Training Camp opened today in Voorhees, and with the 2011-12 season rapidly approaching, there’s still one huge question looming: What’s the deal with that damned Winter Classic? We know it’s happening. From the charity auction leak to HBO 24/7 already setting up shop in New York Rangers camp to Winter Classic ticket information being confirmed…
The Flyers have announced that they’ve extended a training camp invite to Michael Nylander, the forward most recently of the Washington Capitals. Actually, that’s kind of a lie. He was loaned to the Florida Panthers in September 2010 by the Caps organization, and he played just seven games with Florida’s AHL affiliate in Rochester before…
Nikolay Zherdev is headed back to Russia. The former Flyers winger will join Atlant in the KHL next season, presumably on a one-year deal, and this very likely could mean the end of his NHL career. The news was passed along by Slava Malamud of Russia’s Sports Express. Now defecting to Russia for the second…
It’s officially F*ck Pittsburgh Day in Philadelphia. Mayor Nutter signed a declaration and everything. The Flyers have signed Max Talbot for five years, $9 million, and that’s a really long contract, even if it is another reason to laugh in the faces of Pens fans. I’ve always enjoyed Talbot and he can definitely play his…
Paul Holmgren is “in good spirits” this Tuesday afternoon at Cooper University Hospital in Camden as he recovers from a bicycle accident that occurred in Avalon, N.J. on Labor Day. It’s an accident we’re slowly learning more about thanks to a press statement released by Avalon Police today. Here’s that statement in full: AVALON POLICE…
PHILADELPHIA — It’s a little late. It’s 2:40 a.m., actually, and nobody is going to read this until morning. But we’re going to be honest here: the Flyers lost a preseason game tonight, and that doesn’t really matter at all. We felt there was more value in the Tomas Hyka story we wrote immediately post…
Paul Holmgren addressed the media following tonight’s 4-2 Flyers win over the Leafs, and the topic had nothing to do with the win. Instead, it was a big loss that caught the general manager’s attention — a terrifying eye injury to defenseman Chris Pronger. You can see the play after the jump, but it’s not…
Yeah, that’s probably the personality you’d like to focus a behind the scenes documentary on. HBO is smart, and that’s what they’ll be doing for Rangers-Flyers 24/7: Road To The Winter Classic. Via the Globe & Mail: Calling it the worst-kept secret in hockey, NHL chief operating officer John Collins has confirmed that the New…
As the first day of free agency wore on Friday afternoon, it quickly became evident that Tomas Vokoun wasn’t going to get a lot of money. Hell, it became evident that he wasn’t going to get a lot of money hours and perhaps days before the free agent market opened. Ilya Bryzgalov was already off…
Chris Pronger is done for the season. This is horrible news for Chris, his health, his career, his family, and his employer. And with the nature of the NHL these days, the news has quickly led people into speculation about what it means for the NHL, for player safety, and especially here, for the Flyers….