The season is young, but the Flyers have struggled thus far to bring the puck into the offensive zone with possession. The average team dumps the puck in on about half of their zone entries; last year the Flyers were a little better than average, keeping the dump-ins down to 47 percent, but this year…
“Who’s the best player on the Flyers?” Claude Giroux seems like a no-brainer answer. He was the third-highest scoring player in the league last year despite taking on tough minutes. He is the captain and the acknowledged leader. But the numbers leave room for debate. Here are some cumulative stats for 5-on-5 play since Jakub…
From January 28th to February 18th, potential applicants have the opportunity to submit a short video and written statement outlining why they should become the next voice of XFINITY Sports. Ten semifinalists will be selected, with 8 of the best submissions selected initially and 10 alternates selected as Wild Cards. Each Wild Card contestant will…
That’s not exactly how we drew it up, is it? After waiting 256 days for Flyers hockey (and admittedly, still riding the high of last year’s playoff win vs. Pittsburgh a bit), we were expecting another win at the Wells Fargo Center to kick off the 2013 season. [Complete Coverage] – [Pittsburgh Reaction][Event Summary] –…
Bryzgalov keeping the Flyers ahead. 2-1 after two.
Hockey is a funny, random sport. In fact, it’s so funny and random that a team can go on a 10-game winning streak in the middle of the season and miss the playoffs. What’s even funnier and more random than that is that a team can go on a 10-game losing streak in the middle…
Awful stat: The Philadelphia Flyers have 13 wins this season. The Pittsburgh Penguins are on an 11-game win streak. And thus, the frustrating 2013 season in a nutshell. Philadelphia Flyers (13-16-1, 27) at Pittsburgh Penguins (24-8-0, 48)7:30 p.m. | Consol Energy Center | Pittsburgh, Pa.TV: NBC Sports Network | Radio: 93.3 WMMRGet the Pittsburgh perspective…
Travis’s laptop is a zombie. It’s all Sestito’s fault. /divided by zero
Not really sure if this is a “report” as much as just common sense and throwing numbers at the wall, but CSN’s John Boruk tweeted today that it’s basically a given Claude Giroux is getting paid sooner than later. Well, duh. You can draw up the contract right now, but Giroux will get 71-72 million…