The Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs both have reputations for being aggressive and physical, and really, that’s putting things delicately. The Flyers, a perennial leader in penalties, currently lead the league with 980 (!) total penalty minutes. After a significant gap, because really, how can you compete with nearly a thousand penalty minutes,…
It’s always easy to frame a cheap narrative for the first game back from a break. If the team wins, then clearly the break allowed them to clear their heads and rest their legs. If the result is a loss, the team obviously developed rust in the interim and suffered from a flat start, dooming…
The Flyers were quiet —as expected— on the opening days of free agency, but teams around the Metropolitan Division were not. Related Let’s round up these new Flyers additions… Related Flyers sign Andy Andreoff, Kurtis Gabriel, Nate Prosser, and JF Berube With the dust settling on the start of NHL free agency, it’s time to…
There’s something to be said about consistency. After just barely missing out on our Top 25 Under 25 two summers ago, forward and current Ohio State senior Tanner Laczynski burst onto the scene with a great sophomore season and found his way to No. 19 in our mid-season rankings in the winter of 2018. The…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Why can’t the Flyers score? All of the Flyers’ current issues stem from this one, simple question. Since January 15th, Philadelphia has scored 16 goals in 12 games, on 354 shots. That’s a 4.52% shooting percentage in…
UPDATE: Wednesday night’s episode is complete. You can download an mp3 of the podcast at this link (NOTE: audio file will download automatically), or you can listen to it via this link or the audio player below. AGENDA: 0:00 – Random ad / intros (note: if you are listening to the mp3 or on the…
In what was the biggest game of the Philadelphia Flyers season, the team played well, but not great. There were positives, but not enough. They’re closing in on getting themselves in the playoff race, but took a step back. Sure, a premature whistle on a puck Matt Murray never controlled took the orange and black…
We sort of suspected this over the summer when the rumor winds were blowing and we were all wondering what the Flyers were going to do about adding a scorer to play on the wing, but TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported Tuesday night that Ron Hextall was close to pulling a trigger on a trade for…
EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND :: Game 4 at 45-31-6 (96 pts)2nd in Metropolitan 42-30-10 (94 pts) 3rd in Metropolitan Friday, April 25, 2014 :: 8 p.m. ET Wells Fargo Center :: Philadelphia, Pa., USA Get the New York perspective at Blueshirt Banter Starting Goaltenders (2013-14 stats) GP MIN W L GA GAA SA SV SV%…
The Flyers and Broad Street Hockey are almost on the clock in the 2009 SBN Mock Draft, so it’s time for us to start mulling around the war room and decide on a player who will patrol our blueline for years to come. In all honesty, I was a little surprised that the vote came…