Paul Holmgren spoke with the media today and he basically said a lot of what we already know. No real shockers here, but the highlights as follows: When it comes to Weber, the Flyers hoped the structure would lead to Nashville failing to match. It was “disappointing” that they matched, but the Flyers will move…
NHL owners want to limit contracts to just five years in length. It’s part of a series of rollbacks the owners asked of the players in their initial CBA proposal last month, and it makes the two six-year deals handed out by Paul Holmgren in the last week all the more interesting. Is he trying…
Dirk Hoag from On the Forecheck and I go back and forth on the Shea Weber offer sheet. Why is Weber valuable to the Flyers? What’s he mean to the Predators? Will they match the offer, and if not, is it realistic to think that a trade could go down between the two clubs?
(SB Nation) — All the principals in NHL collective bargaining agreement negotiations met for an informal meeting at the NHLPA’s Toronto offices Wednesday morning before more formal, fully-attended meetings scheduled for 1 p.m. ET were cancelled. The two sides are expected to meet again Thursday morning in Toronto. NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr was joined…
In a revealing interview with a small newspaper in Northern Ontario, Claude Giroux indeed blamed Sidney Crosby for the two wrist injuries he suffered in the 2012 postseason: “Every time we’d line up against each other for a face-off during our (2012 playoff) series, instead of going for the puck when it was dropped, he’d…
Six year deals for everybody! The Flyers have signed Scott Hartnell to a six-year contract extension this afternoon, according to the team. It comes one week after the Flyers signed forward Wayne Simmonds to a six-year deal worth just under $4 million per season. Financial terms of Hartnell’s deal are not immediately available, so we’ll…
Dirk Hoag from On the Forecheck and I go back and forth on the Shea Weber offer sheet. Why is Weber valuable to the Flyers? What’s he mean to the Predators? Will they match the offer, and if not, is it realistic to think that a trade could go down between the two clubs?
The NHL informed teams on Friday that the league has canceled all games through Nov. 30 due to the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations with the NHL Players Association, according to a report by Elliotte Friedman of CBC. As a result, 13 more Philadelphia Flyers games have been wiped off the calendar, bringing the total number…
The City of Philadelphia will host the 2014 Division 1 men’s ice hockey championship — the Frozen Four. We will not host the Division 3 final, though. The NCAA’s D3 Presidents Council on Wednesday voted down a proposal to include the D3 title game as part of Frozen Four weekend at the Wells Fargo Center…
Following on from my article on the even-strength scoring chance season summary for individuals and Geoff’s articles of player results on the power play and penalty kill, this post will review the entire team results. Total CF Total CA Total C% ES CF ES CA ES C% 1 415 375 52.5% 268 273 49.5% 2…