File under “things to do if you have a parrot”. Reddit user /u/_CHILLBRO_SWAGGINS‘ mom has a parrot. That parrot, named Willard, has been taught well, as he likes the Philadelphia Flyers so much, he knows how to cheer for them. That makes him probably the coolest parrot in existence. He even tries to cheer for…
Early morning international hockey is weird, but that’s what happens when there are tournaments being played in Finland. Tournaments in Finland where there appears to be a Flyers prospect doing rather well. Ivan Provorov, recent seventh overall pick, is playing well for Team Russia in the World Junior Championships. With four wins – though the…
*The Flyers played their last game of the calendar year last night and it was good or possibly bad (Charlie says: It was bad). Not sure. Thankfully, Charlie has us covered. RECAP! *To the surprise of pretty much no one, considering his cap hit/lack of playing time, Sam Gagner cleared waivers and joined the Lehigh…
*The Flyers kicked off the new year with a big stinky turd of a game in Los Angeles. Blissfully, the West Coast trip is over, so we can go back to watching crap hockey at a normal time. RECAP! *Charlie brings us ten things to learn from the loss to the Kings. [BSH] *A few…
*The West Coast trip gets real tonight with a 1030PM start time against San Jose. Go Flyers! *Big news yesterday was that the Flyers placed Sam Gagner on waivers, presumably to make room for the return of Mark Streit. [BSH] *But why Gagner? Seems like a question that needs answering. [Puck Daddy] *This is just…
I guess when you’re Ed Snider, you can throw as big of a New Years party as you want. And, well, when you’re Ed Snider and own a hockey team, it only makes sense to bring everyone over. To Santa Barbara. For the end of December and beginning of January. That’s not a bad place…
*Let’s take a trip with Charlie down the rabbit hole that is: ten things we learned from Sunday night’s stupid loss to those dumb Ducks. [BSH] *Claude Giroux blames himself a bit and say he needs to be better for this team to get wins. [Inquirer] *Dave Hakstol is confident in Brandon Manning on the…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. Even last night, in a game where the Flyers led by two goals for the majority of the third period and outshot the Canadiens throughout the contest, they could not pull off a victory without drama. Daniel…
Ivan Provorov was thhhhhhiiiiis close to becoming the goat for Russia in the gold medal game of the World Junior Championship against Finland. Late in the third period of a tie game, he took a terrible penalty — essentially tackling a Finnish player with two arms in the corner. The Finns didn’t score on that…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. The Flyers lost this game in the opening forty minutes, and it was poor play from the team’s third and fourth lines that was primarily to blame. When the Giroux and Couturier lines were on the ice,…