NHL’s Metropolitan Division Is Weakest It’s Been in Years Entering 2025-26 Alex Chauvancy | August 23, 2025 The Metropolitan Division used to be the NHL’s crown jewel, but that has changed in recent years. It’s now arguably the league’s weakest, and though some teams did improve this…
Flyers’ Top 10 Prospects: 2025–26 Preseason Edition Justin Giampietro | August 21, 2025 The Philadelphia Flyers have done some excellent work recently in bolstering their prospect pool. Below, I compiled a preseason power ranking of the top 10 players in the system (must…
Flyers’ Rick Tocchet Hire: Glass-Half-Full, Half-Empty Arguments Justin Giampietro | August 20, 2025 After dumping head coach John Tortorella in late March, it didn’t take the Philadelphia Flyers too long to settle on their new bench boss: Rick Tocchet. A longtime player of…
Flyers 2025–26 Roster Projection 2.0: 2 Rookies Enter the Villa Justin Giampietro | August 19, 2025 It won’t be long before NHL hockey gets started up again. A month away from the preseason and two from the regular season, the Philadelphia Flyers are nearly back after…
Lehigh Valley Phantoms Are Trying to Shake Off Past Ghosts With Snowden Hire Mike Fink | August 17, 2025 It’s been over a month since the Lehigh Valley Phantoms hired John Snowden as their head coach. It’s been a few weeks since the Hershey Bears hired Derek King. The…
Flyers Finishing in the Murky Middle in 2025–26 Wouldn’t Be So Bad Justin Giampietro | August 12, 2025 While they didn’t exactly have an aggressive offseason, the Philadelphia Flyers made improvements. Adding depth and a hopeful top-line center in Trevor Zegras, the 2024–25 basement-dwellers might see a slight…
NHL Rebuild Rankings: Which Teams Are Closest to Contention – 2025-26 Preseason Edition Mike Fink | August 11, 2025 When the Rebuild Rankings first began, a project following the 2023 Trade Deadline that has become one of the biggest pieces here at The Hockey Writers, there were two burning…
Flyers 2025–26 Prospect Storylines: Bump, Martone, & More Justin Giampietro | August 9, 2025 The Philadelphia Flyers are starting to transition away from their rebuild as their prospect pool grows stronger, but eyes are still on the future. Which prospect storylines are worth keeping…
Finland Made a Statement at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase Andrew Epps | August 7, 2025 The 2025 edition of the World Junior Summer Showcase (WJSS) wrapped up in Minneapolis with Finland proving once again that their development system is one of the most consistent and…
Revisiting Flyers’ Matvei Michkov’s Best Games From Rookie Season Andrew McGuinness | August 5, 2025 It’s easy to forget now, but Matvei Michkov‘s rookie season was supposed to be in the future, not the past. Part of the reason Michkov fell to the Philadelphia Flyers…
3 Flyers Hot Takes for 2025–26 Justin Giampietro | August 3, 2025 The once-rebuilding Philadelphia Flyers are entering a season of change: new coaches, new players, and a new direction. In a 2025–26 campaign of uncertainty (but in a good way), let’s…
Flyers Prospect Update: Gill, Martone, & Murtagh Justin Giampietro | July 30, 2025 Though we’re in the dog days of the NHL offseason, there’s still hockey to watch. The World Junior Summer Showcase is underway, and it includes seven Philadelphia Flyers prospects: Jack…