Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… An interview with Sergei Bobrovsky: [Puck Daddy] Hey, Zac Rinaldo has skill, that he hasn’t used yet. As Peter Laviolette said, “the fact that [Rinaldo] can skate and play the game as well is important.” Yes, skating and playing ice…
When you’re the seventh defenseman on an NHL team, you wait for injuries in hopes that you can find your way on the ice and into game action. When you’re Matt Walker, you get waived when those injuries happen. Walker was indeed placed on waivers this afternoon, according to TSN, although we don’t know if…
Sean Couturier is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury after getting cut in some way by David Clarkson in the first period of Game 3 on Thursday night against the Devils, the team announced this afternoon. These are times when we should be thankful there are two days off between Games 3 and 4….
It’s Tom Sestito’s birthday today. He cleared waivers earlier this afternoon, a move that will allow the Philadelphia Flyers to send him down to the Adirondack Phantoms. He also was slapped with a four-game suspension from the NHL today. Happy 24th, bud! In reality, Sestito should probably feel lucky. He was only suspended four games…
Early morning international hockey is weird, but that’s what happens when there are tournaments being played in Finland. Tournaments in Finland where there appears to be a Flyers prospect doing rather well. Ivan Provorov, recent seventh overall pick, is playing well for Team Russia in the World Junior Championships. With four wins – though the…
The Flyers will, in fact, play a hockey game tonight in D.C. against the Caps. Here’s some pregame reading material to help you through the old work grind until 8pm. *The Top 25 Under 25 Winter Edition continues with the final installment featuring the top five prospects in the organization according to this website. [BSH]…
Fred Shero is perhaps the most innovative head coach to stand behind an NHL bench. As we’ve written in the past… He was the first North American coach to actually study and learn from the Soviets, which certainly helped when his Flyers beat them in 1976. He was one of the first coaches to use…
ALLENTOWN— The Phantoms scored two in two minutes late in the game, forcing overtime for the second-consecutive game,and 22nd time this season. But Lehigh Valley was unable to keep its perfect record over Norfolk, losing to the Admirals 3-2 in overtime on Saturday. Nearly 51 minutes of scoreless hockey ticked by after Norfolk made it…
The Flyers are in Buffalo tonight for a hockey game in the month of may that matters. For, uhh, both teams. Kinda? Maybe? Philadelphia enters tonight’s game on the road with a three-point gap between them and the final wild card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Immediately behind them in the standings? Well, it’s…
Jack Hughes, Cole Caufield, Matthew Boldy, Trevor Zegras and Alex Turcotte are all great prospects from the US National Under-18 Team who all should be drafted in the first round at this year’s draft and they all have one thing in common: they are forwards. Cam York has been overshadowed a bit this season by…