Posts About "Andrew MacDonald"
Flyers: Notes from Fletcher's Pre-Draft Press Conference
June 15th, 2019 With the Stanley Cup Final over and a new champion crowned, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher's first offseason is now officially in full swing. Fletcher will have a full plate this summer trying to re-shape the roster into a contending team and the first step in that process will be how he navigates the 2019 NHL Entry...
NHL Rumors: Flyers, Oilers, Maple Leafs, More
June 11th, 2019 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is speculation out of Philadelphia as to who might be a buyout candidate and where things are at with Kevin Hayes. There is also news out of Edmonton concerning a Milan Lucic trade. Finally, the Toronto Maple Leafs are actively working the phones trying to sell assets. Flyers to Buy Out MacDonald...
Flyers' Defense Getting Offensive
April 4th, 2018 The Philadelphia Flyers' defensemen have been getting offensive this season. The Flyers have 48 goals from defensemen this season, which is the fourth-most in the NHL. This outburst of goals is the most the Flyers have gotten from their blue line since the 1992-93 season when their defensemen scored 52 goals. We will have more on that...
Flyers Have a Defensive Problem
January 16th, 2018 Since the Flyers' run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010, the organization has done an excellent job of acquiring talented defensive players. Because of this, they find themselves with too many good defensemen in the organization. It's a good problem, but a problem nonetheless. Now they have to decide who will be the Flyers of the...
Golden Knights Could Absorb Significant Contracts
June 8th, 2017 The Vegas Golden Knights will soon select players at the 2017 Expansion Draft, many of which will become a part of their inaugural franchise. The NHL created a number of parameters for the expansion draft to facilitate the success of the Golden Knights, including minimum exposure requirements and protected player...
Flyers Are Stuck with MacDonald
January 26th, 2017 If you stuck 50 Philadelphia Flyers fans in a room and needed them to agree on one thing, it would be that defenseman Andrew MacDonald is overplayed and overused. Flyers fans have a history of despising players, usually defensemen, going back to Chris Therien or Randy Jones or Matt Carle, but none of those players hold up to their...
Fixing Flyers' Salary Cap
January 6th, 2017 It wouldn't be a season for the Philadelphia Flyers if they weren't dealing with salary cap issues. Since the salary cap was implemented in the NHL following the 2005 lockout, the Flyersl have always had problems with fitting the team within the cap restraints. Back then, it was Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje eating up salary. Today,...
Andrew MacDonald and the Expansion Draft
December 30th, 2016 If you walk up to any Philadelphia Flyer fan and ask them what the most dreadful contract signing of the past few years has been, you will probably get one of two answers. The first is Ilya Bryzgalov. He was signed during the summer of 2011 despite that the Flyers had a legitimate goalie prospect in Sergei Bobrovsky and despite...
Philadelphia Flyers 2016 in Review
December 28th, 2016 In just a few days, 2016 will wrap up and the new year will begin. For the Philadelphia Flyers, 2016 will be marked down as a successful year -- in the standings and in other areas. They made the playoffs after a season's absence, ahead of schedule, but there are plenty of other things to review on the team's 2016 calendar. 2015-16...
What's Working for the Flyers
December 6th, 2016 For the first time since 2014, when Craig Berube was still the Philadelphia Flyers' coach and Kimmo Timonen was an alternate captain, the team is on a five-game winning streak. After an inconsistent start to the first month-and-a-half of the season, the Flyers have turned a corner. Up to this current stretch, their only win streak was...
Scratching Gostisbehere Makes No Sense
November 17th, 2016 Shayne Gostisbehere probably started his Thursday morning on a great note. The 23-year old defenseman was named Philadelphia Pro Athlete of the Year by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association. That award was largely a spawn of his rookie season in which he had 46 points and helped get the Flyers back into the playoffs. The...
Brandon Manning Reaching Unexpected Heights
November 7th, 2016 After three years of drafting defensemen in the first round, the Philadelphia Flyers hope the 2016-17 season ushers in a new era on the back end. 2015 first-rounder Ivan Provorov made the team, plus 2012 third-round pick Shayne Gostisbehere will play his first full season with the club. With Radko Gudas, Michael Del Zotto and Mark Streit...
Salary Cap Trouble Looming in Philadelphia?
October 18th, 2016 It's a concept that no NHL team wants to deal with, but that every team is forced to deal with, the salary cap. If there's one city where that rings true more than any other, it's Philadelphia. The Flyers are notorious for spending as much money as they can, even if it means pushing the full limits of the salary cap. In fact,...
