Team USA saw its Olympic run, which started out as so entertaining and so fun, come to an abrupt halt over the past two days. It was punctuated by an embarrassing 5-0 loss to Finland yesterday in the bronze medal game, as you likely know by now. It’s a shame, and whether you think it’s…
In case you missed it with all of the Olympic action (or in Team USA’s case, lack there-of) going on this morning, some more heartbreaking news regarding Marc-Andre Bourdon’s ongoing battle and recovery with post-concussion symptoms has come out: Poor Marc-Andre Bourdon. He can’t seem to get healthy. He is out of Phantoms’ lineup with…
The Olympic break is over, and in just three days the Flyers will be back on the ice as they take on the Sharks at the Wells Fargo Center. In case you needed a refresher, the Flyers currently sit in third in the Metropolitan Division, which would be good for a playoff spot if the…
The 2012-2013 NHL season got off to a rough start (“start” may not be the best word here), pushing puck drop all the way to January due to labor disputes. And once the season finally started, the Flyers made us wish the lockout never ended. The boys got off to a pretty terrible start, losing…
4 – the number of trades that Paul Holmgren has made as Flyers general manager on a season’s trade deadline. February 27, 2007: Flyers trade a 2007 second-round pick to Buffalo for goaltender Martin Biron.March 4, 2009: Flyers trade Scottie Upshall and a 2011 second-round pick to Phoenix for Daniel Carcillo.February 28, 2011: Flyers trade…
With the trade deadline coming in one week from today, the Flyers find themselves in a pretty interesting situation. On the one hand, while the Flyers could certainly use upgrades here and there, they probably don’t have the pieces and/or aren’t in the right position to be making a rental or marginal upgrade. And on…
18: Number of minutes/game Kimmo Timonen played for Team Finland during the Olympics Whilst over in Sochi, the 38-year-old veteran blueliner was on the ice for a grand total of 108 minutes. That’s good for third among Team Finland and second among Finnish defensemen. Mikael Granlund led all Finnish forwards with an average TOI of…
NHL hockey! Happening! Tonight! In Philadelphia! With the Flyers! Hooray! OK. Now that we’ve got all of that out of our system, let’s sober up for a second. The 23-game stretch that will close out the regular season for the Flyers begins tonight. As we talked about the other day, it is not going to…
The Olympics have been over for a little more than a week now, and the NHL appropriately celebrated its return to action with … forcing everyone to watch the Buffalo Sabres? Sounds about right. The trade deadline is Wednesday, and it’s a pretty safe bet that Paul Holmgren’s doing his fair share of working the…
I mentioned in the preview for this game earlier today that when you have a game that’s the first after a long break, you’re almost guaranteed to see one of two narratives come out from it. The first is that Team X looked well-rested and that the break did them well, which basically means “they…