We’ve just about hit the home stretch of the regular season, folks. The Flyers may not have been officially mathematically eliminated from playoff contention just yet, but it’s only a matter of time. It’s garbage time, effectively, and everyone’s just trying to make it through these last few games to close things out. But despite…
While it still seems like it all just started, we’ve only got two more days left in the preliminary round of the men’s ice hockey tournament. Fortunately, there’s still plenty of good hockey to be played, and four more games are on the schedule today. Yesterday’s Games Czech Republic 4, Latvia 2 (Group C) Brief…
Throughout the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we’ll go round-by-round and predict the outcomes of each playoff series. We’re on to the second round, with the BSH staff predicting who we think will win each of the four series that just happened to be finalized last night. BSH’s second round panel Travis Hughes, lost his fandom…
The Flyers open a crucial homestand against the Rangers tonight in South Philly.
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: A rare display of 5v5 dominance Entering last night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres, the Flyers’ goal-based metrics at 5-on-5 were nothing short of horrid. Their Goals For percentage of 41.74% ranked 29th in the NHL, ahead…
The Flyers started their last game poorly vs. Washington, and it may have kept them from two points. Although they fought back to tie the game, force overtime and get a point out of it, their win streak was broken at four. They’ll hope to get back to their winning ways against arguably the worst…
Signed to a one-year, $3 million contract last offseason that brought him over from the KHL in Russia, 33-year old Evgeny Medvedev was expected to be a key piece of the Philadelphia Flyers defense during the 2015-16 season. Unfortunately, Medvedev’s season hasn’t quite worked out the way the team had hoped it would. Now, there…
*Have you ever thought about what the deepest, most talented hockey team that could fit under the salary cap would look like? Here’s one take on just that, and the lone Flyer included shouldn’t come as a surprise. [The Athletic] *While the above article showcases some of the best contracts in hockey, we’re taking a…
ALLENTOWN — Phantoms head coach Terry Murray had no comment on tonight’s 3-2 loss to Albany, but we can all guess what he’s thinking. After taking a one-goal lead in the second period, the Phantoms spent a lot of unnecessary time in the penalty box — 10 penalties in total for the game — and…
This went up last night just before the game, but was quickly buried by the discussion thread. Bumping it up top this morning to give it a better look. – Travis The news that the Flyers plan to try to bring Matt Walker through reentry waivers concerns me. Here’s how I’m looking at it. If…