Here’s Exhibit #8734652349 in the file of “why you don’t react too much to one year’s worth of surprising results.” At this time last year, the question about Scott Hartnell was whether or not his career year in the 2011-12 season was worthy of a contract extension. As you probably heard, he got said contract…
It’s that magical time of year again! No, not the second round of the playoffs or Latvia avoiding IIHF relegation, but Eurovision! Gloriously wonderful Eurovision! Today (3:00 pm EST) is the Eurovision final in Malmo, Sweden, and you should watch! The show is streaming live at Eurovision.tv. I’ve written about Eurovision on BSH many times…
Jake Voracek is thankfully not injured after a terrifying car accident in the Czech Republic on Wednesday. The Flyers confirmed the news, first reported by Czech publication iSport, that Voracek collided his blue Ferrari with a truck on a road near Kladno, his hometown. “I spoke with Jake this morning,” Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren…
The buyout of Danny Briere makes a ton of sense for a ton of reasons, namely: * He’s not very good anymore. We already know he’s a weak defensive player, and the last two seasons have been by far his least productive offensively since he came to Philadelphia in 2007. He can score in the…
The Flyers made official today the signing of QMJHL defenseman Maxim Lamarche, news that broke yesterday. They also announced the signing Michael Raffl, a highly-coveted Austrian prospect who’s developed his game in Sweden. We obviously don’t know too much about Raffl given the fact that he’s played his entire career in Europe, but the Flyers…
The Philadelphia Flyers are not good at drafting defensemen. This isn’t a recent phenomenon, although it’s progressively gotten worse throughout the team’s history. It’s something that”s plagued them since … well, uh, Jimmy Watson and Tom Bladon were drafted in 1972, so around then. Since their first draft in 1967, the Flyers have drafted just…
It would appear that this is the first deal of any sort that the Flyers have reached since the season ended, so welcome to the 2013 offseason, folks. Two days before the deadline to sign any remaining picks from the 2011 NHL Draft, the Flyers appear to have hit the undrafted free agency market again….
After a rather silly two-day break between the end of the Western Conference semifinals and the beginning of the Conference Finals, playoff hockey resumes on this fine Saturday evening and continues tomorrow/indefinitely. Three games on tap: Kings @ Blackhawks, Game 1: Saturday, 5:00, NBC Sports NetworkBruins @ Penguins, Game 1: Saturday, 8:00, NBCKings @ Blackhawks,…
Mark Streit is a defenseman and the captain of the New York Islanders. Just filed to @newsdaysports: sources say #Isles captain Mark Streit will not return. Turned down team’s best offer, will hit open market. — Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) June 4, 2013 Okay. Mark Streit is a free agent defenseman. He’s a former captain of…
Last season, Penn State began their foray into Division 1 ice hockey when the Nittany Lions made the jump to the NCAA from the club ranks, but it didn’t really feel completely big league. They played in the tiny Greenberg Ice Pavilion, they didn’t really play a tough schedule, they weren’t very good and they…