While some young players make a leap in their sophomore season, it’s important to note that isn’t necessarily a given. That’s where we are with former No. 2 overall pick Nolan Patrick after a second season in the NHL that looked, well, a whole heck of a lot like his rookie campaign two years ago….
*Everybody have a good weekend? Maybe we’ll get a Konecny contract this week? Hopefully? Anyhoo, this is from last week’s Flyers day on PHT but it’s worth its own link because a) it reminds us how good our top line is and b) confirms they need a bottom nine that can get things done. [ProHockeyTalk]…
After a week off Steve and Craig returned to talk about Kevin Hayes wanting/not wanting to be here, Andrew MacDonald’s second chance in Calgary, and when Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny will sign. The two also analyze former and future XFL team nicknames. Make sure to follow us on twitter @Flyperbole and @Sports_Are_Bad. Also follow…
In the midst of a season drenched by a downpour of dreariness over the first months of the season, the sun began to shine through in the middle of December. Carter Hart was recalled to Philadelphia, just hours ahead of the team announcing that then-head coach Dave Hakstol had been relieved of his duties, and…
If you asked me a year ago what I thought about Ivan Provorov and his future with the Flyers I would have told you that he’s our number one defenseman now, and hopefully for the next ten plus years as well. Today, I’m not so sure. Last season was a disaster in many ways but…
The Flyers defense corps can be best summed up over the past few seasons by the following sentence: “Anybody has to be better than Andrew MacDonald”. Year by year, we have slogged through the hockey seasons, waiting patiently for young players to finally emerge from Ron Hextall’s vaunted pipeline. Now, the fruits of Hextall’s labor…
*The mascots all took a vote and elected something called “Tommy Hawk” as their elite leader. Safe to say they’re all jealous of the clear top talent in the mascot world. [NBC Sports Chicago] *GM Chuck Fletcher claims to have no worry about the fact that two of his top RFAs remain without contracts. [Inquirer]…
*This weather feels like training camp weather, no? We are getting closer, folks. Meanwhile, the top ten of the 25 Under 25 starts off with big boy Isaac Ratcliffe. [BSH] *With all the talk of who might fill the third line wing spot, two guys you haven’t heard a lot about are Scott Laughton and…
We’re less than two weeks out from the start of training camp festivities and as the summer winds down, the gang is joined by Maddie Campbell who provides some deeper insight into what we should expect from some of our top prospects. There’s a little talk about that 3W spot in the wake of the…
*Another day closer to training camp, and still no word on Travis Konecny and Ivan Provorov. Great stuff. BUT THERE WILL BE HOCKEY PLAYERS ON THE ICE THIS WEEKEND. It’s rookie camp time baby! [Flyers] *Here’s Meltzer’s look at what will surely be an improved penalty kill. [Flyers] *It sounds like Carter Hart had himself…