Wednesday night’s loss in Detroit wasn’t the end of the world. The Flyers still control their own chances, as five points in their last six games would get them into the playoffs no matter what happens elsewhere, and if Detroit or Boston slip up a little bit in their final games, their chances grow even…
We’ve focused a lot on the future. Danny Briere wasn’t afraid of the “R word,” so we’ve wondered what he’s learned up to this point in his career, what his vision is, what modern rebuilds have looked like, along with a number of other fantastic posts that you should definitely continue to patronize. But if…
*The speculation about regime change in the Flyers organization began Friday. [BSH] [CSN Philly] *Kimmo Timonen faces a big decision this summer. [Flyers] [Philly.com] *The Flyers will probably have to make some kind of decision about what to do with Vincent Lecavalier. [CSN Philly] *Matt Read and Brayden Schenn will join Team Canada at the…
[Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] Here’s the deal, kiddies. All other bloglords are otherwise occupied at the moment. I, myself am headed off to a showing of the Muppets. So this was written as a stop-gap to hold you guys over until Travis can clean it up and…
*God, summer is painfully boring. The Trial on the Isle as yesterday, what fun, and Ivan Provorov won the sand castle contest with this masterpiece so I can only assume that the Flyers are very bad at sand castles. [BSH] *The kids at the beach down the shore got a little visit from the World…
*Rumors are starting to kick around about Travis Konecny being possibly maybe sort-of close to signing a deal. No one has written an actual journalistic article about these rumors just yet, they only exist in the ephemeral world of Twitter. But something happening would be nice! In the meantime, check out Bill Matz’s wrestling podcast…
The Philadelphia Flyers announced their final 23 man roster today. Randy Jones is officially headed to the Adirondack Phantoms, two days after clearing waivers. Danny Syvret and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen both made the roster, meaning that the Flyers will carry seven defensemen on their NHL roster. Finnish forward Mika Pyorala has made the Flyers roster as…
The No. 11 spot on our community board was taken by U.S.-born forward Kyle Connor, a Michigan native who comes to us from the USHL’s Youngstown Phantoms. He took the spot in what was mostly a two-horse race in the poll, picking up 37 percent of the vote to Sarnia center Pavel Zacha’s 33 percent….
The Flyers have signed goalie Steve Mason to a three-year contract. It is worth $12.3 million, or $4.1 million per year. Cory Schneider and Antti Niemi would be the closest comparable players at that price point. It is a big raise from his current 1-year, $1.5 million deal. It is neither a terrible deal for…
News that Andreas Nodl will be out of tonight’s lineup with a lower-body injury is just the latest in a ton of injuries that have plagued the Philadelphia Flyers in the last week. In chronological order, here’s a list of injuries this team has faced in the last two weeks (!): Chris Pronger takes a…