For the first time since April 30, 2014, the Philadelphia Flyers will hit the ice tonight for a playoff game. Their opponent is the powerhouse Washington Capitals, winners of 56 games in the regular season one of the favorites to take home the Stanley Cup in June. Here at BSH, we’ve looked at the series…
An almost-daily column that takes a look back at how the Philadelphia Flyers have fared on this day, recalling some of the more memorable moments, achievements, and events that shaped the organization throughout the club’s storied history The Flyers have put together an 11-6-4-0 all-time mark in 21 games played on March 18 – including…
BUFFALO — The Philadelphia Flyers made a smart trade during Round 1 of the NHL Draft, sending the 18th pick and the 79th pick to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for the 22nd pick and the 36th pick. Dropping four spots in Round 1 — with a lot of quality dropping on the board all…
UPDATE: The Flyers have confirmed the signing. Original post from Monday night is below. No time like the present (while a Flyers game is happening) for some Flyers news to break! Salary cap/contract site CapFriendly appears to be reporting that 2017 fourth-round pick Maksim Sushko has been signed to a three-year entry-level deal: Maksim Sushko…
*You may have noticed a new look at Broad Street Hockey yesterday, and to celebrate the relaunch of your favorite website, we took some time to tell you why we are fans. First, our fearless leader Travis. [BSH] *Allison is a fan because writing about the Flyers brings her some happiness in this life. [BSH]…
Well, they’re still in it. Thanks to losses by both the Montreal Canadiens and the Carolina Hurricanes, the Flyers are still not mathematically eliminated heading into their contest with the Hurricanes tomorrow. But, prior to all that action, we went and asked the fine folks of Twitter dot com for some questions to discuss, and…
*The Flyers really do not play well coming off a long break. And the long breaks always seems to come as soon as they’re starting to get it together. As such, they dropped Saturday’s game in Nashville, with Peter Laviolette watching like a smug ex-boyfriend whose new girlfriend is hotter and funnier. Sigh. RECAP! *The…
I think we’re over-simplfying the debate around Scott Hartnell’s contract extension. Several points have been made so far in analyzing this contract, mostly that the Flyers got a great deal on this contract and that Hartnell took less money in exchange for long-term job security. “The Flyers got off cheaply.” — Sam Carchidi of the…
2013-14 NHL Season :: Game 61 of 82 at 33-24-3, 69 points 2nd in Metropolitan 30-24-6, 66 points3rd in Metropolitan Saturday, March 1, 2014 :: 1 p.m. ET Wells Fargo Center :: Philadelphia, Pa., USA Get the New York perspective at Blueshirt Banter Starting Goaltenders GP MIN W L GA GAA SA SV SV% SO…
I’m not trying to sound insensitive here. Matt Walker is a member of the Philadelphia Flyers and he needs hip surgery that will sideline him for 10 to 12 weeks, according to Frank Seravalli. That sucks. But in trying to gauge reaction to this news today, I’ve noticed one overwhelming quality in how people feel…