There’s a huge log jam on defense for the Philadelphia Flyers right now, and it’s not exactly a good thing. With the signing of KHL defenseman Yevgeni Medvedev to a one-year contract worth $3 million, the Flyers now have seven defenseman signed for the 2015-16 season, not including the injured-and-basically-retired Chris Pronger nor the restricted…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Let’s get the Game 5 stuff out of the way: Photo and video of the high stick Danny Briere took: [The700Level] The Flyers have moved on: [Daily News] Chris Pronger had a really bad game and it allowed Dustin Byfuglien…
According to the team’s website, Brian Elliott has been named the Philadelphia Flyers’ Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee for the 2018-19 season. The Philadelphia chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association decided the goaltender in his second season with the Orange and Black ‘embodies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to the game of…
Today the AHL announced that Lehigh Valley Phantoms forward Phil Varone has won the Les Cunningham Award. For those who may not follow the AHL all that closely, this award is essentially their Hart Trophy. .@LVPhantoms forward Phil Varone is this year’s winner of the Les Cunningham Award, given to the league’s most valuable player….
Throughout the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we’ll go round-by-round and predict the outcomes of each playoff series. We’re on to the second round, with the BSH staff predicting who we think will win each of the four series that just happened to be finalized last night. BSH’s second round panel Travis Hughes, lost his fandom…
When we last checked in on the 2018 SBNation NHL Mock Draft, we (on behalf of the Philadelphia Flyers) were doing some moving and shaking, bumping ourselves up a spot via a trade with Dallas before moving back three more to pick up an extra second-rounder from Colorado. That brings us to today, at the…
Didn’t watch the game live last night. Tried doing the whole “okay, I’ll watch the first period and then try to avoid the score so I can watch in the morning,” but as it turns out, it’s hard to avoid the score when the Flyers put the puck in the net seven times. That’s a…
With the trade deadline coming in one week from today, the Flyers find themselves in a pretty interesting situation. On the one hand, while the Flyers could certainly use upgrades here and there, they probably don’t have the pieces and/or aren’t in the right position to be making a rental or marginal upgrade. And on…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes … A fantastic interview with Ilya Bryzgalov where it is clear he is just giving an honest interview during an emotional time: [Puck Daddy] Are the Flyers better off this year than last? [Bill Meltzer] The Flyers want to bring…
We all know that Paul Holmgren enjoys this time of year, in which the best free agents from the NCAA ranks leave their schools to try their luck with the NHL. The Flyers usually find some space in their reserve lists for a few college players every year, and TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported tonight that…