*The Philadelphia Flyers are, plainly, lucky that they have such a caring fan base supporting this team. We could just go watch something else after having a miserable time during the NHL trade deadline, but no, we’re thinking about it and complaining about a missed opportunity. [BSH] *John Tortorella is using the 11 forwards and…
2015-16 NHL Season :: Game 36 of 82 at 15-13-7, 34 pointsT-5th in Metropolitan 17-16-2, 36 points 4th in Pacific Wednesday, December 30, 2015 :: 10:30 p.m. ET SAP Center :: San Jose, Calif., USA Get the San Jose perspective at Fear the Fin How to Watch / Listen In Philly HOW TO WATCH /…
The Philadelphia Flyers will have a new face in the lineup when they take on the New Jersey Devils in Newark. Saturday morning, the Flyers announced forward Elliott Desnoyers had been recalled from their AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley Phantoms in order to make his NHL debut against the Devils. Transaction: We have recalled forward @ElliotDesnoyers…
*Today marks the start of the Flyers‘ developmental camp over in Vorhees; Meltzer has a nice rundown of all the attendees (and non-attendees, for that matter0. [Hockeybuzz] *In defense of R.J. Umberger wait what why? [Pattison Ave] *At this point all of the “big” free agency signings have happened, so here’s a full rundown of…
Claude Giroux will be in the lineup on Tuesday night when the Flyers again play the New York Rangers, this time on home ice at Wells Fargo Center. Originally scheduled to be out two weeks with his lower-body injury (which was probably a muscle thing somewhere in his leg), Giroux will return three days ahead…
* Former Flames captain Jarome Iginla is a Pittsburgh Penguin, not a Boston Bruin, and the reaction of fans from all three teams is pretty funny. [SBNation.com] * But of course Pittsburgh gets him and is clearly making a run at a Cup here. Ugh. [Pensburgh] * Meanwhile, down here in the basement, the Flyers…
Kimmo Timonen shares his thoughts about his latest All Star Game experience. He tells the story on how he got a hint beforehand from Zdeno Chara about likely getting picked early in the fantasy draft. “A week before the All Star break we played against Boston. At some point in that game, Chara and I…
After a look at which skaters saw their pre-draft rankings change the most from the mid-term rankings to the final rankings, it’s time to look at the goalies who could possibly be taken in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. The swings from the mid-term rankings to the final rankings aren’t nearly as drastic as those…
The Flyers defense is not any good, and there are absolutely zero easy ways to fix it. Thus, the biggest conundrum to face the Philadelphia Flyers in years. There’s been a lot of talk about how bad the Flyers’ defense has been this year. There’s also been a lot of talk about Chris Pronger this…
*It’s weird that Morgan Frost hasn’t signed yet, huh? For some reason I was thinking about that a bunch today. What’s the deal there? He has to sign eventually, right? Anyhoo, and possibly also related, let’s talk about what we think of Danny Briere’s first offseason as GM. [Inquirer] *Our resident prospect insider has an…