Back in February, we wrote a plea to the Flyers asking them to give Jakub Voracek more ice time, given that he’d been the team’s best forward at the time and yet was seventh on the team in even-strength minutes, and sixth in overall minutes, per game. Let’s figure out if they listened, and take…
Jody Shelley tells why there’s still room for fighting in hockey and what kind of opponents are the toughest to face one on one. “Usually fights calm the game down”, he starts. “And that’s just the way it is; the fans really like to see fights.” “Sometimes it wakes up the team that doesn’t play…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: A game where both teams deserved a point In recent weeks, the Flyers have lost a number of games where they outplayed the opposition in terms of raw shots on goal and overall even strength play-driving metrics….
The Philadelphia Flyers will be in the house when the Boston Bruins raise their Stanley Cup banner next year, and surely, you can ignore the first half of that broadcast for some Phillies playoff baseball. While the season won’t start off the way we’d prefer, we do have a date now: October 6, 2011. The…
As I’m sure you’ve figured out in the hours leading up to the opening of the NHL’s free agency period, the Philadelphia Flyers are most likely not going to be too involved. With the acquisitions of Kevin Hayes, Justin Braun, and Matt Niskanen before both free agency and the draft even began, the Flyers have…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… * Full coverage of the Hockey Hall of Fame induction: [SB Nation] * Update from Phantoms’ practice: [Phantoms Forum] * Checking in on Europe: [Flyers Faithful] * Updating the Future Flyers: [Flyers Faithful] * Update on Europe and the Phantoms:…
The decision by Sweden’s top hockey league, Elitserien (or Swedish Elite League), not to allow short-term lockout contracts for NHL stars has been overturned in an anti-trust ruling. The move could lead to a flood of NHL signings, especially by Swedish-born and bred players. Szymon Szemberg, the communications director for the IIHF, reports that while…
*So after a nice long break, during which we were woefully bereft of Flyers hockey, your favorite team came out and took a big steaming pile of poop on the slushy Floridian ice. And tonight we do it again, only against a much better team. Hooray. Recap. *Shayne Gostisbehere, noted Floridian Son (get it????) and…
Hopes were high entering this weekend’s set of games vs. Tampa Bay and the New York Rangers. The Flyers had catapulted up in the standings after a 5-1 western road trip and a decisive win against a playoff-caliber Montreal Canadiens team, and the general feeling was that the Flyers would take two tough tests from…
Next Game 2nd in East, 1st in Atlantic, 12-4-2, 26 pts Tuesday, Nov 16, 2010, 7:00 PM EST Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec, CanadaTV: Versus HD, RDS HD, TSN (Habs) HDRadio: 610 WIP, XM 206, SIRIUS 219Get the Montreal perspective at Habs Eyes On The Prize 3rd in East, 1st in Northeast, 11-5-1, 23 pts…