Chris VandeVelde will face a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Friday for his elbow to the head of Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews. If suspended, VandeVelde’s absence from the lineup will make the impending Saturday return of Jakub Voracek a much easier decision for head coach Dave Hakstol, who had a tough…
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On Sept. 29, Team Canada unsurprisingly won the World Cup of Hockey. Claude Giroux made the team, but ended up sitting out as a healthy scratch. You can view this as a bad thing, or you can view it as a way for him to have gotten in high-level practices without the likelihood of getting…
Obviously, Michal Neuvirth played well in the last major hockey tournament in which he participated: the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs. And it looks as though he’ll have the chance to do that again in another major tournament: all signs are pointing to him owning the net for Team Czech Republic in the 2016 World Cup…
No. 3: TnT Line They trick, they treat, and they’re also explosive. No. 6: Legion of Groom Obviously, a play off the old Legion of Doom line of Eric Lindros, John LeClair and Mikael Renberg. Time to vote! Poll closes at midnight. No. 3 TnT Line vs. No. 6 Legion of Groom No. 3 “TnT…
Randy Miller of the Courier-Post went on a lengthy Twitter rant against us on Friday afternoon. If you’d like background on exactly why, click here. Below, we’ve defended ourselves against his many inappropriate claims. (Miller has since deleted many of these tweets, and thus the hyperlinks below will not work. If you do not believe…
Every year I can recall, the Flyers Wives Carnival has been held in February or March. But that’ll change this coming season, with the 40th Flyers Wives Carnival being held on Sunday, November 6 inside Wells Fargo Center. Early admission will be at 1:30 p.m., with general admission at 3 p.m. The Carnival ends at…
Ron Hextall and the Flyers seem pretty darn committed to making the Lehigh Valley Phantoms a competitive squad in the AHL this coming season. On Tuesday, they announced the signing of South Jersey Native™ T.J. Brennan to a “multi-year” deal, immediately improving the defense in Allentown. CSN Philly reports that it’s a two-way deal with…
Obviously, Michal Neuvirth played well in the last major hockey tournament in which he participated: the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs. And it looks as though he’ll have the chance to do that again in another major tournament: all signs are pointing to him owning the net for Team Czech Republic in the 2016 World Cup…
With Brayden Schenn now under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for the 2016-17 season (and three more years beyond), the team’s salary cap situation has become a little more clear. Let’s break it down, with help from General Fanager. That site currently has the Flyers with a projected cap hit of $71.61 million for 2016-17,…