*Now that the Flyers have revealed their front office power structure, one assumes that things will be on the quiet side between now and the draft. If today’s number of links is any indication, anyway. Anyhoo, who’d you put in the booth to replace President Jones? [BSH] *Speaking of the draft, Craig Button released his…
Welcome to JayPo’s Penalty Boxed Lunch, where we explore food from around the country! This week’s 17th official entry comes to us from Alabama who is known for two things, ‘Bama football and white barbeque sauce…or so I thought? Food History! According to OnlyInYourState.com, the infamous Alabama White BBQ Sauce–or just white sauce when you…
Matvei Michkov is the most interesting player in the draft and it’s not really close. Not for what he does on the ice – although that is freakishly tantalizing as well – but for the entire situation following him around like a dark cloud, affecting every conversation about him and where he could fall in…
After 17 years of broadcasting from the booth with Jim Jackson, Keith Jones is taking over as the President of Hockey Operations of the Philadelphia Flyers. Which leaves one all-important question: Who’s gonna provide color commentary now? There are a few candidates that could step into the job with ease (and one likely frontrunner), but…
*It was a big weekend for the Flyers (do you consider Friday the weekend? it’s a stretch but let me have it), with the new front office Triumverate, as it’s being called, sitting down in front of the mics for the first time. The start of the new era of orange, as it were. [Inquirer]…
In one of the most thrilling developments in this new era of orange so far, the great folks at Broad Street Hockey asked me if I would write about the Eurovision Song Contest on their fine website once more! This is something I used to do quite often at BSH more than a decade ago…
It’s time for a new era of orange! Just, uh, what the heck does that mean? Steve and Quigz discuss Danny Briere being named general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers and Keith Jones making the leap from the broadcast booth to president of hockey operations. The guys also talk about the draft lottery and who…
The Philadelphia Flyers looked far and wide in their search for their next President of Hockey Operations. Daniel Briere was a shoo-in for the general manager job after being named the interim late in the season, but his right-hand man (or woman) was up in the air. After a long and extensive search, the Flyers…
We’re keeping things rolling on the draft board, and our second overall pick is … a player who would absolutely go first overall in most other drafts. Adam Fantilli is coming off of a historic season. An 18 year old playing in one of the more difficult college conferences with Michigan in the Big Ten,…