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“When you are not playing as well as we had been, and playing like crap on that road trip and losing and losing and then you are starting to come out of it, and playing a little bit better, you are still going to lose coming up that slope. You’re playing good enough to win,…

*Let’s look back at the first round with Charlie, who illustrates for us how the Flyers failed in the neutral zone against the Washington Capitals. [BSH] *ivan Provorov has been named WHL defenseman of the year and holy crap can’t wait until this kid is on the Flyers. [Sons of Penn] *Speaking of awesome defensemen…

ATLANTIC CITY — Following today’s 4-2 Phantoms loss to the Albany Devils at Boardwalk Hall, Michael Leighton said he felt good and ready to return to the Flyers. (Of course he did, who wants to stay with a team that has three wins and 22 losses?) “I feel like I did what I had to…

The Flyers rely heavily on their special teams, and it’s been no exception in the opening round of the playoffs versus the Rangers. Even though the second power play unit did manage to score on Sunday, it’s clear that Craig Berube wasn’t happy with them. He tried Matt Read and Sean Couturier at times after…

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — When the Adirondack Phantoms head coaching position became available in November of 2010, Joe Paterson was really the perfect fit. In fact, in a lot of ways, he was the only fit, considering not many folks were likely interested in taking a job with what could have been the worst team…

Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Oilers just more skilled than the Flyers The raw shot metrics may look favorably upon the Flyers’ play last night (52.85% score-adjusted Corsi), but in this one, not all shots were created equal. It was clear on…

Back in late July, before we knew Kimmo Timonen would likely be unable to play again, I wrote an article about how Shayne Gostisbehere should make the team because it could make the most financial sense. Here we are a little over two months later, Gostisbehere has been sent to the Phantoms, and I’m now…

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Recaps of last night’s win: [BSH] [CSNPhilly] [Philly Sports Daily] [Flyers Faithful] [Inquirer] [Daily News] [delcotimes.com] [The700level.com] While it scared a lot of people, Claude Giroux blocking a shot is somehow indicative of this team’s desire to win. Or something:…

The NHL and NHLPA announced the pre-tournament schedule for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey on Wednesday, detailing where all eight teams will hold training camps before the big September event in Toronto. Columbus will host the training camp for Team USA beginning Monday, September 5, and it’ll close with a pre-tournament exhibition game against…