NCAA hockey will descend upon Philadelphia in April 2014 when the Frozen Four comes to the Wells Fargo Center, but if all goes according to plan, more than just the Division 1 national champion could be crowned that weekend. According to a report from US College Hockey Online, organizers are preparing to host both the…
This will likely be irrelevant when the NHL cancels the season (just kidding, sort of), but whatever. The league announced their national television schedule in both the United States and Canada Thursday morning and the Philadelphia Flyers are scheduled to be on national television a total of 34 times. That includes all appearances on NBC,…
(SB Nation) — 15 days before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement, talks have broken off between the NHL and NHLPA while optimism has been thrown out the window. “At this point, talks are off,” NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr said at NHL headquarters in Manhattan Friday after a meeting that lasted approximately 90…
Gary Bettman’s salary during the NHL’s canceled 2004-05 season was $3.7 million. In 2010-11, according to the NHL’s recent tax filings shared Monday by Sports Business Journal, Bettman’s more than doubled to $8 million. In that same time, the NHL’s total annual revenue grew to $2.9 billion, with that number reaching $3.2 billion for the…
I think we’re over-simplfying the debate around Scott Hartnell’s contract extension. Several points have been made so far in analyzing this contract, mostly that the Flyers got a great deal on this contract and that Hartnell took less money in exchange for long-term job security. “The Flyers got off cheaply.” — Sam Carchidi of the…
Remember that time the Flyers tried to give Shea Weber $110 million? The Nashville Predators may have foiled that plan by matching Paul Holmgren’s seriously ballsy offer sheet, but there’s still a pretty large contingent of Flyers fans holding out hope that Weber will someday pull on an orange and black jersey. It’s not going…
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…
As you know, Flyers prospect Nick Cousins was arrested and charged with sexual assault over the weekend. He and two other Soo Greyhounds teammates — Coyotes prospect Andrew Fritsch and Sicklerville, N.J. resident Mark Petaccio — have been released from police custody while awaiting court dates. Cousins will appear on October 1. In the meantime,…
Hello, friends. It’s a lockout and everything, but hockey still goes on. Life still goes on. Clothes must still be worn. While our recent redesign has taken our BSH Store temporarily offline, we’re partnering with Philly Phaithful to help clothe you. Introducing … Eisbären Philadelphia. While we hope Claude gets back to the Flyers sooner…
Today we begin a new series … just in time for the NHL lockout. Over the next 26 days, we’ll run down the top 25 players in the Philadelphia Flyers organization under the age of 25. We brought together a nine-person panel to vote, and as we go along you’ll be able to see just…