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The Philadelphia Flyers faced the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday night in another battle of Pennsylvania. It was the prequel for their Outdoor Classic Game in a couple of weeks and the red-hot Flyers were looking to pounce. The game was all Penguins. Pittsburgh got out to an early lead and were saved by a stellar performance…
The Flyers and the Columbus Blue Jackets have quite the trade history. Since Paul Holmgren took over as Flyers general manager a little over five years ago, the two teams have dealt four times: June 20, 2008: The Flyers send R.J. Umberger and a 4th round pick (Drew Olsen) to CBJ for a 1st round…
(SB Nation) — All the principals in NHL collective bargaining agreement negotiations met for an informal meeting at the NHLPA’s Toronto offices Wednesday morning before more formal, fully-attended meetings scheduled for 1 p.m. ET were cancelled. The two sides are expected to meet again Thursday morning in Toronto. NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr was joined…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Sergei Bobrovsky is your starter tonight: [Frequent Flyers] The Flyers are ready to face the Capitals in a game with implications for the top spot in the East: [Philly Sports Daily] [Frequent Flyers] [Inquirer] But the Capitals won’t have Alex…
And we’re back! We’ve talked about goalies and we’re making our way outwards, so to speak. Today we’ll be starting our talks on the Phantoms’ defensemen. For the sake of ease, we’re going to be breaking them up into two groups, so the second will be coming at you next week. And how will we…
Travis Sanheim was very, very impressive in his short time with the Philadelphia Flyers this fall. It was expected that he’d probably get locked into his entry-level contract sooner than later, but the team confirmed Thursday afternoon that they have indeed signed the first-round draft choice defenseman to his deal. Sanheim probably inked the deal…
*Big news, folks! The Phantoms are trying to get back into the playoff picture this year, they’re putting together a run, and they’re going to be getting a little bit more help. Emil Andrae’s coming over from Sweden and joining them on an amateur tryout. [BSH] *But the organization is also grappling with a big…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — So here’s the thing. Ryan Johansen plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets, and he was really entertaining during the All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday night. In the Breakaway Challenge, he pandered to the home crowd, pulling off his jersey and revealing a Braxton Miller Ohio State football jersey underneath. On another attempt,…
Ian Laperriere is the only Flyer that can take home some hardware tonight as he’s in the running for the Masterton Trophy, going up against Ray Emery of the Ducks and Daymond Langkow of the Flames. Honestly, I won’t be mad if Emery wins either, since it almost feels like we have two dogs in…