After two days off, the Flyers are back in game action on Friday night when they host the New York Islanders in their fourth preseason game of 2015. The game will start at 6 p.m. ET at Wells Fargo Center — not the originally-scheduled time of 7 p.m. — because the Pope is coming to…
Michael Del Zotto’s recent point streak has garnered the young defenseman a ton of praise from the Philadelphia media. This week alone, half a dozen articles have popped up extolling MDZ’s improved two way play. Sam Carchidi of Philly.com: Michael Del Zotto has gone from odd man out to being one of the Flyers’ most…
Jay Mohr was funny at one point in his life. I think. He has a new show on some channel that I don’t get on my TV, and on this week’s edition, he and a bunch of dudes threw out a bunch of cliches about annoying sports fans. You can guess which ones they mentioned…
Following one of the worst seasons in Flyers history, James van Riemsdyk was drafted second overall by Philadelphia in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft—a Patrick Kane consolation prize—and spent three years with the team before he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2012 offseason. Van Riemsdyk played his peak years with Toronto,…
Before tonight’s game, I wrote out a list of several things for which I am thankful, specifically concerning my favorite National Hockey League team, the Philadelphia Flyers. I wrote the list by hand in my dream journal, of course, but I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing a shortened version here: The amount of ginger facial…
*In case you hadn’t noticed, nothing is happening in the Flyers world at the moment, which means it is the perfect time to look back on some things. First, let’s revisit ten questions we had for the Flyers heading into this offseason. [BSH] *And here’s a fun look back at the ten best games from…
Braydon Coburn Age: 29 (February 27, 1985) Contract Status: $4.5 million per year through 2016 2013-14 Stats GP TOI/GP Goals Assists Points 82 22:27 5 12 17 Corsi For % Corsi Rel % Quality of Comp. (TOI%) Zone Start % PDO 51.1 (2) 1.8 (2) 29.5% (1) 49.3% (7) 98.6% (8) (Numbers in parentheses indicate…
When the Flyers and Capitals get together, the last thing people expect is a low-event game — but that’s exactly what we all saw this afternoon. Even classifying the game as “low-event” is being pretty generous, as each team finished with only 41 attempts and Philadelphia held Washington to 11 even-stength shots in what turned…
The Philadelphia Flyers began a new week with a new test and they hosted Brayden Schenn and the St. Louis Blues. Carter Hart made another start in net and played well. Hart stopped 34 of 36 shots against him, but it would not be enough. Schenn opened the scoring for St. Louis early into the…
Hockey is pointless, television is ridiculous, and life is an increasingly terrifying hellscape of fire and blood. You understand what I mean, of course. Game of Thrones has been gone for months, and it’ll be gone for months more. (At least we have a date?) It is, at once, the single most captivating and infuriating…