Because this team never fails to make things interesting, the Flyers actually won last night and gained one point on the new second wild card holder, the Montreal Canadiens, which puts them five points out of a playoff spot. But hey, a win’s a win right? 1. Robert Hagg needs to sit. This has been…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. Throughout the Flyers‘ six-game losing streak, the team’s power play was not struggling to create chances – they just couldn’t bury their high-quality opportunities. Their shot and chance generation metrics barely dipped from early in the season,…
Merry Christmas. Hope Santa brought you a sweater vest like Clarkie’s.
Mike Babcock was made the richest coach in NHL history this year when was given that reported eight-year, $50 million contract by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Not only is that an absurdly long contract for any head coach, but at more than $6 million per year it’s millions of dollars more than his closest comparable….
*But you know what’s cool? Ron locked Taylor Leier down! [BSH] *Thank god for Kate, who snapped a ton of awesome pictures at camp this week which will help to tide us over on this hot July Friday. [BSH] *She’s also put together a gallery of the ten hardest hits from this past season of…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… * The Phantoms’ penalty kill is pretty good: [Philadelphia Flyers] [The Saratogian] * The top five players under 25 on each Atlantic Division team: [NHLNumbers.com] * Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs is a bully, or so says Greg Wyshynski: [Puck Daddy]…
The Flyers capped their four-game West Coast trip with a 5-2 win over the Coyotes on Monday night to take seven of a possible eight points (3-0-1). The trip couldn’t have come at a better time —well, playing a couple of bad California-based teams that is— as the Flyers have now climbed back to the…
Well that was a quick turnaround. Just two years ago, the Flyers traveled to Boston to take part in the NHL’s third Winter Classic. Now, Darren Dreger of TSN is reporting – with Wayne Fish claiming to confirm – that the NHL has chosen Philadelphia to host the New York Rangers in the fifth Winter…
With today’s devastating news that Flyers defenseman Michael Del Zotto will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury (rumored to be a wrist injury that’s been bugging him for weeks that was then aggravated in today’s game against the Devils), the Flyers will recall Andrew MacDonald to take Del Zotto’s place on the roster, reports…
There’s a Western Conference in the National Hockey League. Apparently they play on ice and everything, and there are two teams from that conference that play a game against each other on Monday night. The Phoenix Coyotes take on the Chicago Blackhawks in a game that could see the 2010 Stanley Cup Champs eliminated from…