Nikolay Zherdev is headed back to Russia. The former Flyers winger will join Atlant in the KHL next season, presumably on a one-year deal, and this very likely could mean the end of his NHL career. The news was passed along by Slava Malamud of Russia’s Sports Express. Now defecting to Russia for the second…
For some reason, talks of a ghost bear have taken over the general Philadelphia area. This has been going on for roughly a year now. Can’t for the life of me figure out why. In a completely unrelated story, Shayne Gostisbehere is on pace for 41 points this season, and is currently the highest scoring…
We interrupt your regularly scheduled hockey talk briefly today, because if the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) or the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) were to make their way through Congress and into law, it’s quite possible that our daily hockey talk would be interrupted on a more permanent basis. (We make it a rule…
The World Cup of Hockey continues on Monday with two games. First at 3 p.m. ET, Team Europe — a collection of Europeans from various countries that didn’t have their national teams qualify for the tournament — will take on the Czech Republic. Europe handled the United States easily on Saturday afternoon, 3-0, while the…
Somehow, in the big-picture of this rebuilding hockey team we follow here, it feels like two of the few guys on the roster that are established as good NHL players are getting a bit overlooked. Sean Couturier, who hasn’t played since December 2021 after multiple back surgeries, is expected to return to the team this…
I’ve been a Flyers fan for 27 years, and in that time I’ve learned a few things about the New Jersey Devils. Take the 2012 playoffs, for example: the Flyers barged into the postseason and played one of the most entertaining playoff series in recent memory against the Pittsburgh Penguins. They won in six games,…
Philadelphia Flyers (44-19-10, 98 pts) at New York Islanders (29-34-12, 70 pts) 7:00 p.m. tonight at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York Catch the action on CSN Philly and MSG Plus [Game Page] – [New York Perspective] Tonight’s goaltenders: GP MIN W L EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Sergei Bobrovsky –…
The Flyers have finally made their big move a couple of days ahead of the trade deadline: Per GM Ron Hextall, the #Flyers have signed RW Colin McDonald to a multi-year contract extension → https://t.co/R50IKR27lF — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 28, 2016 Wait, that’s not a big trade deadline move? My bad. In any case,…
It’s home opener day, friends! After a 4-3 season opening win vs. Chicago last Friday, the Flyers finally hit the ice again. This time, in front of their home fans at the Wells Fargo Center. In addition to the best season opener moments of the last 10 seasons, let’s take a look at some of…
While the world may seem like it’s on fire after the Flyers’ 7-1 loss in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night, it’s really not —just yet. The Flyers find themselves at 5-5-1, earning 11 points in as many games and sitting 12th out of 16 teams in the Eastern Conference. But they are in the midst of…