You may remember, in the Flyers’ season-opening win over the Los Angeles Kings, longtime Kings netminder Jonathan Quick wasn’t in net that night. That was because in the Kings’ own season opener, he suffered an injury that we’ve since learned will sideline him for a few months. This is obviously bad news for the Kings,…
If you’re not familiar with the Mannequin Challenge, it’s basically this: a group of people stand stock still while someone with a camera runs around recording them. Basically, the goal is to hold a pose like a mannequin. If you’re not familiar with the Philadelphia Eagles, I can’t really help you there. The Philadelphia Flyers…
* The Flyers played a pretty solid game on Saturday night and they scored four goals on Carey Price. They still lost. Recap and observations from a tough one. * They did have Michael Del Zotto on the ice for the first time all year, though: [CPSJ] * Some words on the Flyers’ goalies, who,…
IT WAS early April, 2015. It’s five hours before the trade deadline and you’re talking about 2015???? Oh, wait. I get it. You wrote about this two years ago and doubling down on the insanity now. Cool, let’s do this. The course of action seemed so obvious; so logical; but, ultimately, too repellant for Ron…
* SO LET’S TALK ABOUT NHL ALL-STAR GAME MVP WAYNE SIMMONDS. First, a recap of Sunday’s game: [BSH] * Simmonds talks more about what it meant to him to be as warmly received as he was in the city that traded him six years ago: [NHL.com] * Here’s a recap of the Skills Competition on…
If you’re going to play in the NHL, chances are pretty good you’re going to have to fly. A lot. That much hasn’t changed since the Philadelphia Flyers entered the league back in 1967. If anything, with the league further expanding, travel has increased. While there are various ways to celebrate the Flyers’ 50th anniversary…
Here we go again. First it was Michael Raffl. Then Shayne Gostisbhere. Now, it’s Michael Del Zotto who will sit as a healthy scratch when the Philadelphia Flyers visit the Florida Panthers this evening in South Florida. Coach Dave Hakstol is likely hoping to light a spark under Del Zotto here, as MDZ has been…
Wayne Simmonds now has 10 goals on the season. It took him 20 games to get there, and we knew it was going to happen, because Simmonds is a goal scorer. He has the most for the Philadelphia Flyers, after all. Next in line is Jakub Voracek with seven. But of course, this isn’t anything…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Horrendous third period undoes strong effort otherwise In most of the Flyers’ regulation losses this season, the team has managed to find itself overwhelmed in either the first or third period of the game. Last night, we…
* So the Flyers keep on scoring goals but they don’t keep on winning games. How does this happen? The answer may shock you! [BSH] * (Or it may not! The goaltending. The answer’s “the goaltending”.) [Sons of Penn] * Some more goalie talk, because it’s all the rage right now! Also, Matt Read skated…