The Flyers have always been a team that makes noise in the NCAA free agent pool, and they did just that on Tuesday night by signing local kid Steven Swavely to an amateur tryout contract. He’ll join the Lehigh Valley Phantoms for the remainder of their regular season but doesn’t have a full contract with…
In a somewhat surprising draft night trade, the Flyers sent Brayden Schenn to the St. Louis Blues for Jori Lehtera straight up. Whoops, being told the Flyers also got two first round draft picks. Seen by most Flyers fans as another fringe veteran added by GM Ron Hextall or as a salary dump required to…
Some things seen and observed in last night’s meeting against the Kings. All stats from Corsica, Natural Stat Trick, and HockeyViz. 1. Slow starts Last night saw the Flyers looking like they were slipping back into start-of-last-season form, as they faced a relatively slow start to the game. The Kings dominated early, and the Flyers…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… CBC nailed it again with this video montage to close out the playoffs: [SBNation.com] The Edmonton Journal translated a Czech newspaper article that said the Flyers have contacted Tomas Vokoun: [SB Nation Philly] This on a day where the Flyers…
*Saturday night’s game against the Islanders followed the normal pattern and the Flyers won in a comeback. RECAP! *And we’re right back at it this afternoon, this time on Long Island. Preview to follow. *So Steve Mason got a contract! Three years, $4.1 million per. Kurt looks at the deal in-depth, Paul Holmgren addresses the…
The big day has finally arrived. At midnight in Baku, and 3 pm on the east coast, the final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will begin. And to wrap up our week of celebrating Eurovision WTFs, we thought it would be fitting to reward you all with a chance to win some BSH swag…
No. 5 Philadelphia Flyers at No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins7:30 p.m. | Game 5, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals | Flyers lead, 3-1TV: CSN Philly, NBCSN, TSN, RDS, ROOT Sports | Radio: 94 WIPMore Coverage: SBNation.com | Pittsburgh Coverage: Pensburgh Tonight’s goaltenders: GP MIN W L OTL GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Ilya Bryzgalov 59 3415 33…
(SB Nation) — The NHL Players Association has sent its players a memo to better inform them about the coming lockout. It’s just another sign that another work stoppage will likely arrive late next week. With the league likely going into its third lockout in less than 20 years when the current collective bargaining agreement…
After getting run around by the Hurricanes for the first couple minutes and surviving on the strength of Carter Hart’s play in net, a power play would turn the tide for the Flyers. Sean Couturier provided the honors to make it 1-0 Flyers as he potted home a perfect deflection off the stick of Matt…
(Great picture, no? Should we even try the caption contest again?) More than doubling the second-place finisher, Ryan Parent joins the list with 52% of the vote. Ian Laperriere followed with 21%. Since it was such a resounding vote, we’ll move right along with Number 14. Mike Richards Kimmo Timonen Jeff Carter Chris Pronger Simon…