With the Flyers set to begin their prospect camp this upcoming Thursday, we’ll take the next few days and briefly go through the profiles of the guys that the Flyers just drafted at the Wells Fargo Center. First up: the headliner of the group, first-round draft pick Travis Sanheim. Background Date of Birth: March 29,…
With the 198th pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers select Jesper Pettersson, a 19-year-old defenseman from Linkoping of the Swedish Hockey League. It’s their final pick of the 2014 Draft. He’s just 5’9, which is …. very tiny, especially for a defenseman. He weighs in at 183, and Elite Prospects says that…
With the 168th pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected a Russian. THIS IS NOT A DRILL THE FLYERS DRAFTED A RUSSIAN. His name is Radel Fazleev and he’s a center from the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL. He was teammates with the Flyers first round pick, Travis Sanheim. ISS had…
*The Flyers issued qualifying offers to some – but not all – of their restricted free agents. [Flyers] *Kurt looks at a few possible free agents targets for the Flyers to fill their vacancy in the backup goaltender position. [BSH] *One thing Ron Hextall hoped to accomplish with this weekend’s draft was to find talent…
On the first show post-deadline, the gang goes all the way over the Flyers’ deal for Wayne Simmonds and discuss Ryan Hartman’s first appearance in a Flyers jersey. There’s also some talk about James van Riemsdyk’s season numbers, Oskar Lindblom’s blossoming into key piece in the lineup, and Brian Elliott’s yeoman’s work. Finally, the gang…
*The 2014 Draft came and went over the weekend and was, by all accounts, a rousing success. The BSH guys have the lowdown on all six of Ron Hextall’s picks and there doesn’t seem to be a Tyrell Goulbourne dud in the bunch. [BSH] *It was clear from the start that Flyers fans were determined…
Travis Sanheim was a Penguins fan. I’m sure that changed on Friday night when he was selected in the first round by the Flyers, but he was a Penguins fan. And that includes during that ridiculous 2012 playoff series. Sanheim was sitting at home watching those six games. And he was tweeting. Oh no. #Flyers…
*Turns out that, apart from free agent signings, there isn’t a whole lot of hockey news on July 1. Your friends at SB Nation have a full rundown of all of yesterday’s signings (and there were a lot). [SB Nation] *Or if you’re into the whole brevity thing, a simple list of trades is also…
The Flyers first move in free agency is a goaltender, but it’s not the NHL backup we think it is. They’ve signed German league goalie Rob Zepp to a one year, $600,000 contract, according to Elliotte Friedman. Zepp has played with Eisbären Berlin since 2007-08. He’s never played in the NHL. The 32 year old…
The small-time depth additions just keep coming for the Philadelphia Flyers. They are a little late to this whole free agency party, but whatever. Winger Andrew Gordon has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the organization. They announced the deal on Wednesday afternoon as part of a flurry of moves that saw Tye McGinn traded…