After last night’s 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils, in which Ilya Bryzgalov notched his third straight shutout, I noticed a lot of this sentiment around the Internets (you can click to enlarge if necessary): This person was not alone. There were many, many others who agreed with him. The notion here is that…
One nice thing about having the first round playoff matchup nearly locked in is that we have plenty of time to take a thorough look at how the Flyers and Penguins have matched up this year. Yeah, it’ll be wasted effort if New Jersey passes the Flyers down the stretch, but playing Florida instead of…
7:30 p.m., Wells Fargo CenterSouth PhiladelphiaGame 2, Eastern SemifinalsFlyers lead series, 1-0TV: NBC Sports Network, CBCRADIO: 610 WIPTICKETS: Starting at $32NJD BLOG: In Lou We Trust The Flyers can put the Devils in a deep, deep hole tonight with a victory over the Devils, and they’re in a ridiculously strong position to do just that….
7:30 p.m., Wells Fargo CenterSouth PhiladelphiaGame 5, Eastern SemifinalsDevils lead, 3-1TV: NBC Sports Network, CBCRADIO: 610 WIPNJD BLOG: In Lou We Trust The last game of the season? Ugh, this could be the last game of the season. In all honestly, there’s not much room for optimism heading into tonight’s Game 5 against the Devils….
7 p.m., Wells Fargo CenterSouth PhiladelphiaTV: CSN Philly, FS FloridaRADIO: 94 WIPTICKETS: Starting at $18 (!)FLA BLOG: Litter Box Cats Pavel Kubina heard about Sidney Crosby’s spectacular return to hockey last week, which saved the lives of hundreds of starving children, peacefully ended all of America’s overseas conflicts and made bacon a required topping on…
Finally some good news on the injury front for the Philadelphia Flyers. According to Bill Meltzer, Nicklas Grossmann does not need surgery on his knee. Lars Cedarström, Grossmann’s Swedish agent, told Meltzer that the knee is fine. That’s certainly contrary to what we had believed. Grossmann wasn’t on the injury list released by the Flyers…
The Philadelphia Flyers are set to make an announcement at 5 p.m. tonight, according to Ike Richman, a Comcast-Spectacor publicist who dropped that bomb and ran earlier this afternoon. #Flyers to make an announcement this afternoon at 5 p.m. Stay tuned. — Ike Richman (@Ike_Richman) April 30, 2012 Ominous. I have no clue what this…
Ilya Bryzgalov won’t play on Thursday night for the Philadelphia Flyers thanks to a chip fracture in his right foot, but the organization does not believe the injury to be all that serious. “Ilya wasn’t going to play on Thursday anyway, general manger Paul Holmgren said Tuesday afternoon. “We’re going to just leave him back…
Sean Couturier is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury after getting cut in some way by David Clarkson in the first period of Game 3 on Thursday night against the Devils, the team announced this afternoon. These are times when we should be thankful there are two days off between Games 3 and 4….
PITTSBURGH — With the 117th pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected Taylor Leier, a winger from the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League. Leier was ranked 117th by Central Scouting in the midterm rankings and 130th in their final rankings. In 72 games with Portland this past season,…