#1: Yes, you’ve watched this game before It’s tough to find a new way to summarize a Flyers game like yesterday’s, since it’s one that we’ve seen unfold numerous times this year, whether against Tampa or Montreal or Pittsburgh or Arizona. The Flyers seemed to be in control of the flow of the game for…
For the love of God, please tell me that you didn’t fall that thing that the stoner kid from junior year of high school posted on Facebook? Because all of these other clowns did: It was from NHLTradeRumors.me, for eff’s sake. They can’t even afford a .com domain name, and you think they’re plugged into…
I wasn’t really expecting this, but hey, cool: Stars defenseman Jamie Oleksiak has been suspended two games for picking the head on a hit against Chris VandeVelde on Saturday afternoon. Here’s the explanation from the NHL Dept. of Player Safety: The basic argument is that yeah, VandeVelde had the puck and was eligible to be…
The Flyers’ ongoing win streak has been the product of a lot of strong individual efforts from many different guys on this team. Today, the wheel landed on Brayden Schenn, and though he waited just a bit longer than the Flyers faithful maybe would have liked him to, Schenn came through at just the right…
It’s been quite a first half of the season for Anthony Stolarz. Drafted in the second round of the 2012 NHL draft, Stolarz has been a member of the Philadelphia Flyers for several years now. It’s only been since the 2014-15 season he’s played professionally, but this season was the next in a line of…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Third period went from great to awful quickly A recurring issue for the Flyers under Dave Hakstol has been play with the lead in the third period. Last season, it was a certainty — the team would…
The Philadelphia Flyers have not had a streak of seven straight wins since the 2001-02 season, when they won eight straight in the month of January on their way to a division title. Two of those wins came against the Atlanta Thrashers, a team that does not even exist anymore. A win tonight against the…
For some reason, talks of a ghost bear have taken over the general Philadelphia area. This has been going on for roughly a year now. Can’t for the life of me figure out why. In a completely unrelated story, Shayne Gostisbehere is on pace for 41 points this season, and is currently the highest scoring…
Tonight at 10 p.m., the Philadelphia Flyers will hit the ice against the Colorado Avalanche in search of their 10th straight win. If they pull it off, it’ll be the first time in more than 30 years since they’ve won 10 games in a row. That last 10-game streak came in October and November of…
Flyers defenseman Andrew MacDonald, who is in the third year of a six-year, $30 million contract, has not had a particularly good 2016-17 season to date. We can argue about how not-good it has been, or what the causes of it are, but we’ll save that discussion for another time (for instance, almost any of…