When his University of New Hampshire Wildcats fell to Boston University in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday, Flyers prospect James van Riemsdyk had a decision to make. He could stay for his junior season at UNH, where he has been their best player over the last few seasons and has convincingly…
The gang turned the show over to you, mostly because we love and respect our listeners and want to know what’s on your mind, but also because we are lazy. And because we have the best listeners, the topics were interesting and lead to some great conversation. The coaching search, which young players we’d trade,…
On this week’s episode of Flyperbole Steve and Craig dig into the Philadelphia Flyers’ last two games, if Nicolas Aube-Kubel has down enough to stay up with the big club, and check in on the team’s prospects at the World Junior Championship. Make sure to follow us on twitter @Flyperbole and @Sports_Are_Bad. Also follow @BSH_Radio…
Grade: C 09/10 Salary: $4,200,000 10/11 Cap Hit: $4,200,000 10/11 Salary: $4,200,000 Linemates: 40.48% Danny Briere and Jeff Carter Depth Chart Ranking: #2 Left Wing [ Broad Street Hockey Player Page ] [ Hockey Reference Player Page ] GP G A P +/- PIM PPG GWG Hits TOI/G SOG PCT 2009 – Scott Hartnell 81…
On Friday, the Flyers made several cuts to their pre-season roster. At forward, both Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost are hanging around (and also Andreoff and Chris Stewart but we’ll ignore them). For now, as the Flyers have seemed to have indicated, the prospects of a prospect or two making the roster out of camp…
This Sunday, in the Flyers’ final regular-season home game (and final regular-season game, period), the team will unveil the winners of its annual end-of-season awards. There are six of those, and if you can’t remember them, here’s what they are and how their winners are chosen: Bobby Clarke Award (Most valuable player, as voted on…
On Sunday afternoon, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms completed their regular season by downing the Syracuse Crunch by a score of 5-2. For most of their roster, the competitive hockey season was now finished. But a select few would travel to Philadelphia to practice with the Flyers and be on reserve for a possible NHL playoff…
* Before you move on to tonight’s game against the Islanders, wrap up Tuesday’s win over Ottawa with some observations and photos. * Shayne Gostisbehere is adamant that his recovery from hip surgery is not the reason why he started so slowly and/or is playing much better now: [CSN Philly] (Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman had some…
I like Nikolay Zherdev. Okay well, I like Nikolai Zherdev. He might be sphinxlike, cryptic and Delphian, but he brings another needed layer to the offense. It’s hard not to win the “he’s more valuable than his replacements” argument when those replacements are Dan Carcillo and Jody Shelley, too. We knew that Peter Laviolette didn’t…
The Phantoms take on the No. 1 team in the league, the Manchester Monarchs, today in a 3:05 matinee in their second game in 1.5 days. Saturday Manchester clinched the first playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 92 points. Saturday night the Phantoms beat East Division rival, Wilks-Barre in a 4-1 decision at home,…