According to ESPN, the Philadelphia 76ers are for sale by Comcast-Spectacor and Ed Snider. Philadelphia 76ers owner Comcast-Spectacor is in talks to sell the team to a group led by New York-based leveraged buyout specialist Joshua Harris, according to sources. Negotiations are ongoing and a source with knowledge of the talks called a deal “imminent.”…
The news over the weekend that the Philadelphia Flyers have lost two more prospects for nothing — goaltender Nic Riopel and forward Dave Labrecque, both 2009 draft picks — is just the latest example of organizational failings when it comes to prospects. We’ve been over it a number of times: in the salary cap era,…
There’s a story over at CSN Philly today on what the Flyers could do to fit Ilya Bryzgalov without trading away Jeff Carter. It’s the same stuff we’ve been talking about — Scott Hartnell, Kris Versteeg, Matt Carle among those who could go, not really much new information. But this line about Sergei Bobrovsky‘s future…
The Philadelphia Flyers begin Training Camp 2011 a week from Saturday, and late today they announced the full schedule of players that will attend camp, as well as the complete schedule of events from September 17 to Friday, October 1. After the jump, we have all the pertinent information you need to know: that full…
Sometimes, you can just tell that they want the media to leak things. Like when there are a bunch of reporters sitting in a press box in a ballpark and they flash something up on the gigantic video board inside that ballpark. That’s what happened at Citizens Bank Park today as Phillies writers were preparing…
Peter Laviolette was on 97.5 The Fanatic with Mike Missanelli this afternoon, and he talked about the whole “Dry Island” thing that blew up this morning with Mike Richards and Jeff Carter. I’m paraphrasing here because I only heard the interview live and don’t have a transcript, but it’s nice that he provided a bit…
Dan Carcillo, the newest member of the Chicago Blackhawks, spoke out in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times today, and he didn’t have the nicest things to say about the Philadelphia media. Yeah. It’s ridiculous. . . . If you lose, people look for excuses, and they nitpick. They make stories out of nothing. It’s unfortunate. That’s…
We continue our annual, player-by-player look at the 2010-11 Philadelphia Flyers. In no particular order, we’ll analyze one player per day (or so) over the next few weeks. Up next, the man with a six different helmet sizes, Scott Hartnell. If the stats line on the post looks funny to you, try signing up for…
Earlier this year, Geoff wrote an excellent article about what a strong season Jeff Carter was having. Geoff’s thesis revolved around the observation that Carter was not merely scoring, but doing it despite taking on tough defensive assignments, going out in the defensive zone against the opponent’s best players. It has become a common refrain…
You have to respect a man who can have a successful NHL career despite never having learned to skate. After the jump, we take a photographic journey through the 2010-2011 season, with all of its ups and downs. In an early-season game against the Blues, Hartnell convinces everyone to try a “no skating allowed” period….