Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… The Phantoms’ power play was a big part of their comeback on Sunday, pleasing head coach Terry Murray: [Phantoms Forum] Remembering Flyers games affected by, or played during storms: [Flyers Faithful] Donald Fehr admits players are scared, but provides a…
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*Some really fun news for you, Philadelphia Sports Fans™: SB Nation has launched a family of podcasts for all four of the major Philly sports and it’s pretty cool. Not New York, not LA, not Kansas City…Philadelphia, baby. We’ve got the goods. You already love BSH Radio (obvs), but definitely check out the other three…
Your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers… Last night’s NHL scores… DET 3, NYR 1 – OTT 4, ATL 3 (SO) Dan Carcillo was suspended four games by the NHL yesterday (link). Reaction from around the web… … beginning with the Philly MSM via Panaccio [CSN Philly] … … the enemy reaction [Japers’ Rink] … ……
*Florida tonight. Hopefully this game be slightly less boring than Tuesday’s loss to the Bolts. Official preview here, BSH preview to follow, puck drops at 7PM, woo! *Biggest news ahead of tonight’s game? The return of Vincent Lecavalier. …yay? [Courier-Post] *If Lecavalier performs, this might serve as a reset of what could be a strained…
Tyler Dellow published an interesting look yesterday at the impact of scheduling on a team’s results. Here are the key points: The home team has an advantage even when the teams are equally rested, winning about 54.6% of the games. The home team gets an even bigger advantage because it’s much more common for them…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Training Camp round ups: [In The Room] [NHL.com] [PostStar.com] The top priority is a not-so-dramatic playoff return: [Delcotimes.com] Michael Leighton was the happiest at camp: [NHL.com] James van Riemsdyk got stronger and fitter, but there’s a paragraph in here that…
After debuting at No. 18 on these rankings last go-around (and slipping to 19 at the midterm), Pascal Laberge was primed for a big 2016-17 season after being drafted 36th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft. If there are constants in hockey (and life), is that there are just folks who just want to watch…
The Phantoms continued their winning ways this month, going 9-2-2 and officially clinching a playoff spot. The team will most likely face the Charlotte Checkers in round one of the playoffs, and with the players they’ll be receiving from the Carolina Hurricanes once the regular season ends, it’ll be a much tougher series than it…
Things could be going better for the Philadelphia Flyers. Playoffs do not appear to be in the cards. Shayne Gostisbehere’s point streak ended. Michael Del Zotto is done for the year. But at least there will always be one ever-present ray of sunshine: Stall Talk with Del Zotto. Stall Talk debuted well with Claude Giroux…