There was a story today in the Philadelphia Inquirer that explained how Sergei Bobrovsky is the number two goaltender on the Flyers depth chart. This implies, of course, that Bob has made the Flyers and will be travelling to Pittsburgh next week to watch Brian Boucher take on the Penguins in the season opener. Here’s…
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…
Anthony SanFilippo has a great blog post up on the Flyers plans come tomorrow, which he obtained via an exec in the organization. Go read that, and come back here where we’ll break it down: – Goaltending: The Flyers are going to buy out, waive or trade Brian Boucher now that Michael Leighton has re-signed….
Two late seventh rounders wrap up the draft for the Philadelphia Flyers. With the 206th pick, acquired a few minutes ago from Carolina for Jonathan Matsumoto, the Flyers have selected Ricard Blidstrand, a defenseman from Sweden. His profile on Eliteprospects.com: A big and strong defenseman. Plays determined and is pretty physical in his own end….
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…
Another forward. At 149, the Flyers select Michael Parks from the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the USHL. Parks has committed to play at the University of North Dakota next season. McKeen’s Hockey interviewed him recently. Here’s an excerpt: McKeen’s: Back in November you were playing with Team USA at the World Junior A Challenge, and…
Pat Maroon is the best offensive player on the Adirondack Phantoms. Well, we should probably say that Maroon was the leading scorer and the best offensive player on the Phantoms, because as of last night, he is no longer a member of the team. As reported by Tim McManus of the Glens Falls Post-Star: According…
[Boxscore] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Colorado Reaction] [Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [EV Faceoffs] PHILADELPHIA — For a good bit of time in the third period of tonight’s hockey game, it looked as though a weak goal allowed by Sergei Bobrovsky — the first weak goal…
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…
Another pick, another prospect from the QMJHL. With the 119th pick, the Flyers selected Tye McGuinn from the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL. McGinn’s stats, courtesy of HockeyDB.com… McGinn is the brother of Sharks forward Jamie McGinn. That’s two players drafted by the Flyers who have siblings playing professional hockey. Trends!