Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Reminder: at 2 p.m. today, Travis will be live chatting with Frank Seravalli of the Daily News. Be sure to stop in here: [Frequent Flyers] A source says the Flyers are looking for a “soft” deal. Whatever that means: [CSNPhilly]…
Man, that Mike Richards sure was an awful leader. Wasn’t ready for the Flyers‘ captaincy. Good thing we got rid of him. Oh, what’s that? He’s still helping the Flyers even after they broke his heart and traded him away? Neat. Via NHL.com, here’s Claude Giroux speaking before Tuesday’s win against Ottawa: “It wasn’t going…
Tonight’s game is on CSN Philly locally and 93.3 WMMR. There’s a live stream on CSNPhilly.com as well. In Florida, the game is on FS Florida. Nationally, NHL.tv and NHL Center Ice have your broadcast. For the Florida perspective, check out Litter Box Cats. Philadelphia lineup Forwards Michael Raffl – Claude Giroux – Jakub Voracek…
The Flyers scored first, but watched the Hurricanes storm back (sorry) with three-straight goals in route to a 5-2 win on Saturday afternoon from PNC Arena in Raleigh. Claude Giroux opened the scoring and Oskar Lindblom followed up in the third period, but Carolina found the Flyers’ empty net twice to end all comeback attempts….
It’s been a rough few days for the Philadelphia Flyers and their fans, but tonight’s emotional 4-1 victory over the visiting Anaheim Ducks is just what the team needed. Goals from Claude Giroux, David Kase, Jakub Voracek, and Sean Couturier were more than enough support for Carter Hart who denied 40 of Anaheim’s 41 shots…
The Flyers and Capitals combined for just 18 even strength scoring chances in a sleepy Sunday afternoon game in Washington. An evenly played game throughout, neither team had a decided advantage at 5v5. On the powerplay, the Capitals had numerous opportunities to do some damage. But given that they had 6 powerplays including a 5v3,…
*Yesterday the fine folks at NBC released the national broadcast schedule for the upcoming season. Lots of Flyers games, folks! [BSH] *The home opener is going to be nationally televised, which for some reason is annoying to me personally. [NBC Sports Philly] *All in all 109 games will be nationally televised; full schedule can be…
We’re wrapping up the wrap-up, here, folks! We ended our second section on the playoffs with a nod towards the future, and that’s just where we’ve arrived. The tone carrying through these interviews, despite the disappointment coming with the end to their playoff run, was one of optimism–they’re confident in their abilities and in what’s…
The forwards… Line 1: Brayden Schenn – Claude Giroux – Jakub Voracek Line 2: Matt Read – Sean Couturier – Wayne Simmonds Line 3: Michael Raffl – Vincent Lecavalier – R.J. Umberger Line 4: Zac Rinaldo – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Jason Akeson 13th forward: Blair Jones The defense… Pairing 1: Braydon Coburn – Andrew MacDonald…
*The news keeps on coming, folks! The Flyers have brought John LeClair back as yet another hockey operations advisor. [Flyers] *It looks like he’s going to be sticking pretty much on the hockey ops side, while fellow new hire Patrick Sharp is going to be filling in on the player development side. *If it’s any…