It looks like one of our biggest lockout fears has been realized: Claude Giroux has been injured in Germany. In the second period of Friday’s overtime loss to Krefeld Pinguine, Giroux was checked to the head by an unknown Krefeld player. Nobody was penalized on the play but Giroux left the game under his own…
The Phantoms have a preseason game today! It’s at the Skate Zone in Voorhees at 2 p.m., and it’s completely free if you’re able to attend. Go watch some hockey. It’s good for the soul. Maybe not for your eyes, though. Via the Flyers: No clue what the front looks like, but man. The Phantoms…
It seemed the other day as though Claude Giroux was ready to head to Europe during this lockout. He said he was “bored” waiting around for the work stoppage to end and that he was itching to play some real hockey. Well, it seems as though he’s about to sign with a foreign club. According…
Um, so, I like the Philadelphia Flyers and they get me excited and give me feelings of joy and stuff. Claude Giroux, particularly. But I can’t say it ever really goes this far… “I’m excited. Is this … nine in a row or eight in a row we’ve played against ‘Philly?’ That’s a lot of…
The Flyers badly need points in a jam-packed playoff race, and they’ll be able to get two birds stoned at once tonight. Not only would the Flyers gain two points in the standings with a win in Montreal tonight, but they’d take points away from the Canadiens —one of the teams occupying a playoff spot…
Well, that’s a little better. It’s 2-2 after two and should probably be 3-2 Flyers, but much of the second period was controlled by the Flyers. Some notes on the second period: The good: * Bryzgalov. * Claude Giroux, as always. * Really, the first PP unit as a whole. Puck movement is good, getting…
One of most interesting aspects of NHL proposal is aimed at punishing clubs more than players, with regard to existing back-diving deals. Any existing deal in excess of 5 yrs would carry cap hit in every year of contract, even if player were to retire with year(s) left. … If player traded, then later in…
Absolutely shocking developments this afternoon. Sidney Crosby, in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, implied that he doesn’t like the Philadelphia Flyers and that he doesn’t care about breaking Claude Giroux’s wrists in the playoffs last year. This groundbreaking news will surely shock the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to its very core. Via the Post-Gazette’s Empty…
Several stories have been written recently about how a lockout would affect a hockey town’s economy, expressing concern that lost games will mean lost sales for the city’s businesses. The Boston Business Journal recently wrote this: “Roughly each [Bruins] home game is worth anywhere between $850,000 to $1 million,” said Pat Moscaritolo, CEO of the…
Nick Cousins wasn’t in court on Monday, but next steps were hammered out in the sexual assault case during a hearing in Ontario. Via the Sault Ste. Marie Star: A judicial pre-trial conference in a sexual assault case involving three players with the Soo Greyhounds has been scheduled for Dec. 20. The three accused weren’t…