Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Highlights from Södertälje vs Tingsryd where Matt Read, named Player of the Game, had a goal + 2 assists, via euroflyers: [Ste Sportklubb] The ice was finally put down, with photographic evidence: [the700level] Tim McManus, weekly contributor, not actually a…
On Wednesday, a Flyers team with little left to play for showed up the Penguins in their own house. Steve Mason barely had to lift a finger as his team cruised to a 4-1 victory. Fast forward 4 days later, and we were reminded why the Philadelphia Flyers are destined for a Top-10 draft pick….
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. The Flyers may have won the shots on goal battle handily in the second and third periods, but at even strength, this game was played at the Devils’ preferred tempo throughout. There was barely any space for either…
We’ve been scratching our heads over the last few weeks trying to understand exactly what Paul Holmgren has up his sleeve. Whether it’s signing goons to long term deals, planning on trading a fan favorite who’s spent 11 years here, signing a goalie before the seeing what was available on the open market, trading for…
*Claude Giroux was mysteriously examined by the Flyers’ medical staff last night for mysterious reasons. He’s apparently fine. [CSN Philly] *Michael Raffl was back on the ice yesterday and it looks like Brayden Schenn has earned the right to remain on the top line for now. [Flyers] *Updates on the injuries to Luke Schenn and…
I wanted to make the headline “Please tell me whyyyyy… I’m still watching this team” but thought that would make you all less likely to click that headline, and therefore less likely to listen to the postgame, and that would be bad for me. But I had to use Lit lyrics after this discussion became…
Dean Lombardi, general manager of the Los Angeles Kings, was named to that same job with Team USA on Thursday. He will be in charge of putting together America’s entry into the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. And holy shit, is he excited about it or what? Look at this friggin speech. First of all…
*You will not see Tony DeAngelo face off against his old team tonight because Tony DeAngelo has been suspended two games for spearing Corey Perry in the balls. Could’ve been more, honestly. [Inquirer] *Tony DeAngelo seems to be one of the guys on John Tortorella’s good side right now, which is interesting. Torts seems committed…
At this time not even a year ago, Scott Laughton was, by most accounts, the Flyers‘ top prospect outside of the NHL, and there was simply no debating that he was the team’s best forward prospect. We had him sitting up at No. 3 in our 25 under 25 last summer, only behind two known…
The NHL, for all their many faults, has usually been pretty good at making uniforms. You could argue that NHL’s jerseys have never really been bad at all. Even upon the league’s inception all the way back in 1917-18, you still had the classic Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs designs that proved to be…