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…
LOS ANGELES — It was basically the perfect weekend for Wayne Simmonds. He returned , as a first-time All-Star, to the city that drafted him into the NHL, and the fans here showed him appreciation every time his name was called. He acquitted himself nicely in Saturday’s All-Star Skills Competition, scoring a beauty tight-angle one-timer…
*That game was an absolute delight. It could not have gone any better (apart from Kimmo Timonen getting hurt. Could’ve done without that.). On to California! RECAP! *Ed Snider had some thoughts on the Flyers‘ slumping ways. [CSN Philly] *Forty years after their Stanley Cup win, the original Bullies were honored in downtown Philadelphia Monday…
*Vincent Lecavalier is ready to start this season fresh with a new coach and a clean slate. [Courier-Post] *Expect to see quite a few of your Flyers representing various places when the World Cup kicks off in 2016. [Inquirer] *Yesterday it was the Flyers’ turn to be previewed by the fine folks over at Puck…
Can you believe this, folks? This was one of, if not the, most biased and so totally unfair series in hockey history. And nobody watches more hockey than me. Nobody. Believe me, nobody. The refs, who, by the way, I’m hearing were directly contacted by Little Gary Bettman to not let the Flyers win. It’s…
Sean Couturier missed last night’s game in Toronto with the flu, and since the flu is a thing that is contagious, and generally speaking, getting a hockey team sick during the season is a bad thing, the Flyers have sent him back home. Tom Sestito’s done an okay job recently when he’s hit the lineup,…
Jay Rosehill Age: 28 Depth Chart: Thirteenth forward Contract Status: $675,000 per year through 2015 2013 Frequent Linemates: Adam Hall (76.6% of time), Ruslan Fedotenko (51.3%) 2013 Stats GP TOI/GP Goals Assists Points 11 6:48 1 0 1 Corsi On Corsi Rel Corsi Rel QoC OZ Start % PDO -32.0 -22.5 0.147 19.1 907 The…
*Charlie takes a look at the pretty freaking great season Wayne Simmonds had this year. [BSH] *Let’s also take a look at the Flyers current situation on defense. Might need to do some stuff here. [CSN Philly] *Hey lookit, the Phantoms signed a local boy! [Phantoms] *Awesome thing that won’t happen but absolutely should: World…
*So here’s the thing… surely there aren’t many Flyers fans who actively want to trade Shayne Gostisbehere. But what if they did? [BSH] *Carter Hart played well despite not seeing a lot of action in Team Canada’s win over Great Britain yesterday. [TSN] *Sure Jordan Binnington’s “rookie” season was a big deal for the St….
After an embarrassing, yet oh so predictable, overtime loss at the hands of the other Alberta team in the Calgary Flames, the Flyers take on the Edmonton Oilers tonight in attempt to bounce back. This will be the first meeting of the season between the two teams and the Flyers first look at the Oilers…