I know Ron Hextall gets paid to have faith in his team. I know he gets paid even more to turn that faith into downright blind faith when he’s speaking to the media. Hextall: “Our goal is to make the playoffs. Until that is no longer possible, that will remain our goal.” — Frank Seravalli…
A little over twenty-four hours removed from one of their most convincing wins of the season, the Flyers had themselves another good one — albeit in a completely different (and unlikely) manner: through superb goaltending from Ray Emery and strong play from the Flyers’ third-pairing defense. It just so happened the Ottawa Senators got the…
You think there were no negative aspects of the Flyers‘ domination of the Detroit Red Wings this fine Saturday morning? Tell that to all of the fans who tossed a hat on the ice to celebrate Brayden Schenn’s hat trick that wasn’t! Reversed hat trick aside, it’s tough for Flyers fans to complain about much…
Well, this is depressing. The difference between the two is $1 million AAV. #sigh pic.twitter.com/TIjyLnJ9fe — Mikey D, O&BP (@MikeyD_OandBP) March 12, 2015 Boychuk/Leddy: $11.5m Streit/McDonald: $10.5m Garth Snow is the MAN. #Isles — Jim (@JimGolembowski) March 12, 2015 Johnny Boychuk has been great for the New York Islanders this season, and he got paid…
Hey, the Flyers have roster updates: Michael Del Zotto participated in the optional morning skate in Ottawa on Sunday, and while he didn’t return to the line-up, he joined the team on their trip out to Western Canada and a return is likely at some point on the trip. The Flyers are in Vancouver on…
Remember back to June, when the Flyers selected Calgary Hitmen defenseman and Pittsburgh Penguins fan Travis Sanheim with their first overall pick. Sometime very quickly after his name was called by Ron Hextall, he scrambled back in his Twitter archive and deleted these tweets, which he originally sent during the 2012 playoff series between the…
You’ve probably heard that the NHL will (probably) be adopting the American Hockey League’s three-on-three overtime rule for next season. If you’re unfamiliar, here’s a quick breakdown of how it works: During the regular season, the sudden-death overtime period will be seven minutes (7:00) in length, preceded by a “dry scrape” of the entire ice…
Update: since Craig Berube likes to defy all logic, no defenseman will sit tonight! #Flyers going with 7 D tonight. Lecavalier scratched. It’s as much to do with Colaiacovo’s strong play as anything. — Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 19, 2015 If MDZ needs a breather, why not just sit him another game? Not like this…
The phrase “Flyers After Dark” has come to life among Flyers fans on Twitter in recent seasons, becoming a go-to explanation for the tendency for weird things to happen in late-night road Flyers games played against Western Conference teams. In actuality, I don’t know if weird things happen more frequently in these games, or if…
I still feel uncomfortable calling Steve Mason the Flyers best player, mostly because Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek are on this team. But seriously — he’s either been their best player or their MVP this season. One or the other. Or both. And Craig Berube will not stop treating him like total garbage. The latest…