Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… 30-in-30 looks at the Flyers: [NHL.com] Another list from the NHL’s site, this one naming ten players “who will be counted upon heavily”: [NHL.com] Listing the worst trades in Flyers history: [HockeyBuzz.com] Niko Hovinen was one second away from a…
It’s been the concensus over the course of this Eastern Conference Final series: the Flyers, despite outscoring the Montreal Canadiens 9-0, are not playing strong hockey. They’re allowing the Habs to dictate the flow of the game, they’re routinely getting out shot and its only a matter of time before Mike Cammalleri and company break…
Late on the night of Dec. 14, while the Philadelphia Flyers were winning their 10th game in a row, two of their prospects were doing some winning of their own. Not a game; that’s not the important part. What they won were roster spots on Team Canada for the 2017 World Junior Championships. Carter Hart…
At the beginning of the season, we used Gabe Desjardins’ AHL Equivalencies to predict how the Phantoms’ rookies could be expected to perform. We did this in the preseason, at the quarter point, and at the halfway point. Here, we wrap it up all nice and neat. Things didn’t go so well for the AHL…
The Flyers needed a big weekend and they sure did deliver the goods with two huge wins and four points in their pocket. Wayne Simmonds scored twice and the Flyers doubled up the Caps, 6-3, on Sunday night at the Wells Fargo Center. It capped a good weekend that saw the Flyers take back-to-back games…
UPDATE, 10/3: Read has cleared waivers and has been loaned to the Phantoms, per the team this afternoon. #Flyers loan forward Matt Read to the @LVPhantoms: https://t.co/a12UsjM3ht — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) October 3, 2017 Our guess is still that Read will probably not be with the Phantoms for long — just as long as it…
Last week, I took a look at Oskar Lindblom, who has been playing well with team Sweden at the IIHF World Championships. Today, I’m looking at another Flyer who has been performing well for his nation, and as an alternate captain nonetheless! Playing for Alain Vigneualt with team Canada, and now additionally with the Flyers,…
It’s a good news day so far. While lockout talks seem to be progressing in New York City, Claude Giroux is in Ottawa, skating and working out for the first time since suffering a neck injury in a Deutsche Eishockey Liga game two weeks ago. The Ottawa Citizen caught up with Giroux, a native of…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news… Matt Walker may need surgery. Ironic: [CSNPhilly] Penalties are killing the Flyers: [Philly Sports Daily] [Daily News] The Phantoms started the weekend by beating Syracuse 3-2 [PostStar.com], and had a pretty goal from Eric Wellwood. Video: [PostStar.com] In that game, Johan Backlund…
The NHL All-Star Game isn’t until Jan. 29, but when you think about it, that actually isn’t all that far away. And while Wayne Simmonds is currently fourth in Metropolitan Division voting, he can always get more votes. After all, fourth means three guys are ahead of him: two Penguins and a Capital. What is…