Unacceptable: Blues shutout Flyers, 4-0

The Flyers were outworked, outhit, and outscored 4-0 by the Blues tonight in St. Louis. Possible Excuses long road trip (albeit only three games, it was kinda long though) second game of a back to back team is flu ridden, Randy Jones/Braydon Coburn missed the game “the Blues have the same goal horn… we thought…

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Grading the 2009 Flyers: Matt Carle

Grade: B+ 08/09 Salary: $2.95 mil 08/09 Cap Hit: $3.44 mil 09/10 Status: $3.50 mil Linemates: 73.35% Braydon Coburn Depth Chart Ranking: #4 Defenseman [ Broad Street Hockey Player Page ] [ Hockey Reference Player Page ] GP G A P +/- PIM TOI/G PP/G Hits BkS GvA TkA 08/09 Regular Season 76 5 21…

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To trade, or not to trade?

This team probably doesn’t need a goaltender or even another defenseman. Not at this point. They need time to grow together. They need time to solve that nagging weakness of the errant passes coming out of their own end. Then, and only then, will they cut down on the shots the goaltenders are seeing. Until…

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Monday Morning News – 6.1.09

2009 STANLEY CUP FINAL The Red Wings went up 2-0 in this years Final, beating the Penguins 3-1 in Game 2 last night. Here are some reactions from around the web. The neutral reaction from James Mirtle at From the Rink, focusing largely on the Evgeni Malkin vs Henrik Zetterberg fight at the end of…

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For Flyers, it’s all in on Ray Emery

When the Flyers announced their trade for Chris Pronger on Friday night, it was seen widely as a “win-now” move. They were trading away a huge chunk of their youth — two first round picks, a solid player in Joffrey Lupul, and a potential defensive gem in Luca Sbisa. In essence, the Flyers traded away…

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James van Riemsdyk signs pro contract

When his University of New Hampshire Wildcats fell to Boston University in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday, Flyers prospect James van Riemsdyk had a decision to make. He could stay for his junior season at UNH, where he has been their best player over the last few seasons and has convincingly…

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Flyers Salary Cap Resource

I received an email from a reader, Shagg, about two days ago. He suggested putting a salary cap reference on the site and I thought it was a really good idea. Sadly, the only accurate reference on the web is at NHLSCAP.com, and it’s not updated nearly enough. So I took the liberty of creating…

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