Most of us who cover the Flyers (either on the daily newspaper beat or otherwise, like us here at BSH or Flyers Faithful or other blogs) spent this deadline day at a desk, on a phone, vomiting or some combination of the three. Others spent the afternoon sightseeing the City of Toronto, because, you know,…
NOTE: I wrote 95% of this article before today’s news that the Flyers recalled Oliver Lauridsen. Thank you, the Flyers, for making me look stupid for publishing now and/or smart for suggesting it. But in any event, here’s an article. So the Flyers aren’t good right now. They aren’t making the playoffs this season unless…
After the Flyers loss to the Rangers the other night, we made a lot of jokes about how “effort” and “heart” were being cited as the difference in the game. No, we said, that doesn’t matter. It is secondary. The Flyers are losing hockey games because they’re not a good team, not because they’re not…
You may have seen Scott Hartnell’s hilarious divorce jokes on Twitter yesterday. (Well, okay … hilarious if you’re anybody but Scott’s ex-wife, Lisa Renneke.) It wasn’t just Scott that got in on the mix, though. Several Flyers and ex-Flyers retweeted Hartnell’s original tweet, and Mike Richards even chimed in independently … which Hartnell retweeted. And…
So far today on Broad Street Hockey we’ve spent the day talking about injuries, trade rumors, and stupid April Fools jokes meant to annoy us. So let’s lighten the mood a bit. On Sunday night, after Alex Ovechkin buried a power play goal in the third period to make the score 4-2 Capitals, Ilya Bryzgalov…
*Four wins in a row!! We’re in uncharted territory here, friends. The good: Cooter had a great game. Ditto Rosehill. The bad: Timonen went down in the third with an undisclosed injury. Here’s hoping he isn’t sidelined for long. We’re losing one guy a game; enough already, hockey gods! Recaps: Flyers.com, CSN Philly, Philly.com, BSH….
Four wins in a row isn’t possible, right? That’s what the Flyers will shoot for tonight when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. The Flyers need two points desperately tonight to stay in the playoff hunt, but they’ll also need some help from friends. Philadelphia Flyers (16-17-3, 35) at Toronto…