*For some incredibly annoying reason game three of the final isn’t until tomorrow, so why not kill some time making your own version of the Vegas Golden Knights via this fun little draft simulator. [TSN] *Trades are fun, and the Knights can make lots of them ahead of the draft for lots of different reasons….
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… So Simon Bertilsson is no longer a Flyers prospect: [Philly Sports Daily] [Broad Street Hockey] This after Teemu quoted Bertilsson as saying “I’m not ready to go over in a few years.” Not positive what that means, but it sure…
UPDATE 11:24 AM: Russia Today has confirmed the death of McCrimmon. Rest in peace. ORIGINAL STORY 10:44 AM: A plane crash has claimed the lives of at least 40 people in Russia on Wednesday, and that plane was carrying the KHL’s Lokomotiv ice hockey club en route to their first game of the season in…
Nicklas Grossmann is out for the rest of the season. That might be one day, that might be two days, that might be seven weeks, but no matter what, the Flyers will be without the defenseman until next season. The team announced today that Grossmann had surgery to repair a busted ankle. The busting occurred…
Would you look at that! We’re still out here talking about Phantoms on the Top 25 Under 25 list. Yesterday it was Mikhail Vorobyev, and today we’re moving on up in the lineup to Nicolas Aube-Kubel! He’s just completed his third season with the Phantoms, and while in some ways this was a messy one…
Morning Observations is a new feature, where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. There was very little to criticize about the Flyers‘ performance yesterday against the New York Islanders. From the opening puck drop, Philadelphia was relentless in all three zones – patient in the offensive zone, stifling in the…
*So here we are, huh? Our new home. Still have a bunch of boxes to unpack, still unsure of where to put all of our stuff, but it’s a nice house. We hope you like it too. Anyhoo, tough weekend of hockey for your boys. Saturday’s loss to the Sabres officially eliminated them from the…
With Michael Leighton clearing waivers, the Flyers have made a major move in terms of the salary cap and their depth chart. First things first: Brian Boucher and Sergei Bobrovsky are your NHL goalies. This makes that clear. But what happens if one of them goes down with an injury? You have to think Johan…
Well, the Flyers are playing another hockey game today. The nerve of these guys. This is the tail-end of a back-to-back for the Flyers, as yesterday they lost in a particularly maddening fashion against the New York Islanders. That loss pretty much put the final nail in the coffin for any playoff hopefuls still running…
Friendly, on-going reminder: Please keep all Olympics discussion to the Olympics post so that the Fly By can remain spoiler-free. Thanks! *Single-elimination Olympic playoffs begin (began, really) today! ASF offers his predictions for the tournament. [Flyers] *Switzerland has few NHLers, but they may be the team no one wants to face in an elimination game….