*GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! The Flyers will have the most heart in the league for at least the next two years, as Zac Rinaldo was extended yesterday. [BSH] *In case you were wondering, no one is particularly thrilled about the signing. [Let’s Go Flyers] *In part one of a four-part interview with CSN, Ron Hextall reinforced…
*Oh was there a game last night? Never heard of it. (recap) *It sure does feel inevitable that this weekend will be our last with Wayne Simmonds, but when he goes, where might he land? [BSH] *Speaking of this weekend… big game tomorrow! Outside! Probably in the rain! You guys pumped? [Philly.com] *Despite the very,…
BUFFALO — The Flyers have traded down in the first round of the NHL Draft. Originally holding the No. 18 overall pick, Ron Hextall moved down in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets. The Flyers sent the 18th pick along with a third round pick, No. 79 overall in this draft, to the Jets for…
Steve and Craig settle in to talk about what to make of the Flyers’ first four games of the 2018-19 season. An extensive look at the defense, Mikhail Vorobyev, and the penalty kill. The pair also explain why it IS the young blue liners’ faults that this team is going to lose over 70 games…
Via reader @BrianFNMcDonald on Twitter, here’s a picture of the revamped NHL 13 display at a Best Buy store in Greensburg, Pa., an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh. Hilarious mustache and all! According to Wikipedia, Greensburg was voted one of the “Best Places to Retire” in the state by US News & World Report. #oldpeople Our…
*I got nothing. Is anyone even reading this? Am I real? Probably not. Anyway. *Yesterday we learned that our 25U25 had a tie, and part two of that matchup is goalie Samuel Ersson, who is proving to be a real asset to the goalie depth in this organization. [BSH] *Meltzer has some interesting (as always)…
#1: This was a golden opportunity wasted While it was fun to watch with the rest of the world and laugh at Montreal on Friday night, as they took the biggest single-game beatdown that many of us have ever seen in an NHL game before, the truth was that this game was always going to…
The Philadelphia Flyers looked far and wide in their search for their next President of Hockey Operations. Daniel Briere was a shoo-in for the general manager job after being named the interim late in the season, but his right-hand man (or woman) was up in the air. After a long and extensive search, the Flyers…
Blackhawks lead series 2-0 [Boxscore] – [Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Chicago Reaction][Corsi and Fenwick] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [EV Faceoffs] – [Shift Charts] The Flyers played an incredible third period. They outscored the Blackhawks 1-0, outshot them 15-4, and spent the vast majority of the period in the Chicago zone. Unfortunately, there was…
It was a great first period all around for the Flyers against the Ducks, who lead 2-0, but this pass from Claude Giroux to Vincent Lecavalier was by far the highlight. This was on the power play, too, which makes it even sweeter. Lecavalier has four goals in four periods now, and Giroux has three…