With the departure of long-time captain Claude Giroux at the trade deadline last year, there was always a question of who would step into that leadership role. While no captain was named for the 2022-23 season (and likely won’t be named for 2023-24, either), Scott Laughton was the only player to wear a letter–an A–and…
Well, now it’s officially over. A Saturday afternoon loss to the Carolina Hurricanes to knock the Flyers out of playoff contention followed by one of the most boring hockey games ever played in a shutout loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon has sealed the fate for our Philadelphia Flyers. When the highlights…
24 hours after being recalled from the Adirondack Phantoms, Eric Wellwood has been returned to the AHL. He didn’t play in his one game up with the big club, just filling in as a 23rd body on the 23-man roster and sitting in the press box. It’s also his 23rd birthday, by the way. So,…
Claude Giroux won’t be on the ice for Team Canada’s opener at the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday afternoon in Toronto, instead sitting in the press box as a healthy scratch for what might be the first time in his professional career. Babcock says Claude Giroux will be a healthy scratch for Team Canada…
After an overnight flight from Toronto to Winnipeg, the Flyers are at MTS Centre tonight to take on the Jets. Too bad the Jets have a ridiculous home ice edge on their home rink and the Flyers are an awful road team this year, huh? Philadelphia Flyers (5-7-1) at Winnipeg Jets (5-5-1)8 p.m. | MTS…
The NHL salary cap will be $71.4 million for the 2015-16 season, the league and the NHL Players’ Association jointly announced on Tuesday afternoon. The salary floor will be $52.8 million and it’s actually quite possible that a team like the Arizona Coyotes doesn’t get there. $71.4 million cap for next year pic.twitter.com/z03gzQFbY0 — Travis…
Welcome back, Flyers fans! Did we all have a pleasant bye week? Are we ready to sink back into hockey? Well, the Flyers sure are, and they gave us a nice welcome back victory over the Devils last night. Let’s see what we learned. All stats and graphics via Corsica.Hockey, Natural Stat Trick, and NHL.com…
photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images via d.yimg.com As the Flyers fell to the Bruins last night, I convinced myself that it was time to close up shop on those Atlantic Division title dreams. They had squandered a perfect opportunity to gain ground on the idle Devils, as a win would’ve put them within four points…
*The Flyers are back at it tonight, but before we get to that let’s kick it off with an article pointing out that the Flyers’ playoff hopes now rest on Brian Elliott, with Hart being injured. Okay but… playoff hopes? You guys lol. [NBC Sports Philly] *Anyhoo, before tonight’s game catch up on what we…