Hello, friends. It’s a lockout and everything, but hockey still goes on. Life still goes on. Clothes must still be worn. While our recent redesign has taken our BSH Store temporarily offline, we’re partnering with Philly Phaithful to help clothe you. Introducing … Eisbären Philadelphia. While we hope Claude gets back to the Flyers sooner…
Today we begin a new series … just in time for the NHL lockout. Over the next 26 days, we’ll run down the top 25 players in the Philadelphia Flyers organization under the age of 25. We brought together a nine-person panel to vote, and as we go along you’ll be able to see just…
Claude Giroux is sick of sitting around. Speaking in Ottawa today, where he’s spent the last several weeks skating and training near family and friends, the Best Player In The World™ expressed impatience with the ongoing NHL lockout, doubt that it will end any time soon and reluctance about waiting it out while other players…
Things are *puts on cautious face* looking good in CBA talks, as the NHL and NHLPA have met at length several times in the last few days and are scheduled to do more as the week continues. But that’s not stopping the flow of NHL players to Europe, and we can now add Max Talbot…
Great period. No goal to show for it, but a very, very solid period. Let’s keep it rolling, Flyers. ALSO MIKE KNUBLE BACK
We tend to stay out of the gossip stuff around here, but we’ll make an exception every now and then. This is one of those times. Ed Snider is getting married! According to Philly.com, the Comcast-Spectacor chairman and Philadelphia Flyers owner proposed to girlfriend Lin Spivak recently at a restaurant in Southern California. Snider’s been…
A week ago, Todd presented the season-long scoring chance numbers he tirelessly compiled from last year. Continuing with his work, I was able to go through and further splice his data to separate out team strength. Where Todd did a great job of breaking down even strength contributions, I will break down power play and…
GLENS FALLS — After one period of play, the Phantoms lead the Albany Devils 1-0 on a shorthanded goal by Sean Couturier. Adirondack outshot Albany 11-6 in the period and controlled the play well in the first. It’s the first time in nine games that the Phantoms scored the first goal. Notes and observations from…
Gulp. The Philadelphia Flyers announced this morning that Andrej Meszaros will be out indefinitely after going under the knife to repair a torn Achilles. The injury was suffered during summer workouts in Europe and the surgery took place Tuesday morning at Jefferson Hospital. It’s likely too early to say when Meszaros could return to the…
Shea Weber is staying in Nashville, and all things considered, it could be worse. The Flyers offer sheet served at least one purpose: It guaranteed that Weber would not play for the New York Rangers or another Eastern Conference rival. The bright side, you guys! But the Flyers still have a problem. A pretty big…