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The league’s worst offense faces off with the league’s worst defense. Maybe something will give? Maybe?

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news… Recaps of last night’s loss: [BSH] [CSNPhilly] [Flyers Faithful] [The Checking Line] [Inquirer] [delcotimes] [Daily News] Matt Read is a great story. When looking at his February drought, don’t leave out the details or you’ll miss a lot of the story: [SB…

Desperate to shake up a struggling roster, Flyers coach Craig Berube made the decision to add Erik Gustafsson to the lineup for last Saturday’s game against the Boston Bruins. Either Andrej Meszaros or Luke Schenn seemed to be the likely casualties. So when it was announced shortly before gametime that Meszaros would face his 21st…

After a dominating 5-1 victory over the Islanders last night, the Flyers take on the New York Rangers tonight for their fourth game in as many days. This is the first game of the preseason against a team other than the Islanders, so it should be nice to see how well the Flyers matchup against…

Alright — I’ll admit, I went into this game with low expectations all-around, just as I’m guessing most of us did. On the one hand, the Flyers went into tonight not having scored a goal in seven-plus periods of hockey and were coming off of one of their worst games of the season. On the…

A wise man once said that when the goin’ gets tough, the tough get goin’! OK, so it was a fictional character in an all-time great movie (Animal House), but I can’t help but think of that quote when I think about Sean Couturier taking a shot to the groin and then potting the game-winner…

The following quotes have been transcribed by the Philadelphia Flyers public relations department. We can’t guarantee their complete accuracy because we didn’t write them ourselves, but we provide them as a post-game service. Flyers left wing Eric Wellwood Q: Did you have enough time to settle in for your first NHL game? “I haven’t had…

Add Michael Del Zotto’s name to the injured list. The Flyers announced on Friday afternoon that the defenseman will miss four to five weeks with an undisclosed lower body injury. That’s just a crushing blow to the team’s defense. Del Zotto missed the stretch run of the 2015-16 season, plus the playoffs, with a wrist…

*The Flyers kick off an important 3 game road trip tonight in Toronto; let’s hear from the team post-practice to see where the heads are at heading into this stretch. [Flyers] *Before tonight’s game take a look back at Tuesday’s super fun win over the Sabres with Charlie’s 10 Things. [BSH] *Thanks to that win,…

*In case you missed it, Monday’s win put the Flyers right back into the playoff race. Let the fun begin. [Sons of Penn] *And it has been the Flyers’ depth forwards keeping this train going. [BSH] *Look back on Monday’s win against the Flames with 10 Things. [BSH] *Ron Hextall says nothing happened for the…