As we’ve already established, the UFA stock on defense falls off a cliff after Ryan Suter and Matt Carle. It’s why the Flyers are in a pretty awful position right now — it’s either pay a lot of money for Carle or see him move elsewhere, a position the team probably can’t afford. We’ve already…
Zac Rinaldo won’t be in the lineup on Thursday against Buffalo. He won’t be in the lineup on Saturday against Pittsburgh, either. He’s been suspended two games for his charging infraction against Jonathan Ericsson of the Detroit Red Wings Sunday night. The explanation from Shanahan is pretty clear. (Oh, and by the way, if you…
There has been a lot of talk about how Game 4 is a “must-win,” which inevitably was followed by some sniveling about how it’s not really a “must-win” game, because the Flyers can, you know, still technically lose it and win the series. But can they? Really? In the history of the NHL, a team…
3 p.m. Wells Fargo CenterSouth PhiladelphiaGame 3, Eastern QuarterfinalsFlyers lead series, 2-0TV: NBC [free stream], TSN, RDSRADIO: 610 WIP — not 94 WIPPENS BLOG: PensBurgh Can you believe Game 3 is already here? It seems like just yesterday these playoffs were beginning, and now the Flyers have a chance to put an absolute stranglehold on…
It was an embarrassing weekend on just about every level for the Flyers, losing to two New York-area teams and acting like idiots in the process. Hair pulling, slew footing, getting beat up by Ilya Kovalchuk. It was ugly. But it’s time to turn the page now, and what better way to do so that…
Player GP G ▾ A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH S S% Scott Hartnell 72 35 29 64 21 130 20 15 0 202 17.3 Claude Giroux 68 26 58 84 5 27 20 6 0 209 12.4 Wayne Simmonds 72 22 20 42 -2 89 13 9 0 171 12.9 Matt Read 69…
Damn that felt good. After sputtering a bit with victory on the menu in Games 4 and 5, the Flyers won Game 6 convincingly by the score of 5-1, dumping out the Penguins in 6, avenging playoff losses in 2008 and 2009, and becoming the first Eastern Conference team to advance to the second round….
The Flyers already pay their goalies more money than any other team in the NHL, but they’re clearly not exactly getting the best bang for that buck right now. So, the San Jose Sharks are trying to help them out. Or something. According to TSN, Sharks general manager Doug Wilson is big on Flyers forward…
A few weeks ago, there was some debate in the comments about to what extent we could call Danny Briere a clutch playoff performer. One of the arguments raised was that you’re going against tougher competition in the playoffs, so you might expect scoring to drop, and that merely maintaining his regular season numbers would…
Ed Note: Updated for reality, bumped for relevance. Flyers are in the second round, bitches. As a team in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 match-up, the Flyers are in the unique position of being able to play any of the other six remaining East teams in the second round. No other match-up allows for…