Radko Gudas‘ first season in Philadelphia was an eventful one. After finding himself a healthy scratch for the first two games of the season, he checked in on October 12th versus the Florida Panthers and proved to be a lineup staple for the next seven months. He formed the stay-at-home half of an effective duo…
As the first period of Game 4 between the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals was winding down, John Carlson hit Scott Laughton. Thanks to the speed and angle at which Laughton was going, we were left with a terrifying result: Laughton lying motionless on the ice for an extended period of time, before being stretchered…
On November 3rd, the Philadelphia Flyers went into Rexall Place in Edmonton and were outshot 19-2 in the first period by the lowly Oilers. The Flyers club that played that night barely looked like an NHL team, let alone one capable of battling its way into the playoffs and taking the Presidents’ Trophy winners to…
Today, we begin our annual look at the entire Flyers roster. One player at a time, one per day for the next month or so, we will take a look back at the 2015-16 season for each player. How did they perform? Did they live up to expectations or fall well below them, or somewhere…
Towards the end of this past regular season, Jakub Voracek was joined by iDNES.cz, a Czech publication. They followed Voracek in a “day in the life of an NHLer” style piece, giving us a glimpse of his day-to-day routine – game day and off-day alike. The most important part of all this? The above video,…
There’s a strong case to be made that Wayne Simmonds, if not the most popular player on the Flyers, is at least the most universally liked by fans. He’s the closest on the team to the stereotype of the ideal “Philadelphia” athlete — a high-effort, extremely productive player who plays with an edge and can…
It’s always a shame when a player misses significant time due to injury, but in the case of Sean Couturier’s 2015-16 season, it feels as though we really missed out on what could have been a special year. And in fact, it was a special year for Couturier, who played at a Selke Trophy-worthy level…
It’s now been over four years since former Flyers GM Paul Holmgren stepped up to the podium at the 2012 NHL Draft in Pittsburgh and selected forward Scott Laughton with the 20th overall selection. Since then, Laughton has spent parts of three seasons with the Flyers, starting with a five-game stint just months after the…
Right before the 2015-16 season got underway, we here at Broad Street Hockey took some guesses on twenty different over/under lines that we set for the Flyers on the season — ten focusing on an individual level, ten focusing on a team level. We checked back in on our progress at the All-Star break, and…
Even in today’s day and age, which has seen the gradual extinction of slow enforcers who lack puck skills, it’s still rare to find productive scorers receiving bottom-line minutes. This is partially due to the continued existence of groupthink in the league, as skilled forwards are viewed as “top-nine or bust!” players rather than potential…