Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news… Matt Walker needs surgery, and is going to miss between two and three months: [BSH] [Frequent Flyers] [Flyer Files] [Philly Sports Daily] [CSNPhilly] It’s time to make a move and find a winger for Mike Richards and Jeff Carter: [Flyers Goal Scored…
The Flyers will not be going to arbitration with any of their players. Ron Hextall and Company finished up their final restricted free agency signing on Tuesday morning, bringing defenseman Brandon Manning back on a two-year deal worth $1.95 million in total. That’s a cap hit of $975,000. Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet first broke the…
It’s been a weird past 24 hours and change for the Flyers. If you haven’t been following along and/or have been a little confused, let’s quickly recap. On Monday, a little after 6 p.m. ET, the Flyers — a number of hours removed from their Monday morning practice, and two days clear of their most…
Yet another move has happened in this frantically busy offseason: The #Flyers have placed defenseman David Schlemko on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 30, 2019 In a move that comes unexpectedly, but with little shock, the Flyers will buyout David Schlemko’s $2.1 million dollar contract instead…
*Turns out that, apart from free agent signings, there isn’t a whole lot of hockey news on July 1. Your friends at SB Nation have a full rundown of all of yesterday’s signings (and there were a lot). [SB Nation] *Or if you’re into the whole brevity thing, a simple list of trades is also…
*Happy Friday, hockey fans! For the players, hockey season started yesterday. Who knew! (Backhand Shelf) *Meltzer continues his offseason list-making, this time with the Flyers ten best and worst enforcers. (Hockeybuzz) *Bernie Parent thinks that there is a lot to like about Philadelphia sports right now. (Philly.com) *Are the Flyers going to be able to…
To give credit where it’s due, before one of these two teams’ matchups all the way back during last season, my pal Bailey Johnson of the Columbus Dispatch called the Flyers vs. Blue Jackets game “a stoppable force meets a moveable object.” It was true of those teams then, and somehow it was even more…
Shayne Gostisbehere left Thursday night’s Flyers game in Minnesota with a lower body injury, but initial reports indicate that it doesn’t appear to be a serious thing. That’s the hope at least. source says Ghost seemed fine on plane. Suspected bruised or mild sprain of right knee — Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) January 8, 2016 The…
Yesterday, the Flyers officially sent Sam Morin, Taylor Leier and Colin McDonald down to their AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley Phantoms. That left 26 healthy players in camp battling for 23 spots. We can now cut the number of healthy players down to 24. The Flyers announced today that forward Scott Laughton and defenseman Brandon Manning…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… After years of LTIR hilarity, Mike Rathje is officially no longer a Philadelphia Flyer at 12 noon. Think about that if the team does nothing today and you’re going to be depressed. That said, the Flyers are going to make…