As we reported earlier, Oskars Bartulis and his recovered shoulder are participating in a golf tournament in Moncton, which is nice, because it means that he’s healthy enough to be wielding a stick in the direction of a round thing in a competitive environment. The people in Moncton are understandably tickled about Oskars gracing him…
Andrej Meszároš finished his first season as a Flyer with 8 goals and 32 points in 81 games and was honored with the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the team’s most outstanding defenseman. Meszároš admits it was a good season for him. “It was one of my better seasons. Perhaps the best yet.” “I had good…
In trading Jeff Carter and Mike Richards, the Flyers suddenly have cap space to spend. The problem is, they really don’t. Sure, they have over $7.5 million to sign four players, even more when you waive Michael Leighton and put Ian Laperriere on LTIR. Still, the club then has roughly $10.25 million to sign six…
PHILADELPHIA — So they’re grainy and from my piece-of-crap Blackberry, but below are a few images from today’s Winter Classic press conference. We also have a ton of (not crappy looking) video from today’s event, including sound from Chris Pronger, Scott Hartnell, Peter Luukko, Gary Bettman and John Tortorella. The video will be up in…
That’s probably a bit of a silly headline considering the Boston Bruins just won the Stanley Cup. 29 teams are jealous of them, as are all the fans of those teams, us included. But I’m already over the 2010-11 season, and I’m trying as hard as I can to look forward to what’s in store…
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, fourth-line favorite Blair Betts. Blair Betts #11 / Center / Philadelphia Flyers Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Born: Feb 16, 1980 10/11 Salary: $700,000 11/12 Salary:…
Dan Carcillo didn’t get a qualifying offer from the Philadelphia Flyers, and as a result, he became an unrestricted free agent this afternoon at 12 p.m. Seven hours later, he’s a member of the Chicago Blackhawks. The team announced the news via a press release just a few minutes ago. He was suspended two games…
Now that the guess the roster contest has closed, let’s take a look at what our readers are projecting. Certain to return Seven players can go ahead and put a down payment on a house: every single entrant had Betts, Coburn, Giroux, Meszaros, Richards, Timonen, and van Riemsdyk on their opening night roster. The name…
The Flyers were absolutely dominant throughout the first period of this game, outchancing the Senators 9-1 and taking a 4-0 lead thanks to the Senators taking multiple penalties where the Flyers generated five chances on the powerplay. It is worth noting here that Matt Read’s individual effort goal doesn’t qualify as a scoring chance as…
Today, Bill Meltzer wrote in his “Musings” post that advanced stats take away from the big picture. Needless to say, he doesn’t understand what he’s arguing against. That doesn’t mean he’s wrong, mind you. People are more than welcome to dismiss the “advanced statistics” in favor of what they see. But if you’re going to…