Flyers Salary Cap Resource

I received an email from a reader, Shagg, about two days ago. He suggested putting a salary cap reference on the site and I thought it was a really good idea. Sadly, the only accurate reference on the web is at NHLSCAP.com, and it’s not updated nearly enough. So I took the liberty of creating…

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Monday Morning Fly By: THREE DAYS.

*The Flyers lost their last preseason game but it wasn’t on TV or radio so did it even really happen? Experts say no, it did not. [BSH] *There are still some big questions remaining now that the preseason is over and the regular season is only a few days away. [CSN Philly] *Also plenty of…

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Senators 4, Flyers 3: Yep

Oh. Man. This was not the result we were expecting, but also, in a way, exactly the result we were expecting, given how things have been going around here. It’s been rough, friends. All stats via Natural Stat Trick and NHL.com 1.Not a particularly inspiring start With the Flyers’ starts having been a hot topic…

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Monday Morning Fly By: More bad teams please.

*Saturday afternoon’s game, against the absolutely terrible Carolina Hurricanes, was SO MUCH FUN. And Scott Laughton scored his first NHL goal! It was good times all around. If only all the games could be against awful teams. RECAP! *If you missed Laughton scoring his first, you’ll definitely want to watch it. It is a joy….

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Tuesday Morning Fly By: Leighton Out, Spectrum Following

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news… So… The Flyers aren’t worried about Michael Leighton ‘s back injury: [BSH] [Frequent Flyers] [CSNPhilly] But in Frank Seravalli’s story, we get this: “Holmgren said Leighton complained that he didn’t “have any push off his one leg,” which is what nagged Ray…

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The Two O’Clock Number: 8*

8* — The seed the Flyers have in the Eastern Conference Playoffs this year. Right? I mean, okay, they have the seventh-best point total, but they’re being forced to play the top seed in the first round, so they’re the eighth-seed, as it goes in my book. This is exciting for folks like me who…

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Don’t call it a comeback

The Philadelphia Flyers’ good players overcame head coach Dave Hakstol’s reliance on bad players to erase a two-goal deficit in the third period to force overtime against Sergei Bobrovsky’s Columbus Blue Jackets. Andrew MacDonald played nearly twenty-one minutes, second most among all defenders, and was minus-three. Travis Sanheim played 12:38 and scored both of Philly’s…

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