*The Flyers extended your emotional involvement with them by winning on Wednesday night, so since you still care (probably), here’s what we learned. [BSH] *Sam Morin, for his part, performed well in limited minutes. Which was nice to see. [Philly.com] *Well at least SOME PEOPLE around here respect Brian Elliott. [Flyers] *BAMF is a solid…
Well everybody, it’s been a nice run, but all good things must come to an end. After two weeks of chatting, Brad and I are back with our last installment of the Phantoms playoffs wrap up series. It’s been real! To close out, we’re touching on some more noteworthy performances that just refuse to be…
Wins in six straight games and seven of their last eight. Of freaking course. Just when we started to think we had a realistic shot at Jack Hughes or Kaapo Kakko, the Flyers start winning. Whatever we want them to do, they do the opposite. We even called a win streak like this one the…
Well, maybe John Grahame isn’t the Flyers savior. According to CSNPhilly.com, Michael Leighton was claimed off waivers for the second time in his career by the Philadelphia Flyers today. Having a hard time remembering Leighton? That’s because he only played 4 games in the Orange and Black, and he wasn’t very good. In the season…
Charlie McAvoy looked to the rafters of the Wells Fargo Center as Carter Hart flashed the leather one final time on Wednesday night, announcing his arrival in a resounding way in perhaps his finest start as an NHLer to date. It was just one of 39 saves for the rookie netminder on the night as…
“I don’t remember it ever being like this. We were in a situation (in Los Angeles) where we could only dress less than 18 healthy skaters. That’s obviously not a good situation to be in, and thankfully our goalies and defensemen were healthy anyway. The forwards getting hurt now are starting to pile up.”— Paul…
*Kimmo Timonen is back in town tonight with everyone’s playoff bandwagon team, the Blackhawks. Puck drops at 8PM because of the intense rivalry between these two teams. Woo go Kimmo! *Meltzer has some thoughts about Timonen’s return to Philadelphia. [Hockeybuzz] *Craig Berube says he and Steve Mason are totally cool; nothing to see here. [Courier-Post]…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… The Flyers’ Prospect Camp starts today: [Inquirer] On Scott Hartnell and his next contract: [Bill Meltzer] Zack Hill and the Flyers‘ Communications staff won an award as the top media relations team in the Eastern Conference: [Wheeling News-Register] Ranking the…
Martin Brodeur’s career is over. He’s taken leave from the St. Louis Blues to mull over the future of his career, but let’s be real, he’s done. He’s over the hill and frankly just not very good at hockey any more. CSN Philly asked the question earlier today anyway, though: with question marks around Steve…
The Flyers have officially released their preseason schedule for this fall, and it features eight games — six full-roster games, as well as a split-squad contest against the Islanders on September 20. They’ll be seeing a lot of the Islanders this preseason, in fact, as four of those eight games will be against the Brooklyn-based…