By now most Flyers fans are at least moderately aware of the Flyers’ salary cap situation. Sites like Capgeek make it exceedingly easy to see that the Flyers have an estimated $4.558 million in cap space on a projected $71.1 million salary cap. The salary cap is calculated slightly differently during the offseason than it…
The Flyers announced a coaching change today, bringing on former Florida Panthers assistant coach Gord Murphy to fill the same role in Philadelphia. They also announced that John Paddock, who has been with the club in multiple capacities since 2008, has been let go. “Gord brings a wealth of experience coaching defensemen at the NHL…
On Wednesday, we talked about the out-of-completely-nowhere idea that the Flyers might try and wow the home crowd next Friday night by moving up for the number one overall pick, making what would surely be a blockbuster trade with the Florida Panthers in order to draft top defensive prospect Aaron Ekblad. Today, let’s talk about…
We’ve never had an East vs. West Winter Classic before, but that looks like it’ll be changing in 2015. That’s bad news for Philadelphia Flyers fans who were hoping to see their team in a third outdoor NHL game next season in the Nation’s Capital. According to Bob McKenzie from TSN, as passed along to…
The Flyers will kick off the 2014-15 NHL season in Boston on Wednesday, October 8. It will be the Bruins home opener. The Flyers then travel home to take the ice the next night in their own home opener on Thursday, October 9 against the New Jersey Devils. The full NHL schedule will be released…
As you know, the Flyers released their schedule earlier on Sunday afternoon. You can see it laid out in full, with a few key dates highlighted, here. A few more notes on the schedule, including a quick reminder of the schedule format under the new divisional layout: * The Flyers will play 30 games within…
We learned on Saturday that the 2014-15 Philadelphia Flyers season will begin in Boston on October 8, and on Sunday afternoon the NHL announced the entire schedule. Hockey soon! Some brief highlights: You already know about the opener against the Bruins, and you already know about the home opener the following night against the New…
As if you needed any indication that the Northeast United States is the best place to live and that Philadelphia is the best of the five major cities along the Northeast Corridor, here’s a look at the 2014-15 NHL Super Schedule, which tracks how many miles teams will travel over the course of the year….
HOLY CRAP JUNE 23 STRIKES AGAIN BREAKING: The #Flyers have acquired R.J. Umberger in exchange for Scott Hartnell. Details → http://t.co/U0D1lAUBwW pic.twitter.com/E1setFk2yr — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 23, 2014 If you’re counting at home, that’s Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, James van Riemsdyk and Scott Hartnell who have all been traded by the Flyers on June…
We discussed last week the rumors that the Philadelphia Flyers might move up in Friday, and to be honest it seemed a little far-fetched. It seemed just … too easy of a rumor. Like the Edmonton-based guys who first brought it up were just throwing a wild idea at the wall with hopes that it…