On Monday, we pulled together a series of opinions and scouting reports on the Flyers’ first-round draft pick, Samuel Morin. Today, let’s do the same with their second-round pick, Swedish defenseman Robert Hagg. Pretty similar stuff. Hagg, who turned 18 in February, checks in at 6’2″ and 203 pounds (I’ve seen some slight disagreement on…
At this point, it’s easier to make fun of Paul Holmgren, the Flyers and their insane roster moves than just about anything in professional sports besides the New York Mets. These jokes are easy, and our instinct whenever Holmgren makes some sort of big move is to sit back and hurl them with reckless abandon….
It was probably a given that Ruslan Fedotenko wouldn’t be back in Philadelphia next season, but now it’s official. His agent, Allan Walsh, announced Tuesday that the two-way forward and NHL veteran has signed a three-year deal in the KHL with HC Donbass. Ruslan Fedotenko has signed a 3 year, $9 million deal with HC…
With the 41st pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected another defenseman, Robert Hagg from Modo’s junior club in Sweden. Hagg was projected as a late first round pick in most end-of-season rankings, so the Flyers are getting good value for their mid second-rounder here. Here’s how International Scouting Service describes…
It was probably a given that Ruslan Fedotenko wouldn’t be back in Philadelphia next season, but now it’s official. His agent, Allan Walsh, announced Tuesday that the two-way forward and NHL veteran has signed a three-year deal in the KHL with HC Donbass. Ruslan Fedotenko has signed a 3 year, $9 million deal with HC…
The Flyers announced Wednesday that they’ve invited 31 players to their 2013 Development Camp, which will open July 8 at Skate Zone in Voorhees. Here’s a full look at those invited: Forwards (13): Brandon Alderson, Tyler Brown, Nick Cousins, Kyle Flanagan, Tyrell Goulbourne, Stephen Harper, Andrew Johnson, Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, Derek Mathers, Marcel Noebels,…
Aside from his rookie season in 1999 when Lightning veteran Cory Cross had claim to his No. 4, Vincent Lecavalier has never worn a different number. That will change next season when he joins the Philadelphia Flyers, a team that’s retired the No. 4 in honor of Barry Ashbee. Vincent Lecavalier will wear No. 40…
*From the site yesterday, we threw around some possible line combinations with Vincent Lecavalier in the fold and learned what his new number would be. *We also learned some more specifics about next week’s development camp: [BSH] *How the Lecavalier signing suggests that Paul Holmgren has been both aggressive AND restrained this offseason: [The Hockey…
We all expected Claude Giroux to get paid this summer, and it appears that will happen officially any time now. Hearing that Claude Giroux and the Flyers are close to agreeing to an 8-yr deal worth north of $8 M a year… — Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) July 4, 2013 Now it’s just a matter of…
Some news out of the Flyers after all tonight. Via Anthony SanFilippo, the Flyers have re-signed veteran center Adam Hall, claimed off of waivers last April, to a one-year deal worth $600,000 for the 2013-14 season. Hall, who’ll turn 33 in August, is pretty much your prototypical fourth-line center. He’s not much of a scorer,…