A lot was made before the season about how much Chris Pronger would help this team’s defense. By bumping everyone back on the depth chart, he was expected to make everyone better. Unfortunately, that hasn’t really been the case. Much has already been said about how much Pronger has helped Matt Carle, but the Flyers…
Zac Rinaldo won’t be suspended for delivering an illegal check against the Flyers on Wednesday night. That’s the announcement from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety this afternoon, and it’s extremely underwhelming. Patrick Burke of the DoPS says that Rinaldo didn’t hit any of four criteria they look for when determining whether to suspend a…
29 – the Flyers’ rank, out of 31 NHL teams, in 5-on-5 Expected Goals percentage (xG %) in the first period of games this year, according to Moneypuck’s Expected Goals model. In the first period this year, the Flyers have a team-level Expected Goals percentage of 41.7%, leading only the Rangers and Sharks. (Expected Goals…
There are some nights where you lose games, and just look like complete garbage in the process, not being able to get anything going or moving in any sort of rhythm and playing like crap in all three zones. There are also some nights where you lose games, but play pretty well, get chances, and…
An almost-daily look back at how the Philadelphia Flyers have fared on this day, recalling some of the more memorable moments, achievements, and events that shaped the organization throughout the club’s storied history The Flyers have put together an impressive 13-6-0-0 record in 19 all-time games played on November 4. Philadelphia has scored 84 goals…
We’ve joked about how the Stanley Cup will find its way to the Jersey Shore this summer, notably Sea Isle City, where Jeff Carter still takes residence for much of the offseason. Mike Richards has been known to frequent the beaches, boards and shore towns of South Jersey as well, and John Stevens keeps a…
A little before the season started, we checked in with Hooks Orpik over at Pensburgh, SB Nation’s Pittsburgh Penguins site, on how they thought things were looking for the Penguins coming into this season. With the Flyers and their biggest rivals set to square off for the first of four times this year tonight, Pensburgh’s…
I wasn’t really expecting this, but hey, cool: Stars defenseman Jamie Oleksiak has been suspended two games for picking the head on a hit against Chris VandeVelde on Saturday afternoon. Here’s the explanation from the NHL Dept. of Player Safety: The basic argument is that yeah, VandeVelde had the puck and was eligible to be…
Bryzgalov keeping the Flyers ahead. 2-1 after two.
Even with the last two demoralizing losses to the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins, there’s good reason to believe that this Philadelphia Flyers’ team is still better than most of the recent squads in franchise history. The play-driving numbers are there, Alain Vigneault’s system seems to be producing more offense and limiting chances against…