Everyone knows Chris Pronger is never going to play again, so the Flyers have been, and will continue to rely on LTIR to get the cap relief they need to replace him. However, many fans mistakenly think LTIR just makes the cap hit disappear; or at worst, that it allows the team to exceed the…
Okay, so taking a penalty is generally not a good idea. Taking a penalty while your team is already killing a penalty is an even worse idea. But how can anyone stay mad at that face? Claude Giroux is just so happy. He was probably less happy when Ryan Getzlaf scored just at the very…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Paul Holmgren said Claude Giroux is suffering from whiplash, not a concussion: [CSNPhilly] Sean Couturier looks to fill in for Giroux on the top line: [CSNPhilly] [Inquirer] [Philly Sports Daily] [delcotimes.com] [The Checking Line] It’s a good thing the Flyers…
*Any of you guys go to last night’s scrimmage? No? Me neither, but it looked like quite a lot of people did. I hope both teams had fun out there. Anyhoo, it looks like Emil Andrae was the standout. [NBC Sports Philly] *As dev camp comes to a close, here’s some notes from Charles, in…
The Philadelphia Flyers lost 3-0 in Boston to the Bruins on Thursday night. That lede contains all the energy and enthusiasm the orange and black displayed in one of their most embarrassing efforts, in an early season full of them thus far. The box score tells me the Flyers put 26 shots on net. I…
The Flyers have officially released their preseason schedule for this fall, and it features eight games — six full-roster games, as well as a split-squad contest against the Islanders on September 20. They’ll be seeing a lot of the Islanders this preseason, in fact, as four of those eight games will be against the Brooklyn-based…
With season reviews well underway, it’s time that we turn and get back to breathing and talk about our favorite utility player—Michael Raffl, who’s coming off a pretty strong season, if we do say so ourselves. Raffl, who in seasons past had typically been something of a fan-favorite or, at least, a guy who never…
*More cuts happened yesterday. See you in Allentown, Mike Vecchione! [Inquirer] *Anyhoo about that super fun win against the Rangers Tuesday night: here’s what we learned. [BSH] *About preseason…seems like a lot of sturm und drang is made over the end result of preseason games. It’s important to remember, though, that the process is more…
7 p.m. tonightWells Fargo CenterTV: CSN Philly, MSG+2RADIO: 94 WIPTICKETS: Starting at $26ISLES BLOG: Lighthouse Hockey Wait a second. Are you trying to tell me that the Philadelphia Flyers have lost two straight games to the New York Islanders? The same Philadelphia Flyers that had won about a billion-out-of-a-billion-and-one games against the same New York…
2015-16 NHL Season :: Game 16 of 82 at 10-4-0, 20 points2nd in Metropolitan 5-7-3, 13 points 6th in Metropolitan Thursday, November 12, 2015 :: 7 p.m. ET Wells Fargo Center :: South Philadelphia, Pa., USA Get the Washington perspective at Japers’ Rink How to Watch / Listen In Philly HOW TO WATCH / LISTEN…