For a couple years now, Flyers fans have feared the summer of 2014: Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Matt Read, and Brayden Schenn would all hit free agency in the same summer, and that’s a nightmare. But that’s not a fear any longer. The new CBA allowed the Flyers to ship off Daniel Briere, Ilya Bryzgalov,…
Get your box of tissues ready guys, you’re in for an emotional roller coaster of favorite images of Wayne Simmonds. Photographer Heather Barry is here to provide you her favorite selects through the last few seasons of the Wayne Train. Also, Does this mean I kind of have to like the Devils now?
The mood here is dampened a little bit thanks to Canada cheating winning this morning 3-2 over the U.S. team in the women’s tournament, but we’ll beat them for the gold next week anyways. With that said, group play begins for the men’s side today! Czech Republic vs. Sweden (Group C) Game Time: 12:00 p.m….
On April 28, the 2017 NHL Draft was not looking like an especially exciting one for the Philadelphia Flyers’ organization. Yes, general manager Ron Hextall had stockpiled an impressive number of picks, but in terms of immediate high-end talent, they likely weren’t going to add a franchise-changer with a mid-first round pick in a draft…
With most of the chatter these days focused on the 1st round of the 2018 NHL Draft, I wanted to take the opportunity to shine some light on the later rounds of the draft. Every year for the past 3 years I have purchased the Black Book put out by hockeyprospects.com. They do a fantastic…
When it rains, it pours, and Sidney Crosby continued to rain on the Flyers’ parade as the noted Flyers killer notched the game-winning goal to give the Penguins a 5-4 win in overtime on Monday night to extend the Flyers losing skid to eight games. The Flyers blew a 3-1 lead in this one, marking…
As I’ve written elsewhere, one of my major concerns for this off-season has been where the defensive minutes will come from. The Flyers shipped off two forwards in Mike Richards and Jeff Carter who were consistently among the team leaders in tough minutes played. In return, they got one guy (Wayne Simmonds) who plays tough…
*It’s weird that Morgan Frost hasn’t signed yet, huh? For some reason I was thinking about that a bunch today. What’s the deal there? He has to sign eventually, right? Anyhoo, and possibly also related, let’s talk about what we think of Danny Briere’s first offseason as GM. [Inquirer] *Our resident prospect insider has an…
After dropping the preseason opener 3-1 at the hands of the New York Islanders, your Philadelphia Flyers take on the Isles again this time on Long Island. Although this game is between the Flyers and the Islanders, with the way the Flyers roster has been assembled for tonight’s game we may as well call it…
*Tiny little Flyers prospect Carter Hart gives us a first hand account of what development camp is like. [Flyers] *Speaking of camp, here’s another bit about the Flyers meeting with the World Series champs down the shore. [NHL.com] *We might find out what we’re going to get from Travis Konecny by looking at his past….