*It’s finally here! Sunday should be fun. In the meantime, here are Bob McKenzie’s Final Draft Rankings. (Copper & Blue) *Meltzer on Holmgren’s pre-draft comments. (Hockeybuzz) *A look at draft day hits and misses by the Atlantic Division. (NHL.com) *It’s possible that the Colorado Avalanche are bluffing when they say they’ll pass over Seth Jones….
*Homer warns that it’s going to get ridiculous around here in the next ten days. (Flyers) *What we can learn from the Ilya Bryzgalov Era. (The Hockey Guys) *Bryz issued a farewell statement, in which he kind of trolls the organization by thanking them for securing his family’s financial security. He’s also quite fond of…
*Hope everyone had a nice weekend recovering from Friday’s free agent frenzy. Kurt wraps up the signings to date here. *Homer’s free agent acquisitions have filled out the Flyers roster in an awesome way, but he can’t be finished yet. (BSH) *In that vein, just how much have these moves improved the team? (Philly.com) *Taking…
*Well, it’s never boring, this team. Vinny Lecavalier is a Flyer. Reactions to the news from BSH, Philly.com, CSN Philly, The Hockey Guys, and the Tampa Bay Lightning fans. *Travis breaks down the Lecavalier contract to prove that this time, Homer wasn’t crazy. (BSH) *Let’s learn more about Robert Hagg. (BSH) *The Flyers still need…
*Ilya Kovalchuk blew up the hockey world yesterday buy announcing his retirement from the New Jersey Devils. Did anyone see this coming? Those poor, poor Devils fans. All 47 of them. *Jeremy Roenick literally lost his mind on twitter. (SB Nation) *Not surprisingly, it looks like Kovy is bolting for the KHL team he played…
*The prospects participated in the Trial on the Isle yesterday; pics and such if you choose to enjoy them. *Meltzer on Shero, Lindros, and ranking the top-ten forward prospects in the system. (Hockeybuzz) *The CBC with a really nice piece on The Fog in the wake of his induction into the HHOF. *Do the Flyers…
*Big news yesterday was the induction of the great Fred Shero into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Finally! Bad news is they snubbed Lindros again. Starting to think circa 1998 Bob Clarke is on the induction committee. Read up on the other inductees here. *Inductee Chris Chelios reminded everyone that he hates Gary Bettman when…
*The NHL will induct the 2013 class into the Hockey Hall of Fame today. Among the possible inductees are Rod Brind’Amour and Eric Lindros; it’d be great to see Big E get the nod. (NHL.com) *Looking in on day two of Flyers Development Camp. (The Hockey Guys) *Flyers’ 2013 draftee Tyrell Goulbourne offers an account…
*Ron Hextall is back with the Flyers. If it were up to me I’d stop there since all other news pales in comparison but this thing has a minimum word count, so onward we go. Welcome home, #27. *Sam Morin is often compared to Chris Pronger, but the kid has a long way to go…
*Brian Boucher has signed a contract to play in the Swiss National League. Come back for your front office gig someday, Boosh! (CSN Philly) *Defensive prospect Fredric Larsson is excited to bring his game to the North American market. (Flyers) *Meltzer on low-ceiling drafting and the Michael Raffl contract and Simon Gagne’s future with the…