Last week we wrote about how awful that new SkyCam is from the perspective of the fan watching at home. It has some utility with replays and stuff, but for the most part it’s just nauseating. It makes it harder to follow the puck and it’s just plain confusing, especially during live play. The thing…
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Flyers‘ 2015-16 playoff chances, coming to the conclusion that many around the league did — that there were five teams in the Metropolitan Division better than Philadelphia, and that because of that, the Flyers would miss the playoffs. In an old world where you just needed to be…
Six days off, and then a back-to-back. That makes a lot of sense, huh? That’s the situation the Flyers are in this Wednesday after losing at home on Tuesday night to the Dallas Stars. They hopped on a plane immediately after the game, flew up to Boston, got some sleep, had an optional morning skate…
Facing their second game in two nights, coach Dave Hakstol unsurprisingly chose to give Steve Mason the night off, allowing Michal Neuvirth the opportunity to start against the Boston Bruins. Sam Gagner and Brandon Manning were likely more surprised than Mason to see their names off the lineup sheet. The Flyers will start R.J. Umberger…
After a six day layoff, the Philadelphia Flyers host the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center. They’re coming off a big 3-0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at home last Wednesday night, in which they were led by stronger neutral zone play, very good special teams play, and a dominant performance by…
Zac Rinaldo won’t be suspended for delivering an illegal check against the Flyers on Wednesday night. That’s the announcement from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety this afternoon, and it’s extremely underwhelming. Patrick Burke of the DoPS says that Rinaldo didn’t hit any of four criteria they look for when determining whether to suspend a…
Zac Rinaldo hit Sean Couturier in the head on Wednesday night. The Bruins forward will probably be suspended by the NHL for the hit, and that’ll be nice. More concerning of course is Couturier’s status. He took an elbow to the head, and he never returned to the game on Wednesday night. We probably would…
In the 2015 offseason, general manager Ron Hextall faced a serious challenge. His Philadelphia Flyers team had one of the weakest defenses in the NHL, but lacked much in the way of cap flexibility that could be used to acquire an obvious improvement via free agency or trade. Hextall’s solution? Sign Evgeny Medvedev, a longtime…
1. Things so far appear to have gone as planned for the Rangers, with a 5-2-1 record through eight games. What’s been the most unexpected storyline of the season’s first two weeks for the Blueshirts (i.e. who’s emerged or even faltered that was not expected to)? New York Rangers fans have been excited about Oscar…
Radko Gudas wasn’t even penalized for this hit on Rangers forward Viktor Stalberg on Saturday night, but he definitely could be facing a call from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. Gudas hit on Stalberg #NYR pic.twitter.com/QGmlatGMi3 — Ryan Ohanesian (@ryanohan) October 25, 2015 Gudas definitely clips Stalberg’s head here, but the question — which…