And the NHL’s Wheel of Justice spins forward. Brayden Schenn has been suspended one game for leaping into the face of Anton Volchenkov on Tuesday night. The NHL released the decision with a Shanny video. Shanahan says it’s charging, which we don’t disagree with. We don’t disagree that Schenn left his feet and made contact…
We give Russian players a lot of shit. Even those of us who realize that the type of Canadian jingoism around Russian and European players that’s perpetuated by guys like Don Cherry are guilty of looking down our noses at a lot of guys from overseas. We treat them unfairly. It’s an epidemic in hockey….
With the NHL’s trade deadline fast approaching, almost every team has a reason to wonder “what’s next”? The Philadelphia Flyers are no exception. No bigger name appears to be so obviously in play in Philadelphia as Wayne Simmonds. Simmonds is now 30 years old and in the last year of a very “team friendly” deal….
Yep, can’t believe I’m writing this. Well, wait, who am I kidding? Of course I’m writing this. Roberto Luongo is the rumor mill player du jour, and when there’s a big name out there, the Philadelphia Flyers are going to at least poke around. That’s what they’re doing with the Canucks goaltender, it seems. Via…
Hey, more games were canceled today. /fart noise The NHL canceled the 2013 All-Star Game in Columbus (insert joke here) and all regular season games through Dec. 14 in the third round of cancellations forced by the ongoing lockout. Below, a list of Flyers games that have now been wiped off the schedule. Date Visitor…
One of the tools that we have developed at Broad Street Hockey for assessing player performance is the monitoring of zone entries. Each time the puck was advanced into the offensive zone, Geoff recorded who sent it in and whether they carried the puck in or dumped it in. We found that gaining the zone…
How much hockey can we expect Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov to play in this shortened 2013 NHL season? If you think he’ll somehow play less frequently than he would in a normal 82-game season, you’re likely wrong. Here’s a chart of the top goalies, sorted by games played, from the shortened 94-95 season. 48…
Here’s your uncomfortable hockey reminder of the week: When the NHL returns and the Philadelphia Flyers take the ice, they’re going to have a pretty weak defense. With Matt Carle gone, the Flyers are going to lean on guys like Braydon Coburn, Nicklas Grossmann and Kimmo Timonen to play even more minutes than they have…
It’s rare that the officials determine the final outcome of a hockey game. Very rare. Bad calls are made every game and it’s part of hockey to take those punches and overcome them. But it’s even more rare that you put the puck in the net twice and the officials take those goals away from…
Remember last year when the Flyers stood around with the puck against the Lightning and it was a whole thing? Yeah, apparently that’s all Tampa fans and media care about heading into tonight’s game between the two teams, even though they’ve played three other times since. Philadelphia Flyers (2-3-0) at Tampa Bay Lightning (3-1-0)6:00 p.m….