Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… The final chapter in an amazing series of articles on the Cup Finals looked at through the lens of scoring chances: [The Copper & Blue] A sort of exit-interview with Peter Laviolette: [CSNPhilly] Mario Kempe has decided to stay in…
For the last ten… no twenty… thirty years? Let’s try that again. For the last eternity it seems like the Flyers have not had a goalie work their way through their farm system and become a starter at the NHL level. Few have tried, none have succeeded. When Ron Hextall was promoted to his current…
Let’s take a quick tour around the Metro and see how our pals (read: enemies) around the division are trending. [BSH] We’ve got some numbers! A new quality of competition metric! And it says some interesting things about the Flyers. [BSH] We love trade talks, and we’re continuing our look at potential trade targets with…
The Dallas Stars will limp their way into the Wachovia Center on Monday evening as losers of seven of their last nine games. They recently took a huge blow at the hands of the injury bug, losing captain Brendan Morrow for six months. Imagine the Flyers losing Mike Richards for that amount of time and…
We wrote a lengthy piece yesterday about the impact the move of the Albany River Rats from upstate New York to North Carolina will have on the Flyers AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms. There was a lot of discussion about the impact this all has on the Flyers in the comments of that article. Tim…
Flyers GM Ron Hextall spoke to the media today ahead of next weeks NHL Draft, talking mostly about the draft but covering some of what the team plans on doing in free agency in addition to some injury updates among other things. Hextall, who owns two first round picks (No. 14 and No. 19), opened…
The Flyers are one win away from knowing exactly where they’ll be when the playoffs begin. Do they get it today against their biggest rivals?
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Looking at AHL goaltenders against NHL call-ups shows what we already knew: Michael Leighton is among the best AHL goalies: [NHLNumbers.com] Wrapping up Prospect Camp: [Bill Meltzer] The Capitals signed Mike Green to a three-year, $18.25 million contract: [Japers’ Rink]…
Much of the conversation surrounding this game revolved around the Flyers ability to come back from nasty losses. Even more of the conversation focused on how badly they needed that ability to rebound in today’s contest. They needed a win, for the points and for the confidence. After a shaky start (hi, Scott Hartnell, thanks…
Hey, more games were canceled today. /fart noise The NHL canceled the 2013 All-Star Game in Columbus (insert joke here) and all regular season games through Dec. 14 in the third round of cancellations forced by the ongoing lockout. Below, a list of Flyers games that have now been wiped off the schedule. Date Visitor…