It’s almost that time, folks! We’ve been digging into some options and talking a lot about this upcoming draft (and will be talking even more about it in the days to come!), but we should also take a few moments to dig back into past drafts. Because, if you haven’t noticed, we have a whole…
James van Riemsdyk, the Maple Leafs’ leading scorer, returns to Philadelphia for the first time this evening.
Michael Del Zotto and the Philadelphia Flyers will not be going to arbitration. The team announced Thursday that they have come to a “multi-year” agreement with their restricted free agent defenseman. The Flyers are petulant children when it comes to actually announcing the important part of the news — how long the contract is and…
The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation is all about getting people to come here and spend their money, and they’re targeting Canadian hockey fans to help do that. The GPTMC is holding a contest called the Ultimate Flyers VIP Experience Contest, in which they’ll give away the following… Two roundtrip tickets to Philadelphia from Toronto…
John Mulaney once said “percentage wise, it is 100 percent easier not to do things than to do them.” Today, I give this nugget of wisdom to Ron Hextall, a man who almost certainly does not require or wish to receive nuggets of any sort from a character such as myself. If you hadn’t noticed,…
More than a month since the Flyers’ first and only divisional game to date–when they positively thrashed the Capitals in the home opener–they will finally meet a fellow Metro team in the Islanders. The Islanders currently sit at fourth in the Metro and are coming off a loss to the Hurricanes on Sunday. The Flyers,…
The Philadelphia Flyers looked like their early-season selves, playing a top-tier opponent tough all night long. Unfortunately, they could not withstand their old nemesis – the shootout. The Flyers took 1-0 and 2-1 leads but could not hold off the Los Angeles Kings, as they fell by a score of 3-2 via a shootout. Steve…
Devan Dubnyk stopped all 30 shots and Nino Niederreiter’s goal 12 seconds into the game was enough to send the Flyers to their second straight shutout loss at the hands of the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Eric Staal and Jason Zucker added empty-net tallies for the Wild, who followed up a 1-0 win in…
*It’s time for Broad Street Hockey’s player grades for the 2017-2018 hockey season! First up, the ones who did the best. [BSH] *Our old friend Rod “The Bod” Brind’Amour has landed himself the head coaching gig in Carolina! Godspeed, The Bod. [Philly.com] *Last week we took a look at some players that Ron Hextall might…
The following transcript comes courtesy of the Flyers PR department. Thanks for spending the first period typing, interns! We begin with Peter Luukko’s opening statement. Today is a great day for the Flyers. It’s a great day for not only our fans, but our players and our coaches, extending Paul [Holmgren]. Both Ed [Snider] and…
