Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Round two predictions: [The Copper & Blue] [Objective NHL] [Puck Daddy] [EA Sports] [Daily News] Previews of the series: [SBNation.com] [Behind the Net] News from practice yesterday is that Michael Leighton joined Jeff Carter and Andreas Nodl on the “day-to-day”…
Dale Tallon likes those old Chicago Blackhawks. Another one is joining him. Kris Versteeg has been traded from the Flyers to the Panthers for a second round pick in either 2012 or 2013 and San Jose’s third round pick in 2012. For the record, the Flyers traded a first rounder and a third rounder for…
Well, they’re still in it. Thanks to losses by both the Montreal Canadiens and the Carolina Hurricanes, the Flyers are still not mathematically eliminated heading into their contest with the Hurricanes tomorrow. But, prior to all that action, we went and asked the fine folks of Twitter dot com for some questions to discuss, and…
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…
Hey, so if you haven’t heard, that whole Philly Live! thing that’s replacing the Spectrum is now called Xfinity Live! And by putting an exclamation mark at the end of the branding, it means we’re forced to be really excited about the whole thing, even if we’re really not. Those sneaky bastards. In any case,…
The Stanley Cup Final concluded on Monday night in Chicago, as the Blackhawks won their third championship in five years — a modern day dynasty if we’ve ever seen one. With their win, the order is now set for the 2015 NHL draft, which will be held next week, June 26 and 27, in South…
The Flyers closed out their West Coast run tonight in Anaheim. The Ducks had won the last eight meetings between these two teams, but the Flyers broke that streak with an exciting 3-2 overtime win. Brian Elliott, despite his less than exemplary career record against the Ducks, showed early strength. Fending off a number of…
The first impact move of the Daniel Briere era has been made. In a trade that somehow came from out of nowhere – despite the player in question being consistently part of trade rumors – the Flyers have shipped Ivan Provorov, 26, to the Columbus Blue Jackets (and Kevin Connauton) in a three-team deal (Los…
So I’ll be honest: I listened to the first two periods on radio cause everything in my apartment decided to stop working at once. Only saw the third period + OT (plus the highlights package) of this game. So I’ll keep this somewhat brief. Last night’s 2-1 shootout win over the Devils may not change…