Rangers lead series 2-1 As much as people want to turn hockey success into something quantifiable through fancy metrics, the fact of the matter is that in sports sometimes you can have a golden nugget that sinks to the bottom and a turd that floats to the top. In the aforementioned analogy, in case you…
Much has been said about Claude Giroux’s lack of production in the first two games of this Eastern Conference First Round series against the New York Rangers. The Rangers top two defensive units, Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi and Marc Staal-Anton Stralman, have gone up against Giroux’s line almost equally and have had a lot of success…
28 – The number of Flyers’ shots blocked by the Rangers last night. Even though the Flyers put up a ton of shot attempts in game 3 — 80, to be precise — the Rangers were able to stymie a good number of them before the puck had the chance of hitting the net. We’ve…
Through the first two games of the series, we didn’t see much develop in the way of head-to-head matchups between the Flyers and Rangers, but we wondered if maybe that would change in Game 3 with the series shifting to Philadelphia where Craig Berube suddenly had the last change to work with. Let’s see if…
Hockey is a really dumb game sometimes. On Sunday in Game 2, the Flyers were thoroughly outplayed by the New York Rangers for three periods, yet they were able to come ahead with the 4-2 victory. On Tuesday in Game 3, the Flyers did just the opposite: completely controlled the Rangers at even strength, yet…
Bettman: “Good evening. I’m here to attend the game just like you are. I don’t have any announcements to make, but I’m happy to take your questions if you have any. If not we can go to dinner and go to the game.” Q: Can you talk about the draft that’s coming up here and…
UPDATE: Episode is complete; click link below for archive. Original post below. *** We’re three games into the postseason, with the Flyers trailing 2-1 in their series against the New York Rangers, and naturally there are a ton of things to talk about regarding what’s going on in this series. Naturally, we’re going to talk…
After dropping Game 3 to the New York Rangers on Tuesday, the Philadelphia Flyers find themselves trailing the New York Rangers 2-1 in the series, and despite their efforts seemingly improving with each game, things haven’t exactly been going swimmingly. One thing that has stuck out to me through the first three games is Craig…
_laude _laude is bad, cannot lead, Lacking courage, heart, and speed. Looks confused while on the ice, With passing far too imprecise. _laude is bad, never good, Never scoring, as he should. When he laces up his skates, He only hurts his line mates. _laude is bad, always lost, From the lineup, should be tossed….
We kind of assumed this would happen after he saw ice time in the third period of Game 3, but Steve Mason will indeed get the start for the Flyers in what’s virtually a must-win on home ice in Game 4 on Friday night. Craig Berube announced it Thursday afternoon. Mason was well enough to…