If history tells us anything, an uneven 2018-19 season from Shayne Gostisbehere will lead to a massive 2019-20 campaign for the dynamic defender. But therein lies the main problem with the man they call Ghost to date in his NHL career: consistency. Since breaking in with the Flyers full-time in the 2015-16 season, Gostisbehere has…
Folks! We’ve got another move! Chuck Fletcher has been busy, and the Flyers have just announced that they’ve traded for defenseman Justin Braun from San Jose in exchange for their second round pick in this year’s draft, and their third round pick in next year’s. Braun, 32, is coming off a season with the Sharks…
In today’s NHL, what’s more valuable than a big center who moves well and plays with skill? Teams that have one generally don’t let them go. Teams that want one almost never have the opportunity to get one unless they draft one. To that end, I suspect Kirby Dach, a 6’4” center with skill and…
At the start of the 2018-19 season, Vasili Podkolzin was projected to be a top three pick in the draft, right below Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko. Since then, he’s faded closer to late in the top 10 or the middle of the first round on some draft rankings due to concerns about production and…
Jack Hughes, Cole Caufield, Matthew Boldy, Trevor Zegras and Alex Turcotte are all great prospects from the US National Under-18 Team who all should be drafted in the first round at this year’s draft and they all have one thing in common: they are forwards. Cam York has been overshadowed a bit this season by…
To say that things in the Flyers’ crease this season were bizarre would be an understatement. From icing eight goalies to ending the season with prized prospect Carter Hart seizing the net, putting an end to a calendar year of frustrations between the pipes for the Flyers. Bad news is that Cam Talbot threw some…
The Philadelphia Flyers announced their preseason schedule today. The club will take part in eight preseason games, which opens with the Rookie Game on September 11th and ends in Switzerland on September 30th. Here’s a look at the whole schedule. September 11th – 7:05 pm, Rookie Game vs. New York Islanders (@ PPL Center) September…
The mascot, the myth, the legend Gritty. From his birth, the beloved orange…creature was a hit after 24 hours of hatred and terror. It all started with a tweet threatening the Penguins mascot Iceburgh to “Sleep with one eye open, bird,” and we jumped right onboard with Gritty’s antics. Highlights from Gritty’s debut year range…
There is a level of palpable excitement, or for lack of a better word, nervousness, around the Flyers. There hasn’t been this high a level of intrigue, for me at least, since the waning days of Paul Holmgren’s tenure as the General Manager. It feels as if any given moment, Chuck Fletcher could do almost…
Well if you were waiting for the next shoe to drop, it’s arrived. Everyone’s favorite insider, Bob McKenzie, is reporting that the Flyers have signed Kevin Hayes to a seven year contract that carries a $7.14M cap hit. Seven years, $50 million, $7.14M AAV. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 19, 2019 Per CapFriendly the exact…