David Quackenbos
@https://twitter.com/dcquackenbos
I am 23 years old and I've been a Flyers fan since I was six years old. I love to break down the game and take a look at prospects. I always appreciate your thoughts and feedback, so feel free to use the comment section or interact with me on Twitter.
Author's Posts
How Should The Flyers Handle Their Salary Cap Freedom?
January 13th, 2016 Last Wednesday, the Philadelphia Flyers took a giant leap forward in their quest for salary cap freedom. General Manager Ron Hextall traded away Luke Schenn and Vincent Lecavalier to the Los Angeles Kings in return for Jordan Weal and a 3rd round pick. Although the Flyers retained 50% of each contract, they still opened up nearly $4...
Flyers Player Grades From the World Junior Championships
January 8th, 2016 Over the past few seasons, general manager Ron Hextall and the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers front office has gone out of their way to improve the Flyers prospect core. This effort was on full display at the recent World Junior Championships. Tied for the NHL lead with seven prospects at the tournament, Hextall spent the week in...
Flyers Playoff Hopes Becoming Justified
December 30th, 2015 Before the season, Philadelphia Flyers General Manager, Ron Hextall, made it clear that he envisions the Flyers as a playoff team. "We expect to be a playoff team (paywall to ESPN Insider)," is what Hextall told ESPN's Craig Custance in August. With the additions of Evgeni Medvedev, Michal Neuvirth, and Sam Gagner, Hextall expected...
Fazleev and Lindblom Thrive: Flyers Day One WJC Recap
December 27th, 2015 On the first day of the World Junior Championships saw all seven of the Philadelphia Flyers prospects in action. In the early game, David Kase (C/RW) of the Czech Republic lost to Radel Fazleev (C/LW) and Ivan Provorov (D) of Russia by a score of 2-1 in a shootout. Then, Oskar Lindblom (LW) played on Sweden's top line as they beat...
Flyers World Junior Championship Preview
December 23rd, 2015 With the Flyers recent dedication to drafting and developing prospects, there has been an increased interest from fans in the World Junior Championship tournament. Last year, the Flyers saw prospects Samuel Morin, Oskar Lindblom, and Robert Hagg in the tournament, while future prospects like Ivan Provorov and David Kase took part. This...
Flyers Goaltending Becoming An Organizational Strength
December 19th, 2015 For much of the last two decades, the Philadelphia Flyers have been notorious for their issues at the goaltending position. Although they rarely had terrible goaltenders, they were constantly plagued with average goaltending. It was always good enough to keep the team afloat and some goalies, like Roman Chechmanek and Ilya Bryzgalov,...