While it may seem like a shock to some, we all saw it coming. We saw it coming from a mile away. The Flyers were for the lack of a better word unprepared for the 2012-13 season. While the personnel on defense and the turnover with some of the forwards was concern enough, there are ...
Christmas in July! It’s a great concept usually celebrated by those in the southern hemisphere when winter falls in the 7th month of the year. The big ol’ jolly fat man in the red suit and white beard, we know as Santa Claus, by some unfathomable miracle, squeezes his rotund rear down chimneys to bring ...
With the trade deadline looming, various rumors have circulated around the Philadelphia Flyers and whether the team will be buyers or sellers on April 3. It remains to be seen if the Flyers will make any sort of splash during what has already been a busy week of wheeling-and-dealing, though the team did make a ...
I know, I know. ‘Twas a truly bad play on words for my title, but that’s the only way you can describe what happened in last night’s game. For the first two periods the game went back and forth. The two teams found themselves tied 2-2 after 40 minutes. The third period was one for ...
After Sunday’s overtime victory against the Washington Capitals, the Flyers sit only 2 points removed from the 8th and final playoff position. But with the trade deadline looming, it would be unexpected to see the Flyers act like buyers this time around. The Flyers’ offense has been inconsistent, but the defense continues to stand out ...
I remember sitting opposite the draft board at the Consol Energy Center on the 2nd day of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. As a Flyers fan, I was happy the club had selected Scott Laughton the night before and Anthony Stolarz with their first pick of the day. Their 3rd round pick was still approaching ...
In the bizarro-NHL, Lindy Ruff is unemployed, Martin Brodeur has more goals than Ryane Clowe and most notably, the Columbus Blue Jackets are playing better hockey than the Philadelphia Flyers.
The universe must have flipped sometime this season.
Paul Holmgren is at it again! It’s been the GM’s blueprint for a few seasons now: go out and find the next big NCAA player and sign him to a contract. Although not a star, Matt Read has done relatively well for himself, signing with Philadelphia soon after leaving Bemidji State. Could Kyle Flanagan be ...
Some general managers like to build their team with a lot of offensive punch (Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks), while others prefer to build their team with a strong goalie tandem (Boston Bruins or Los Angeles Kings). Finally, some GMs prefer to build their team with a very deep defensive corps. Two months into the ...
Since Ron Hextall, being a goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers has been a “kiss of death”. Much of the Flyers faithful have been pegging the team’s misfortunes on the shoulders of the man between the pipes, Ilya Bryzgalov. It’s pretty simple to do given Bryzgalov carries with him a $51 million dollar price tag. A ...
