*Penguins on Sunday! DESTROY THEM. *Scott Hartnell was benched Monday. He gets it. (CSN Philly) *The Tampa Bay Lightning whine like a bunch of wittle tiny babies. Zac Rinaldo/Philadelphia laughs uproariously. (BSH) *Should the Flyers be shopping Andrej Meszaros? (CSN Philly) *The trade deadline might suck this year. (Backhand Shelf) *The Flyers defense is awful,…
*Ginger Jesus is going to get paid. We knew it was coming. (BSH) *The Flyers have been kind of awful in the first second third period this season. (Flyers Faithful) *The Leafs waived Mike Komisarek yesterday. (Backhand Shelf) *The Flyers are worried about…offense? (Philly.com) *I thought the cap was supposed to slow down player salary…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… *Ilya Bryzgalov is frustrated. Join the club, Mr. Universe. (Philly.com) *Meltzer’s not thrilled either. (Hockeybuzz) *Apparently the Flames want Matt Read. (SB Nation) *Derek Mathers has signed an ATO with the Phantoms. (BSH) *Late last night they also signed college…
Derek Mathers will again join the Adirondack Phantoms to finish out the AHL season. According to a team press release, the Phantoms have signed the prospect to an amateur tryout contract. The signing comes two days after Mathers’ OHL club, the Peterborough Petes, dropped their final regular season game and missed the postseason by a…
* Quick update from last night’s playoff chase action: Boston is useless and couldn’t beat Toronto in regulation, Ottawa is useless and couldn’t beat New Jersey in regulation, the Flyers sit five points back of eighth-place NYR. * Hey, guess who’s in town tonight? Get the opposing perspective of tonight’s game from Blueshirt Banter. *…
* Recaps of last night’s loss to the Pens from BSH, Flyers Faithful, the Inquirer, Meltzer, CSN and Pensburgh. * Speaking of Pittsburgh, they acquired Brenden Morrow from Dallas before the game last night. [Defending Big D] * The NCAA hockey tournament begins next weekend. My alma mater, Quinnipiac, is the No. 1 overall seed….
Andrej Meszaros is injured again. The Flyers defenseman has played just 10 games this season after recovering from an offseason Achilles injury and an in-season shoulder injury, and the team announced this afternoon that he’s hurt the shoulder again. With just 18 games left in the regular season, his season could be over. Simply put,…
* Holy crap, that game. Recaps of last night’s win over Washington from us, CSN, the Inquirer, Bill Meltzer, Flyers Faithful and the Washington perspective from Japers’ Rink. * Meanwhile, Max Talbot is hurt and it looks like a knee injury. [Daily News] * Jake Voracek got in a fight last night when he stepped…
* The Flyers lost last night. [Recap] * Braydon Coburn’s hurt. [Inquirer] * “The 2013 Philadelphia Flyers are a deeply flawed team that can neither protect leads efficiently nor win games that are up for grabs.” Well put. [Meltzer] * The NCAA hockey tournament begins today at 2 p.m. The usual suspects like USCHO and…
* Former Flames captain Jarome Iginla is a Pittsburgh Penguin, not a Boston Bruin, and the reaction of fans from all three teams is pretty funny. [SBNation.com] * But of course Pittsburgh gets him and is clearly making a run at a Cup here. Ugh. [Pensburgh] * Meanwhile, down here in the basement, the Flyers…