Hockey is back baby! We’ve reached the end of September and we’re only a few days away from the Global Series game and the start of the regular season. A new season means a fresh start for everyone and there are huge expectations on this team this year. The Flyers missed the playoffs last year…
Introduction For the Flyers, going into this off-season, there were many concerns and growing questions regarding forwards. There was a gap at 2C, and overall a lack of depth in quality beyond the first line. Now, at a bare minimum, the roster questions have been answered. Kevin Hayes is your new second line center, and…
Beware of small sample sizes. It’s something that we’ve probably heard ad nauseum by now, watching and covering hockey. We’re constantly reminded how wildly things can fluctuate in smaller groupings of game and then equalize over a larger sample, and warned not to jump to conclusions without taking the full picture into account. We’ve been…
In the final preseason game before the season opener on Friday, the Flyers head to Switzerland to take on Lausanne HC of the National League, the top Swiss hockey league. The lines for today’s game are the same we saw in practice yesterday, but with a slight change to the defense pairings as all eight…
In part two of our Flyers season preview by position series, we take a look at the newly revamped defense. Last season, the top six Flyers defensemen sorted by ice time were Ivan Provorov, Travis Sanheim, Shayne Gostisbehere, Robert Hagg, Radko Gudas, and Andrew MacDonald. Now while just two of these players are not on…
Even for the Flyers, losing to Lausanne HC of the National League, was a bit of a surprise. We know this team has a tendency to take lesser opponents lightly, but maybe not opponents from an entirely lesser league. Regardless, it’s another preseason loss but thankfully the final one, let’s talk about it. How’d they…
Despite a late-game surge the Philadelphia Flyers dropped their first game ever outside of North America to Lausanne HC by a score of 4-3 today. Carter Hart was pulled after he allowed four goals on limited shots against while the trio of Claude Giroux, Connor Bunnaman, and Sean Couturier lit the lamp for Philly. It…
* Well, it did happen, but we’re going to chose to ignore it after this link here, sounds good? The Flyers lost to Lausanne HC yesterday and here’s the recap. [BSH] * With the Flyers season beginning on Friday, the team still has a lot of decisions to make this roster cap compliant. Brad broke…
To quote Tears for Fears, “Welcome to your life. There’s no turning back.” There is no turning back from yesterday’s news that the Flyers cut Joel Farabee and Phil Myers, two players whom most of us were certain were locks for this roster. The news is certainly disappointing for those of us who were excited…
The Flyers released their opening night roster, and oh boy is that whole deal a mess. Though it figures to sort itself out in the coming days (looking at you, Tyler Pitlick), let’s distract ourselves with some good clean sports betting content. If you’ve been under a large rock, or buried on the depth chart…