When Ron Hextall worked his magic earlier this year and sent Vincent Lecavalier and his albatross of a contract to the Los Angeles Kings, it seemed as though he may have made a real steal by getting Jordan Weal in return along with that draft pick. But after spending nearly the entire season in the…
Back in 2014, Swedish forward Oskar Lindblom was taken by the Flyers in the fifth round of the NHL Draft. The final three rounds of the draft are usually the realm of players with low upside (think Zac Rinaldo) or long-term projects (think Linus Hogberg and David Bernhardt from Philadelphia’s 2016 draft). But Lindblom didn’t…
Entering the 2015-16 season, there was a clear distinction between the Philadelphia Flyers‘ top-tier prospects on defense, and the rest of the pack. You had the “Big Five” of Shayne Gostisbehere, Ivan Provorov, Travis Sanheim, Samuel Morin and Robert Hagg — all early round draft selections who were viewed as the future of the Philadelphia…
The undrafted college free agent pool is one that the Flyers have always liked. Rarely does a spring go by without the Flyers plucking at least one player out of the college ranks to add to their prospect pipeline. This was a bit of a problem in the earlier part of the decade, when the…
Heading into the 2015 offseason, the Flyers had assembled a number of exciting young defensive prospects and had a few forwards that had some potential, but the third and final position on the ice was one that everyone knew still needed a lot of work. 2012 draft pick Anthony Stolarz appeared to be a respectable…
There was a significant amount of talk among national hockey insiders last summer that Ivan Provorov might legitimately be NHL-ready just months after being drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers. As a result, Provorov entered Flyers camp in 2015 with a great deal of hype and was positioned by many as the “savior of the defense”…
Back when the Philadelphia Flyers selected Scott Laughton with the 20th pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, the talk surrounding the team’s newest prospect was that he projected as a two-way center with high-end defensive instincts. The optimistic scouting report comparables included prime-age Mike Richards and Selke Trophy winner John Madden, both exciting possible outcomes…
At the beginning of 2016, when we last compiled our Top 25 Under 25 countdown, then-Phantoms forward Nick Cousins was ranked No. 16 on our list. How things have changed. Since then, Cousins has taken a big step forward — from the Phantoms top forward, semi-frequent Flyers call up and AHL All-Star to, potentially, full-time…
Where we are Please note, the Phantoms played one game in Wilkes Barre/Scranton last night, but we’ll be including that one with the weekend’s game in the next rundown. Week of Feb. 24 thru Mar. 3 GP W L Standing in Division 3 1 2 6th Another three-in-three, and this one started out… less than…
The Phantoms sweep the weekend, have a 6-game winning streak 4-1 WIN vs. Utica Comets 7-2 WIN vs. Toronto Marlies 3-1 WIN vs. Hershey Bears Alex Lyon got his first professional win on Friday, stopping 26 of 27 shots. The Phantoms PK unit was perfect, going 5 for 5 in front of him and even…