After it was announced yesterday that James van Riemsdyk and Jakub Voracek are doing the same, Philadelphia Flyers’ general manager Chuck Fletcher announced today that goaltender Carter Hart will represent Team Canada at the upcoming IIHF World Championship. He’s represented Canada on the international level before, but each time before was at the World Junior…
Not gonna lie, I accidentally deleted the first 600-ish words of this recap. So here goes the final however many words this ends up being. (It was 0-0 after 40 minutes, so like did you really miss anything?) AFTER 40: Flyers 0, Penguins 0 Sensing the desperation of being eight points back of the final…
Today’s open discussion thread, including your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Last night’s NHL scores… Penguins 2, Flyers 1 – CAR 5, BOS 1, COL 4, DAL 0 Recaps of yesterday’s loss to Pittsburgh. Get the national reaction from the AP, CP, and NHL.com. Get the local reaction from the Inq, Daily…
If you ever poke around at the new SBNation.com (and if you don’t, then what are you doing with your life?), you’ve no doubt noticed SBN Hockey‘s running feature over the last week or so. Each site on the network has taken a look at their respective team, noting which players are locks to make…
With the Ray Emery news going down yesterday afternoon, there’s actually been a little bit of Flyers talk around the web over the last 24 hours. Ed Moran of the Daily News asks the question: Emery in, Biron out? [Philadelphia Daily News] Puck Daddy asks another question: Is Philadelphia ready for Ray Emery? [Puck Daddy]…
Our final profile for the Flyers’ 2014 draft class is another Swede, a small defenseman named Jesper Pettersson. Pettersson’s a bit different from the rest of the group in at least one key way — he’s older. He turns 20 on Wednesday, and he’d already gone through the draft process twice (in 2012 and 2013)…
The Phils game forced us to push these bullets back to today, and besides, with a loss like last night, it’s usually good to let things sit a bit before completely dissecting them. Not that last night’s loss is any easier. – Yet again, the Flyers found a way to turn a career backup into…
Anyone who watched a Flyers game last year could tell you that the team was having some problems with its blueline. But those problems weren’t only present when the other team had the puck and was attacking the Flyers’ net — they were also pretty evident in the team’s efforts to start the offense up-ice…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes … Preview of tonight’s game: [Bill Meltzer] The Black Aces are going to be Michael Leighton, Erik Gustafsson, Harry Zolnierczyk, Brandon Manning, and a few others. No Oskars Bartulis: [PostStar] [The Checking Line] The Flyers aren’t going to fix what…
The Flyers rallied back from a 3-0 defecit with five unanswered goals but were unable to make the lead stick in a 6-5 loss to the Predators on Tuesday night. Here are five takeaways from the game. 1. Dave Hakstol cost his team a point, and maybe more Hakstol’s offside challenge of Scott Hartnell’s game-tying…