*BSH is revisiting the Top 25 Under 25 series from earlier this year to see who has improved, dropped off, or new to the list. [BSH] *Someone is going to have to step up in Kimmo Timonen‘s absence this season. It’d be nice if it was Andrew MacDonald. Dare to dream. [CSN Philly] *Speaking of…
*The shoot out is dumb and stupid, this is a known fact. The Flyers are arguably dumb and stupid too. Recap. *There has been a lot of talk about the disconnect between Robert Hagg’s reputation thus far – as a dependable, steady defenseman – and his underlying metrics. Charlie takes a deep dive into both…
It was a weird year for our buddy Oskar—just when he was looking like he would be able to put together a solid preseason and earn himself a place on the roster out of camp, he was benched before being sent down to play with the Phantoms. Then a slow start in Lehigh Valley had…
Fans of the Philadelphia Flyers haven’t had much to cheer for lately — the team is in the midst of yet another losing streak, and their chances of qualifying for the postseason are dwindling. But Saturday night, Flyers fans did have a little something special to keep an eye on. Highly anticipated forward prospect Elliot…
In honor of RudyKelly teaching us how not to play a 2-on-1, I figure now is a great time to look at how not to play defense. The Bruins second goal could be considered a 3-on-2 goal, but a more accurate description would be a 2-on-2. Miroslav Satan made the score 2-1 Boston with his…
The Flyers battled all the way from a three-goal deficit with 20 minutes left, but ultimately earned just one point from the effort as the Lightning scored quickly into overtime to take a back-and-forth affair by a final of 6-5 on Thursday night. First period There was not much room in the early going with…
The Ottawa Senators are so bad that I saw, with my own eyes, Andrew MacDonald break up a zone entry, strip the puck carrier, and break out. Now, a 3-2 final score doesn’t typically indicate one team vastly outplayed the other, but on this night the Philadelphia Flyers were the much better team. They weren’t…
* Oh, who cares. RECAP. * Last night was the Flyers’ father/son trip. Which is cool, but why is the father/son trip to Pittsburgh? Don’t they like to send those guys somewhere nice? [Philly.com] * Travis Sanheim’s dad, in particular, was loving the trip: [Courier-Post] * Elsewhere: how are pre-season predictions looking as we’re past…
*Minnesota Wild tonight; 8PM start because time zones. Official preview here, check back later for the BSH write-up. *The Flyers had a successful long weekend of hockey, winning the Black Friday game against the Jets and kicking off their long roadtrip with a win in Nashville thanks to Stone Cold Steve Mason. Scoring chance summary…
Here’s the audio of Ed Snider’s interview. *** Transcript: There’s a long standing assumption that preseasons don’t mean much, in the National Hockey League especially. What made this one different for you compared to others? I just felt very, um … I felt that we had a very bad preseason. Nothing to do with wins…