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The Philadelphia Flyers pulled off a huge, huge come-from-behind win against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night, and in a lot of ways it summed up what’s so damn frustrating about this team. In recent weeks, they’ve played stellar hockey against teams like St. Louis, Washington and Nashville — all legitimate Stanley Cup contenders…

All the beat writers are all-aTwitter about Sergei Bobrovsky not having a locker stall in Buffalo. Instead, Michael Leighton does. As Brian Boucher was the first goalie off the ice at today’s morning skate, he is your starter. As Leighton has his equipment in a stall and Bobrovsky does not, he is your backup. It…

There’s only so much you can take away from a small sample size, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun looking at the comparison from last year’s Flyers team to this year’s squad through the first 10 games. It’s early, but there’s certainly some impressions to be made as we approach the one-eighth mark…

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Michael Leighton cleared waivers today and is on his way to the Phantoms: [BSH] [Philly Sports Daily] [The700Level.com] [CSNPhilly] [Frequent Flyers] Audio of an interview with Leighton: [SWhyno] The Leighton story is truly fascinating, and here it’s covered again: [Philly…

*Folks there will be actual Flyers on actual ice playing actual hockey against an actual other team tonight. THIS IS EXCITING! And guess what?? We’ll be looking at a 100% better Nolan Patrick. Oh baby. [Flyers] *People are, in fact, excited to watch these rookies take the ice tonight. [Inquirer] *Ever think that Mike Vecchione…

Phantoms captain Ben Holmstrom will undergo surgery on his right knee next Thursday at Methodist Hospital, the team announced today. Holmstrom injured the knee back on December 8 when he got caught in a rut during a game against the Syracuse Crunch. According to the team, the extent of the injury is not yet known….

Grade: B- 09/10 Salary: $937,500 10/11 Cap Hit: RFA Linemates: 36.34% Blair Betts and Ian Laperriere Depth Chart Ranking: RFA [ Broad Street Hockey Player Page ] [ Hockey Reference Player Page ] GP G A P +/- PIM PPG GWG Hits TOI/G SOG PCT 2009 – Dan Carcillo 76 12 10 22 5 207…

Thursday night vs. the Golden Knights, we got nearly everything we wanted which, in Vegas, is about as rare as a unicorn playing the trumpet or Dave Hakstol giggling during a post-game interview. These things usually just don’t happen. However, in getting what we wanted – a 5-2 win vs one of last year’s cup…

So far, we here at Broad Street Hockey have sized up the races for the Flyers‘ end-of-year team awards by looking at the candidates for the Barry Ashbee Trophy, the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy, and the Yanick Dupre Class Guy Award and the Gene Hart Memorial Award. Here, we’ll wrap up our award selections with…