discussion about goalies. Maybe it’ll end someday. Sigh. We welcome Jason Plank and Matt Taylor from Fear The Fin onto the show this week to discuss everything Evgeni Nabokov. The big question, is he a playoff dud? After the Nabokov talk, we discuss the Flyers other goaltending hopes, as well as what…
Penalties defined Friday night’s final home preseason contest between the Flyers and the Sabres. The Flyers scored two power play goals en route to a 3-1 victory, while also taking seven minor penalties in the process. At the same time, Buffalo took eight minors of their own. The penalty kill was generally fantastic, though, and…