Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Reportedly, the Flyers were one of the few teams negotiating with Tomas Vokoun prior to the Penguins trading for him: [GCobb] Vokoun’s contract: 2 years, $2 million, 35+: [PensBurgh] [Puck Daddy] [Backhand Shelf] [Washington Times] Claude Giroux is resting after…
New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PTWells Fargo Center in South PhiladelphiaIn Philly: Comcast Network, 97.5 The FanaticIn NYC: MSG NetworkEverywhere else: Sorry.
*Remember scoring goals? Those were halcyon days. The Flyers lost again, scoring zero goals again. Recap. *Revisiting the Max Talbot for Steve Downie trade to see which team got better end of the deal. [BSH] *There’s a little Ken Hitchcock in Craig Berube’s coaching philosophies. [Daily News] *Steve Mason almost quit hockey while in Columbus;…
The truth will set you free, but first, it will piss you off. The truth? The Flyers are mediocre, but sometimes fun. We’re deep in the “piss you off” portion of that statement. Within the first minute of the game, the first line did what the first line does: set up an absolute beauty of…
If you could pinpoint one major problem with the Calgary Flames this season, it would be their offense. Ranked just 22nd in the NHL in goals per game, the Flames aren’t a team that was built around offense. With goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff and what was thought to be a world-class defense in front of him,…
It’s been a wild couple of days in FlyersLand, but the show must go on. The Ottawa Senators are in town tonight, and that’s fitting given that the Sens might be the one organization currently more dramatically on fire than ours. They have a front office as messy as ours, a penalty kill that’s sometimes…
It’s been a stressful past couple of weeks in the wide world of the Philadelphia Flyers. The team is losing games it should be winning. The coach is making lineup decisions that the fan base hates. The goalies can’t string consecutive good games together. The top guys aren’t producing the way they probably should be….
The Philadelphia Flyers have experienced quite a lot of change over the last month. Chuck Fletcher is out as general manager, Dan Hilferty is taking over for Dave Scott as the franchise’s chairman, and Bobby Clark, Bill Barber and Paul Holmgren, three of the Flyers’ senior advisors, will apparently have much less say in the…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Scott Laughton is trying to learn as much as possible at camp: [CSNPhilly] [Daily News] [Inquirer] Frederic Larsson is physical: [CSNPhilly] So the Flyers spend a lot on defense, but how does that compare to the rest of the NHL?…
Peter Laviolette was on 97.5 The Fanatic with Mike Missanelli this afternoon, and he talked about the whole “Dry Island” thing that blew up this morning with Mike Richards and Jeff Carter. I’m paraphrasing here because I only heard the interview live and don’t have a transcript, but it’s nice that he provided a bit…