Two very, very weird things happened in the third period of today’s Flyers game in Washington. Both involved defensemen who probably shouldn’t be scoring goals, and both were completely shocking. First, Nick Schultz tee’d up a ridiculous slap shot from the blue line that rocketed over the shoulder of Braden Holtby, the best goalie in…
After a rough weekend in which the Flyers blew leads in two games and only came out with one point in the standings, they’re back at home on Tuesday night to take on the Anaheim Ducks. First, let’s get into Anaheim: the reigning Pacific Division champs got off to a brutal start this season, and…
The Philadelphia Flyers may have lost two games over the weekend, but those losses were more disappointing than embarrassing – close games that could have went either way but failed to deliver a positive result. This one, on the other hand, was embarrassing. Looking for a strong start after losing twice in two days on…
The Ottawa Senators made a gigantic trade today, acquiring defenseman Dion Phaneuf (and the six years and $42 million remaining on his contract) from the Toronto Maple Leafs in a whopping nine-player trade. I had three immediate reactions to this deal. “Hey, Toronto just ditched a huge salary. Good for them.” Here’s what the Leafs…
Here’s Rangers winger Tanner Glass, speaking with Newsday, saying he’s going to be the one to hold Wayne Simmonds responsible on Sunday for the punch that knocked out Ryan McDonagh last week. “You’ve got to think team first; you’re not taking a penalty,” Glass said after Tuesday’s practice at the MSG Training Center. “Then you’ve…
The Flyers are celebrating their 50th anniversary today, and with it announced a number of ways they’ll recognize the big year in 2017. For starters, they released their 50th anniversary logo — just as the Blues and Penguins, two teams also celebrating the big day today, did earlier in the afternoon. They also gave a…
Sean Couturier will be out of the Philadelphia Flyers lineup for the next month with a lower-body injury. Welp, hockey season was fun while it lasted. There’s no reason to sugar coat this: it’s a really bad injury for the Flyers. They are a thin team up front already, and Couturier has been played Selke-level…
It may not have been the worst-case scenario, but today’s news was pretty darn close. Center Sean Couturier, who sat out the third period of last night’s game against the Nashville Predators with an undisclosed ailment, will miss the next four weeks with a lower-body injury. Couturier was in the process of his long-awaited breakout…
Wooooo, that was fun. The Flyers played an absolutely terrible first period tonight against the Buffalo Sabres, and then opened the flood gates in the second, scoring four goals en route to a 5-1 victory. A few fun things happened: * Shayne Gostisbehere extended his point streak to 10 games, matching Mikael Renberg’s Flyers’ rookie…
Former NHL ref Kerry Fraser got a lot of ridicule back when he was on the ice. But in reality, he was a 30 year official with a damn solid track record, and he’s been a fantastic columnist over at TSN since he retired. On Wednesday, he took up the subject of the Wayne Simmonds-Ryan…