After much deliberation over the past few days amongst the folks at the NHL, the Flyers and the rest of the league finally released the schedule for the 2013-14 NHL season on Friday afternoon. You can see the full thing here. Some quick notes: * The NHL finally released its names for its new four…
Ilya Bryzgalov, who played for the Russian national team in the World Championships a few months back, remains without a job — either in the NHL or in the KHL. Michael Leighton, the journeyman former Flyers goalie who played just one game in relief of Bryzgalov last season — and was subsequently lit up for…
As August continues to drag on, we — against all odds — continue to find something to talk about in the wide world of hockey, as another live episode of BSH Radio was recorded on Tuesday night. Travis and I were joined on-air by J.P. of SB Nation’s Capitals blog, Japers’ Rink, where we talked…
Following the lead of several other NHL teams, the Flyers will launch a new Internet video series called “Flight Plan” this week. The first episode, which will debut tomorrow, Tuesday, August 6 on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com, will focus on the lead up to the 2013 NHL Draft and according to the team “will give viewers insider access…
The Flyers debuted “Flight Plan,” their new web video series, on Tuesday night, and the eight-minute first episode focused on the scouting staff as they prepared for this year’s NHL Draft. You can watch it here. The entire episode centered on a debate over the team’s draft board, which took place the Friday before the…
Anyone who watched a Flyers game last year could tell you that the team was having some problems with its blueline. But those problems weren’t only present when the other team had the puck and was attacking the Flyers’ net — they were also pretty evident in the team’s efforts to start the offense up-ice…
Over at Arctic Ice Hockey, they’ve been running a Mock Expansion Draft, going team-by-team in an attempt to figure out what would happen should the NHL add a 31st team in Seattle. It’s been 13 years since the NHL has held an expansion draft — Minnesota and Columbus joined the league in 2000 — but…
Another episode of BSH Radio is in the books, as we took to the airwaves on Thursday evening to talk a bit about the Flyers as well as one of their newest division rivals, the Columbus Blue Jackets. To help us out with the latter, we were joined by Dan P., from Blue Jackets blog…
The Flyers debuted “Flight Plan,” their new web video series, on Tuesday night, and the eight-minute first episode focused on the scouting staff as they prepared for this year’s NHL Draft. You can watch it here. The entire episode centered on a debate over the team’s draft board, which took place the Friday before the…
With Friday’s announcement that NHL players will be cleared to play in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, more and more countries have been releasing their preliminary Olympic camp rosters. But arguably the biggest news for the Flyers came on Tuesday morning, when it was announced by USA Hockey that Peter Laviolette was named one…