You know the drill, Flyers up top and other NHL musings towards the bottom. Let’s get it on. *The Flyers lost, and that stinks. But they did get a point in the process, which doesn’t stink. [BSH] *Fresh new Broad Street Hockey radio, where Bill forgets what show it it! [BSH] *Craig with another phenomenal…
Yesterday, we looked at who the candidates are to win the Barry Ashbee Trophy for the Flyers‘ best defenseman this season, which will be given out on Sunday before the team’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Today, we’ll do the same for the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy, which goes to the “most improved player” on…
Six years ago, Comcast-Spectacor decided to demolish the Spectrum for some insane reason**. With it, the Philadelphia Phantoms moved to upstate New York, and ever since that move, they’ve been truly horrendous on the ice. Season Team Division GP W L T OTL SOL Pts Pct Result 2008-09 Philadelphia Phantoms East 80 43 30 0…
The nice thing about being a goalie is, because you’re getting vulcanized disks of rubber shot at you at very high speeds, you get to wear extra protection. And while there may be a lot of nonsense going around but goalie’s pads being too big, at least there’s one thing you can never take from…
Eric Wellwood suffered a horrifying injury during the Adirondack Phantoms’ game Sunday vs. Bridgeport when he apparently took a skate to the lower leg, severing his tendon and causing vascular damage — perhaps cutting an artery. Given that it was behind the play and nobody saw it, it’s possible that Wellwood fell into the boards…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Dave Strehle makes his SBN Philly debut with a good article on Sean Couturier: [SB Nation Philly] Speaking of Couturier, Anthony SanFilippo compares him to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and sees that there isn’t much separating them for the Calder Trophy: [delcotimes.com]…
We recently looked at how balanced zone shifts compare a player against his peers in their ability to shift play from one end to the other, as judged by where shifts start and end. Why not do the same thing with shots? After the jump, I’ll describe a new balanced Corsi metric that compares a…
On Tuesday night after the Flyers beat the Blue Jackets 5-2, Ben, Geoff and I taped the most recent installment of BSH Radio. The Recap Sarah Baicker of CSNPhilly.com joins on us this weeks program. We talk about the recent battle in the ongoing war between Mike Richards and the Philadelphia media and her take…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes…A bit late today since I can’t do the whole “prepare the Fly By at night” thing like Geoff. Oh well. Recaps of yesterday’s 4-2 win at Madison Poorly-Lit Garden. [BSH] [SBNation.com] [delcotimes.com] [Frequent Flyers] [CSN Philly] [Philly Sports Daily] [Flyers…
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…