Ross Lonsberry, a member of the Flyers two Stanley Cup teams in the 1970s, passed away Sunday. He was 67 years old and battled with cancer for several years. Lonsberry played a large part in helping the Flyers to the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975, serving under coach Fred Shero as, primarily, a defensive…
Remember that time Hart Trophy finalist Claude Giroux, one of the best 25 Canadian hockey players currently breathing, had a few bad weeks to start the NHL season, then became a point per game player on the year anyway? You know, because he’s really good? And remember when that slow stretch basically kept him off…
UPDATE: Episode is complete. Things we talked about include but are not limited to: * Game 7 of Flyers-Rangers and how it was bad. * The Vincent Lecavalier problem, and what it means for him and Brayden Schenn. * Whether or not Kimmo Timonen will be back, and whether or not the Flyers can afford…
Kimmo Timonen is obviously a key piece on this Philadelphia Flyers team — a top-4 defenseman playing for an organization where top-4 defensemen are its weakness — but at 39 years old, he’s obviously getting up there a bit. He’s taking the next few weeks to determine whether or not he’ll come back and play…
Maybe it’s all just wishful thinking, but for the second day in a row, Vincent Lecavalier’s name has been involved in trade rumors and/or speculation. Is there a chance that Lecavalier finds his way to Nashville to play under newly-installed head coach Peter Laviolette? First, we have this on Tuesday from CBC’s Elliotte Friedman: Pure…
Ron Hextall is the new Flyers general manager. It was announced this morning that he’ll be taking over, and in a 30 minute long press conference, both Hextall and new team president Paul Holmgren cleared up a lot of stuff. Let’s run through the highlights. This is Ron Hextall’s hockey team All hockey decisions fall…
As currently constructed, the Flyers are a borderline playoff team that needs to improve to win the Stanley Cup. They have a goaltender who can probably win the Cup, and the majority of their forward group can win the Cup, but on the fringes of that forward group and on defense, they need to improve….
The day started with Ed Snider, Paul Holmgren and Ron Hextall at the podium, chatting with reporters. Here is that transcript. Ed Snider: Hi guys. I think everybody knows why we’re here. Paul started talking to me in January about his idea of bringing Ron into the position of general manager, and he and I…
Well there you have it, folks! No Stadium Series hangover to be had here, just a good hockey game for the Flyers. They quelled our concerns and got themselves the edge in the season series with the Sabres. Not too bad of a night. Not too bad at all. All stats via Natural Stat Trick…
It’s been rumored since Ron Hextall returned to the Philadelphia Flyers as an assistant general manager last summer. We discussed it, yet again, last week. It finally came to fruition on Wednesday with Ron Hextall being named the Flyers’ general manager, as Paul Holmgren takes on the position of president. Hextall seemed to say all…