The last NHL team Ray Emery has played for – and, at this rate, likely will ever play for – is the Philadelphia Flyers. Picked up in 2013-14, he played 28 games for the Flyers, posting a .903 save percentage; he came back the following season for 2014-15, playing 31 games and dropping to a…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. While the outcome was certainly different, last night’s loss wasn’t all that dissimiliar in structure to the Flyers‘ victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. Just as they did on Thursday, the Flyers were sloppy early, particularly…
*Sam Morin is making adjustments to his game and finding success in his first year with the Phantoms. [CSN Philly] *Charlie breaks down the Flyers forward corps to see who is currently performing like they belong in the top-9. [BSH] *Claude Giroux has a problem. A delicious, delicious problem. [Pattison Ave] *On Ed Snider and…
*Happy Festivus, Flyers fans! Please air your grievances in the comments. Later, someone can try to pin Travis to gain control of the blog and end the holiday. It’ll be grand. To help you get into the spirit, here’s Coatesy Claus giving gifts to some Flyers. [Sons of Penn] *I would like to air a…
It’s almost World Juniors time! That wonderful time of the year when hockey countries around the world get even more emotionally invested than normal about teenagers who are really, really good at playing the game. Team USA hasn’t won since 2013. Since then it’s been Sweden, Finland, and… Canada, who will be looking to repeat…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. The Flyers may have earned the win last night, but let’s not ignore the fact that they could have lost this game in the first period. For the first ten minutes, Philadelphia looked like the same team…
The 24-hour waiver period has come and gone for Sam Gagner and the Philadelphia Flyers, and the forward has gone unclaimed. He’s been sent to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. With Gagner off the Flyers books, they’ll save $950,000 of the $3.2 million against the salary cap, making his cap hit $2.25 million. The move allows…
Sam Gagner’s year with the Philadelphia Flyers might be coming to a premature end. The Flyers placed the forward on waivers Tuesday afternoon, and the intention is that he will be sent to the AHL should no team claim him off waivers. Should he be claimed or not, Gagner’s move means one important thing for…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. For the third straight game, the Flyers were outplayed in the first period. While poor defensive zone play was the primary cause of the team’s slow starts last week, the main problem last night was choppy execution…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. The first few shifts of the game from the Flyers were actually quite strong. Anaheim was struggling to move through the neutral zone and Philadelphia appeared to be the quicker team. But following two separate scrums that…