*It’s game day! Time to get super excited and pumped up and spend the day politely ignoring the fact that Sean Couturier might be hurt. Also, Dave juggled some lines. Go Flyers. [Philly.com] *We’ve got some thoughts about all of this. [BSH] *Charlie’s got some ideas about what the team should do if Coots is,…
One of the bigger stories coming into game 2 was that Jordan Binnington, not Zane McIntyre, would be starting in goal for the Providence Bruins. McIntyre allowed 3 goals on 24 shots in yesterday’s game and Binnington was one of the league’s best goaltenders during the regular season. 1st period From the very beginning it…
A slow start by the Phantoms saw them being out-shot 10-1 halfway through the first period, but on the back of a strong performance in net by Alex Lyon and two goals from Danick Martel, they were able to win game one and take a series lead. 1st Period About four minutes in the first…
Steve and Craig discuss what the hell happened in Game 4 and what to expect tonight. The pair talk about the expected lines, what moves will happen if (when?) the Flyers lose this series, and if tonight’s game could be Dave Hakstol’s last as the team’s head coach. Steve also says he’ll buy a Valtteri…
*There are plenty of reasons that the Flyers’ season is over, but the lack of depth —scoring and otherwise— is perhaps the biggest. [BSH] *Jake Voracek says the Flyers need to win “at least a playoff series next year,” though the teams’ youth and resilience did shine through this season. [Courier-Post] *Speaking of resilience, the…
*Today the team will conduct exit interviews, and from here we should start to get an idea what – if any – changes will be coming this summer. All we have now are the post-mortems. Meltzer takes a broad look at what went right and what went wrong over the course of this long season….
*Let’s close out the season entirely with our final set of morning observations, from Sunday’s bummer of a loss. [BSH] *The playoffs may be over, but it’s going to be an important summer for this team. And, if anything, there’s more pressure now than ever. [NBC Sports Philly] *As was to be expected, the Flyers…
Thanks to Alex Lyon’s 49 saves and Max Lamarche’s overtime heroics, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms are moving on to round 2 and will face the Charlotte Checkers. This won’t be an easy series by any means as Charlotte, maybe more than any other team during the regular season, has given the Phantoms a fair bit…
The biggest news of the day was the absences of a few key players for both teams — for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms it was the regular season MVP Phil Varone, and for the Providence Bruins it was Peter Cehlarik, who scored 2 goals in game 2, and Ryan Fitzgerald, who scored 2 goals in…
*Be careful out there, you guys. The offseason produces the hottest of takes; exit interview time in particular. There’s a lot of bad information out there. [BSH] *Charlie, because he’s great, has a level-headed take on the ten things we should take away from the Flyers’ player exit interviews. [The Athletic] *Ron Hextall and Dave…