My internet was out for most of the night this evening, meaning I didn’t read much about tonight’s Game 1 while the action was going on. I checked in on Twitter a few times, but you don’t get much opinion out of 140 character long messages. Nothing that makes you think too hard, at least….
It’s the second game of 2019 and the Flyers are, fittingly, going into tonight trying to halt a losing streak. After losses to the same Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, in addition to losses vs. Tampa Bay and Florida, it’s getting to be a bit much! The…
*Just in time for the Islanders to roll into town, Andrew MacDonald is back on the Flyers! WOOOOOO [BSH] *Radko Gudas had a bit of a goony reputation when he came here to Philly but he’s playing above that rep. Which is good for us. [Inquirer] *The Flyers’ second line has been pretty dominant for…
Jakub Voracek’s new contract will keep him in Philadelphia until 2024. Well, theoretically. According to Frank Seravalli at TSN, the eight-year deal does not come with the no-trade or no-movement clause … something that was a staple of big Flyers contracts under former general manager Paul Holmgren. In all reality, that’s a good thing. We…
We’ve known for some time that Chris Pronger has had a pretty rough go at life since the stick-to-the-face and the subsequent concussion he suffered back during the early part of the 2011-12 season. His wife has talked about Chris’ search for “good days” in a sea of bad ones; how hockey is no longer…
In my humble opinion, confessing to a crime you didn’t commit, especially without any coercion, is a dumb thing to do. That would make Edward Neary, the Northeast Philadelphia man who confessed to beating up Rangers fans on our Facebook page Wednesday, dumb. But again, that’s just a personal opinion. Since Neary dimed himself out…
0: Number of Philadelphia Flyers on Team Canada Canada picks Martin St. Louis over Giroux. I’ll again point out that no team in NHL-era has won gold without an active Philadelphia Flyer… — Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) February 6, 2014 Giroux’s not going as Stamkos’ replacement. Whatever, Hockey Canada is dumb. Their loss.
When the Flyers and Capitals get together, the last thing people expect is a low-event game — but that’s exactly what we all saw this afternoon. Even classifying the game as “low-event” is being pretty generous, as each team finished with only 41 attempts and Philadelphia held Washington to 11 even-stength shots in what turned…
The Flyers have signed former Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo, a move that undoubtedly hopes to mitigate some of the defensive woes in Philadelphia. Ever since the Braydon Coburn and Andrew MacDonald injuries were announced, rumors have been spreading about the Flyers acquiring a free-agent defenseman. And with Ron Hextall expressing his disdain with having to…
This post has been updated. The Flyers are still extremely popular, at least with the suits at NBC/Comcast. They’ll make an extremely ridiculous 18 (!) appearances on NBC or NBC Sports Network in 2015-16, which to my knowledge is the most they’ve appeared on the network maybe in their history. A year ago, they made…