Flyers Management
Philadelphia Flyers Midseason Grade
January 9th, 2018 The Philadelphia Flyers' bye week has officially arrived and it's time to take a dive into their 2017-18 season. If there is one obvious flaw on this team, it has been the lack of consistency. The Flyers are an elite team at finding new ways to lose and blow leads on...
From NCAA to Pro Coach, A Look at Philadelphia's Hakstol & Kelly
September 2nd, 2017 For a few months at the end of 2015, two of Philadelphia’s major sports franchises had head coaches who had jumped right from the NCAA to the pros: the Eagles’ Chip Kelly and the Flyers’ Dave Hakstol. Hakstol is about to begin his third year with the team,...
Are the Flyers a Playoff Team?
July 15th, 2017 As the fourth season of Ron Hextall’s tenure as Philadelphia Flyers GM approaches, even the most patient fans have to be wondering when the team will reemerge as a perennial playoff contender. Hakstol himself called the playoffs a “clear expectation” in a recent radio...
Philadelphia Flyers Roster Prediction
June 27th, 2017 There was a lot to dislike about the Philadelphia Flyers' 2016-17 roster. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Chris VandeVelde were overused throughout the year by coach Dave Hakstol and even-strength scoring just wasn't where it needed to be. Brayden Schenn was expected to be one...
Flyers Display Culture of Patience
June 21st, 2017 All 30 NHL teams released their protected lists for the upcoming expansion draft Sunday morning. A lot of deals seem to be in place for some teams, offering picks and other assets in exchange for laying off certain unprotected players. The Philadelphia Flyers are not one of...
Ron Hextall Revamping the Flyers
June 14th, 2017 After playing more than 600 games in the NHL, Ron Hextall decided to try his luck as a scout. Several years later, he became Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Kings where he won the Stanley Cup in 2012. In 2013, the Philadelphia Flyers made him...
What Does Knoblauch Bring to Flyers?
June 9th, 2017 Yesterday morning, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported that the Philadelphia Flyers were looking at OHL head coach Kris Knoblauch to come in as an assistant coach. Knoblauch coached the Erie Otters to four consecutive 50 win seasons, working with talented stars like...
Flyers' Hextall Reliving 2008 Draft
May 5th, 2017 As the Philadelphia Flyers head into year four of their rebuild, Ron Hextall, the team’s general manager has a lot to be happy about. With five, first-round picks coming through the pipeline and the upcoming No. 2 selection in the 2017 Draft, fans too have placed high...
Ron Hextall - First 3 Years as Flyers' GM
April 28th, 2017 This May will mark the third anniversary of Ron Hextall's promotion to general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. In those three seasons at the helm of the organization, Hextall has led the team to just a single playoff berth. But those three seasons were the re-tooling...
Flyers' Mistake With Dave Hakstol
April 7th, 2017 The 2016-17 season was supposed to be a growing one for the Philadelphia Flyers. A surprising, yet short, playoff run in 2016, offseason signings like Dale Weise and the influx of rookies in Travis Konecny and Ivan Provorov increased expectations for the Flyers before...
Couturier Deserves Flyers' Fan Patience
April 5th, 2017 There’s no denying Sean Couturier’s defensive skill, but his offensive game is developing more slowly. After a late-season surge last year, Flyers fans hoped that he’d take a step forward in 2016-17. Couturier scored eight points in the first 20 games this year, but...
Is Coaching Grounding the Flyers?
January 17th, 2017 Flash back to a month ago and things were clicking on all cylinders for the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers had just won their tenth straight game, they were scoring goals at a tremendous clip, Steve Mason was playing stellar hockey and the team sat fifth in the...
Hakstol’s Flexibility Key to Success
September 3rd, 2016 From all accounts, Philadelphia Flyers General Manager Ron Hextall is a direct and persistent man. He is straightforward when talking to the media, and he is not afraid to call underperforming players out when he thinks it’s necessary -- perhaps detrimentally so, as when...
