* Before you move on to tonight’s game against the Islanders, wrap up Tuesday’s win over Ottawa with some observations and photos. * Shayne Gostisbehere is adamant that his recovery from hip surgery is not the reason why he started so slowly and/or is playing much better now: [CSN Philly] (Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman had some…
The Flyers head into today’s game coming off of a thrilling 2-1 win vs the Edmonton Oilers, looking to make it two in a row and four wins in their past five games. They’ll look to accomplish this feat against the 3-3-1 Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim comes into this contest after dominating a dismantled Montreal Canadiens…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… *Ahh, that was a fun game yesterday. Recaps of the Flyers’ rout of the Islanders from BSH, CSN Philly, and Lighthouse Hockey. *It was pretty clear from the start of yesterday’s game that Captain G was intent on showing the…
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…
We’ve been privy to Sean Couturier’s defensive ability for some time now, and after two wins against the Pittsburgh Penguins this weekend in which Couturier was matched up against Sidney Crosby, the broadcast booths of the nationally televised games were heaping on the praise as well. For all of the great work that Couturier does,…
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms kick off their training camp on Friday, and since they need players to be able to do that, the Flyers have sent 10 down from NHL camp to the AHL squad. Here’s that list of players, who join another seven that were sent to the Phantoms on Wednesday: (RW) Nicolas Aube-Kubel…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: The negative narratives surrounding PHI were accurate on this night It’s not surprising that during such a frustrating Flyers season, narratives have taken hold in the fanbase to help explain the poor year that may contain grains…
General manager Daniel Briere said that the Flyers would likely keep quiet for the rest of July 1st after signing Ryan Poehling earlier on Saturday afternoon. However, something came up that piqued his interest and Philadelphia capitalized. The Flyers signed Garnet Hathaway to a two-year, $4.75 million contract ($2.375M AAV), the team announced on Saturday…
The NHL, for all their many faults, has usually been pretty good at making uniforms. You could argue that NHL’s jerseys have never really been bad at all. Even upon the league’s inception all the way back in 1917-18, you still had the classic Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs designs that proved to be…
After a long, arduous offseason, the Philadelphia Flyers have returned. Today they take on the Chicago Blackhawks in Prague as part of the 2019 NHL Global Series. This will be the first time in team history the Flyers have played a regular season game outside of North America, so needless to say this is kind…