PITTSBURGH — With the 201st pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected Valeri Vasiliev, a defenseman from Spartak Moscow. Yes, another big defenseman selected by the Flyers in this draft. He’s over six feet tall and over 200 pounds. Seems to be a trend. Hockey’s Future profiled Vasiliev last week: Vasiliev…
You’ll find in the course of labor disputes, there’s always a lot of rhetoric. Most of it is just noise. Most of it is misinformed. There’s propaganda. It’s just a fact of life that you live with. >> Gary Bettman, speaking Sunday with the Winnipeg Free Press Gary Bettman should know this better than anybody…
Zach Parise and Ryan Suter are both members of the Minnesota Wild. That’s pretty shocking, and well … Wild fans are certainly shocked. Go check out the reaction over at Hockey Wilderness this July 4 afternoon. Pretty neat stuff considering it’s a team that’s literally zero threat to the Philadelphia Flyers. In reality, this is…
(SB Nation) — Rick Nash has finally been traded. The New York Rangers have acquired the big, star center from the Columbus Blue Jackets, according to both TSN and the Columbus Dispatch. Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov highly-touted defensive prospect Tim Erixon and a first-round pick are heading back to Columbus. Nash immediately makes the Rangers…
(SB Nation) — Hersheypark Arena caught fire Thursday afternoon, reaching five-alarms before several fire crews were able to contain the blaze. Officials have said the damage to the roof should be “easy to repair.” The fire was first reported at around 1:10 p.m. ET, according to the Harrisburg, Pa. Patriot-News. The building was evacuated and…
Damn you, Jay Feaster. The Calgary Flames general manager traded for defenseman Dennis Wideman on Wednesday before signing him to a five-year, $5.25 million per year contract. Five-point-two-five million dollars for Dennis Wideman. This is the same Dennis Wideman who was a third-pairing defenseman for the Washington Capitals in the playoffs this past year. His…
Money talks and the Flyers have a lot of it, but it certainly doesn’t seem like we’ll be welcoming Zach Parise or Ryan Suter to Philadelphia in the next few weeks. The two biggest prizes on the free agency market have spoken up in recent days — either directly or indirectly — and from what…
Generally speaking, I think the Flyers Twitter account is sort of lame. It’s not their fault, really — it’s just very generic and bland, and the total opposite of the @LAKings or even the pretty funny Florida Panthers feed or that of the Columbus Blue Jackets. But this hash tag they used this morning? Gold,…
His first story was published over the weekend, but as officially announced this afternoon by the Philadelphia Flyers, they’ve hired former Delaware County Times beat writer Anthony SanFilippo as the team’s “inside reporter.” “Anthony is a tremendous writer and we are excited that he will be providing his insight and knowledge of the Flyers and…
Pending the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association, the Philadelphia Flyers will begin the 2012-13 hockey season at home on Tuesday, September 25 when they host the Chicago Blackhawks in preseason action at Wells Fargo Center. Here’s the full preseason schedule: Tuesday, September 25: Flyers vs….