NEWARK (SB Nation) — Talks regarding a new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association are expected to begin in a few weeks, according to league commissioner Gary Bettman. He spoke before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday night at Prudential Center. “We also look forward to finally…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… The All-Star Game was the topic of conversation on the day, with Danny Briere getting most of the attention: [CSNPhilly] Briere talked about the game and who he’d pick for captains: [Philly Sports Daily] The Flyers weighed all the All-Star…
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Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Provorov was the most impressive of the prospects So far in the preseason, Ivan Provorov has played in three games. Only one of those games was televised so that all fans could watch and evaluate the team’s…
ALLENTOWN— The Phantoms were officially eliminated from playoff contention Wednesday after they were shut out for the third time in four games against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. And to make it even worse, the win allowed the Penguins to clinch the fourth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Matt Murray and the Penguins have shutout the…
Scoring chance summaries have returned home to Broad Street Hockey. This project began as a FanPost last season and as grown into a regular feature thanks to your support. If you haven’t been following this since last year, and you find yourself wanting explanations of what a scoring chance is and why we bother tracking…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Brian Rafalski is expected to retire on Thursday: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] The Flyers hope to get much better play from Kris Versteeg next year: [Philly Sports Daily] Because we love arguing over defensemen and goalies, here are some grades for…
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…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Lockout story stream, since some more depressing shit happened yesterday: [SBNation.com] Podcast guest Matt Read talks numbers: [NHLNumbers] Wayne Simmonds is enjoying his lockout tour of Europe: [SBNation.com] Peter Laviolette is still in the JAM selling business: [the700level] Danny Syvret…
The curious case of Jordan Weal— his narrative arc in Philadelphia has been a strange one since arriving after a trade from Los Angeles. He’s been parked in the press box, waived, torn up the AHL, finally called back up and scored eight goals in 23 games, become one of the more highly sought after…