It’s happened! The Flyers have announced their roster for opening night, and it’s got a couple of surprises. Let’s see the roster first: Forwards Travis Konecny Michael Raffl Kevin Hayes Sean Couturier Scott Laughton Oskar Lindblom James van Riemsdyk Claude Giroux Carsen Twarynski Connor Bunnaman Defensemen Travis Sanheim Robert Hagg Ivan Provorov Matt Niskanen Shayne…
The way things had been progressing for Michal Neuvirth, who hadn’t played since February 18 due to a lower-body injury, it had seemed like a return was imminent. Reports from practice said he’d been skating with the team for a while, and a team that has had significant problems in net with both Neuvirth and…
The Phantoms take on the No. 1 team in the league, the Manchester Monarchs, today in a 3:05 matinee in their second game in 1.5 days. Saturday Manchester clinched the first playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 92 points. Saturday night the Phantoms beat East Division rival, Wilks-Barre in a 4-1 decision at home,…
* Well, OK, not all of the excitement is gone. But the Flyers sent back (arguably) their three top prospects back to juniors yesterday: [BSH] * And then they sent 19 other guys to Lehigh Valley: [BSH] * Anywho, yesterday we also checked in on the rest of the Metropolitan Division. Turns out they’re all…
Minus-11 — the Flyers’ goal differential at 5-on-5 since December 23 (the day on which Dave Hakstol first put Shayne Gostisbehere and Ivan Provorov on the top pairing together) in the 836:39 of ice time in which at least one of Gostisbehere or Provorov has been off the ice. Courtesy of Natural Stat Trick’s excellent…
(SB Nation) – Simon Gagne received some good news Monday. The long-time Philadelphia Flyer and current Los Angeles Kings forward has been cleared for contact by the team, according to reports. Unfortunately, he is still a ways away from game action, according to Kings GM Dean Lombardi. Gagne has been out since Dec. 26 after…
Still recovering from the hand injury suffered when he destroyed a golf club, Claude Giroux will skip Canada’s Olympic camp in Calgary to focus on his recovery, ESPN reports. Claude Giroux won’t attend Cdn Oly camp, going to focus on his rehab. Hockey Canada at this point doesn’t plan to invite another player — Pierre…
Back in mid-April, days after the Flyers‘ season ended, we put together a list of 10 questions that Ron Hextall is going to have to find answers for this offseason. Today, two days prior to the start of free agency, we’re going to check back in on those questions, and see how many of them…
Claude Giroux Age: 25 Depth Chart: First line center Contract Status: $3.75 million/year in 2013-14; $8.275 million/year 2014-15 until 2022 2013 Frequent Linemates: Jake Voracek (60.7%), Matt Read (29.9%), Scott Hartnell (28.3%) 2013 Stats GP TOI/GP Goals Assists Points 48 21:10 13 35 48 Corsi On Corsi Rel Corsi Rel QoC OZ Start % PDO…
PHILADELPHIA — There are two ways to look at Saturday’s dominant 4-0 win over the Penguins. The Flyers took care of their business and rolled over a team that’s been decimated by injuries to top players. Something to be proud of. Pittsburgh was depleted so badly that they never really had a chance, and any…