Comcast-Spectacor is changing a bunch of stuff this summer, and most of it is boring business-to-business crap that will probably make them a bunch of money but that you, the hockey fan, don’t really care about. In a nutshell, they’re rebranding a bunch of their subsidiary companies — things like Global Spectrum (which runs venues…
Over the course of this week, we’ll evaluate Ron Hextall’s first year on the job as general manager of the Flyers. Today, we’ll define the criteria by which we believe one should be evaluating Hextall for what he’s done so far. On Tuesday, we’ll talk about the things Hextall’s done that we liked and that…
On Tuesday, we talked about the things we really liked about Ron Hextall’s first year as general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. We talked about his drafting, his tendency towards smaller contracts with upside, and the excellent value he was able to get back in most of his trades. Those are nice things. Today we’re…
Before Monday’s United States vs. Russia contest at the World Championships, the Russians released a statement saying that their performance in the game would be a response to American sanctions against their country. That went well for them, as an absurdly young, scrappy group of mostly college-aged Americans won the game, 4-2, against a skilled…
Frank Olivo, the guy who dressed up as Santa Claus at an Eagles game back in 1968 and was pelted by snowballs by the crowd, much to the chagrin of every Philadelphia sports fan that’s been alive in the last five decades, died last week. He was 66. The Inquirer has a wonderful obituary on…
With just a few minutes left in Game 6 of the 1989 Wales Conference Finals series against the Montreal Canadiens, and Philadelphia on the verge of seeing their season end, former Flyers goaltender and current Flyers general manager Ron Hextall charged from his crease and attacked Habs defenseman Chris Chelios. Hextall was later suspended 12…
This is a few days old, so forgive us for missing it. But as somebody who watches the NHL playoffs every dang night and has watched a good dose of the NBA playoffs this year too, this clip from ESPN’s Keith Olbermann spoke to me. * * * I know you’ve been watching the NBA…
Does anybody in Philadelphia believe there’s a bigger offseason story than the potential acquisition of (current) Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock? No? Okay, good. Let’s add some fuel to the fire, shall we? In today’s “30 Thoughts”, Sportnet’s Elliotte Friedman said outright that he believes Philadelphia is in the top three of teams with…
Throughout the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we’ve gone round-by-round and predicted the outcomes of each playoff series. With the conference finals starting today, the BSH staff has predicted who we think will make it to the Stanley Cup Finals. BSH’s second round panel Travis Hughes, who is looking for a new bandwagon with the Capitals…
Earlier today on Brady & Walker,(SN590), Elliotte Friedman discussed the potential hirings of Todd McLellan and Mike Babcock. One of them is apparently already off of the board. Via Friedman on Sportsnet 590, The Fan: I think, Greg, you always have to worry it could break down. That’s why I didn’t come out and say…