Diehard hockey fans make fun of NBC for their weekly Wednesday Night Rivalry event, and for good reason: it’s kind of a gimmick and we all know it’s a gimmick. But in reality, it’s pretty good marketing: create buzz out of events that otherwise would not have any buzz at all. That doesn’t mean we…
The Philadelphia Flyers have three big free agents to sign before the 2016-17 season: Jakub Voracek, Brayden Schenn and Sean Couturier. OK, time to scratch one off the list. The team announced on Tuesday afternoon that they’ve re-signed Couturier to a “multi-year” deal … which is just insulting because it literally doesn’t tell us any…
Back in June, we reported on a class-action lawsuit taken up by hockey fans against the NHL and a collection of its local broadcasters — like Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia or MSG in New York. You can get the full rundown on things here, but to sum things up as simply as possible, the league…
Jim Craig was one of the heroes of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team, which captured the spirit of a nation in defeating the Soviet Union at that year’s Winter Games in Lake Placid. 35 years later, Craig is doing what several of his teammates before him have already done: selling his ‘Miracle on…
Jakub Voracek had a little over eleven months remaining before his contract with Philadelphia Flyers would expire. But his team had no intention of forcing their star winger to wait any longer for clarity regarding his future. Late on Thursday afternoon, news broke that the Flyers had signed Voracek to a mammoth eight-year, $66 million…
It’s July 28 and Danny Briere is still an NHL free agent. Not a good sign for the former Philadelphia Flyers forward, who was bought out by the team two seasons ago before joining up with the Montreal Canadiens and, more recently, the Colorado Avalanche. As it turns out, Briere’s well-documented connection with his kids,…
Jakub Voracek and Claude Giroux will be teaming up on the Flyers top line for the better half of the next decade. The Flyers announced on Thursday evening that they’ve come to terms with their prized winger, signing him to a multi-year deal. According to TSN, it’s an eight year deal worth $66 million, or…
The 2016-2017 season has been a bit of a dark cloud recently as everyone knew that Jake Voracek and Michael Raffl would be unrestricted free-agents, while Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn would see restricted free-agency. That summer also includes some additional free agents (Ryan White, Luke Schenn, Yevgeny Medvedev, Radko Gudas, and Brandon Manning) but…
Wait, they’re not retiring Zac Rinaldo’s number? Keep an eye out for these new sweater numbers during the 2015-16 season… pic.twitter.com/mTsJ5u2bRc — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) August 4, 2015 That’s Colin McDonald grabbing No. 36 — right, not Andrew MacDonald — so in reality he’ll probably just be wearing that with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Same…
Jakub Voracek’s new contract will keep him in Philadelphia until 2024. Well, theoretically. According to Frank Seravalli at TSN, the eight-year deal does not come with the no-trade or no-movement clause … something that was a staple of big Flyers contracts under former general manager Paul Holmgren. In all reality, that’s a good thing. We…