*Let’s take a look back at the draft and free agency and judge the Flyers‘ front office decisions. [Five Mole] *The Phantoms have a new head coach and he was introduced to the public on Monday; our Lindsey Smith was in Allentown to get the lowdown. [BSH] *Dave Isaac answers your Flyers questions, including some…
*Yesterday’s big big news was that the Flyers will appear on NBC or NBCSports a total of eighteen times next season. For some reason, this annoyed some people on the interwebs. Whatever, this negativity just makes us stronger. [BSH] *Here are the winners and losers in NBC Sports’ schedule for next season. [Puck Daddy] *A…
*Just when you were about to fall asleep out of hockey-less boredom and Phillies baseball, Ron Hextall comes out and BLAM Sean Couturier is extended! [BSH] *We talked a bit about this yesterday but it looks like the career of tiny ball of wonderfulness, Danny Briere, is coming to a close. [BSH] [Puck Daddy] *This…
*The Flyers have gotten better this offseason. That’s pretty, pretty, pretty good. [Daily News] *The league has changed some start times for Flyers games this season. [Flyers] *Michael Del Zotto is technically a movie star now. Not THOSE kinds of movies, you guys… [BSH] *Meltzer looks at why NHL save percentages are trending up. [Flyerdelphia]…
If you’ve ever used NHL GameCenter, you know the pain. It’s not a horrible product, but the 90 second delay and some of the other functional issues that plague it can be a real pain in the ass. Baseball’s version of the online streaming platform, MLB.tv, is not without similar issues, but if you’ve used…
*GUESS WHAT? JAKE VORACEK GOT AN EXTENSION! There’s a lot of money and lot of years and lot of things to digest, so let’s do just that. [BSH] [CSN] [CBS Sports] [Yahoo! Sports] [Sporting News] [TSN] *Jake had quite the quote on last night’s conference call about what happened when the news broke from his…
The Philadelphia Flyers will host the New York Islanders in a preseason game at Allentown’s PPL Center, home of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, on Monday, September 21. Tickets are on sale beginning today. That evening the Flyers will send one squad to Allentown and another to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for the first NHL game at…
* More takes on Sean Couturier’s new contract. Yada, yada, more offense, yada yada. [Sporting News] * Pretty good term on that deal, by the way. [Broad Street Buzz] * Arguing that the term of the deal shows Hextall’s confidence in Couturier. [CSN] * New Phantoms forward and AHL veteran Chris Conner can now say…
Having officially flipped over to the slowest month of the hockey calendar this past weekend, it’s time to kill off some of the remaining off-days with one of everyone’s favorite activities: talking about prospects. Which can only mean one thing: the Flyers 25 Under 25 is back. For those who need a refresher, a brief…
*The most important news obviously comes first, so, on that note, Claude Giroux was spotted ordering a cheesesteak at Geno’s. Where was the intervention? [BSH] *Puck Daddy’s Ryan Lambert with a good piece on Jake Voracek’s usage and how that ending up tying into his monster extension. [Yahoo! Sports] *The NHL is teaming up with…