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Top 3 All-Time Flyers Goalies
December 10th, 2018 While most jokes about the Philadelphia Flyers are aimed at the guys who play between the pipes, the Flyers actually have a rich history of goalies. Unfortunately, for recent teams -- or even the teams of the '90s -- those goalies played, for the most part, in the '70s and '80s. The three best goalies to play in Philadelphia all reign...
Worst Toronto Maple Leafs Trades
November 7th, 2018 There have been some horrible, terrible and embarrassing trades by the Toronto Maple Leafs in team history. But in recent memory, the number one worst trade blows all the others out of the water -- or perhaps blows the Leafs off the trees. Everything about this deal was bad. They chose the wrong player to trade. The wrong time...
Broad Street Bullies: More Than Goons, Fists & Enforcers
October 15th, 2018 During the 1970s, only the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins had more victories than the Philadelphia Flyers' 424. During that decade, the Flyers won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975, went to two more Finals, and missed the playoffs once. Furthermore, they registered 100 or more points in five consecutive seasons between...
The WHA - A Look Back at the Upstart Hockey League
July 6th, 2018 As the National Hockey League continued to prosper in the early 1970s, there was a demand for more teams in more cities throughout much of the United States and Canada but at such a high risk, the league was hesitant to attempt to grow too quickly. After all, it took almost 41 years to branch out from the “Original Six” format and...
Top 5 Goalies in Expansion Draft History
June 17th, 2017 With the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft just days away it seemed appropriate to look back on the previous 10 expansion drafts in NHL history. Looking back through the history of each expansion draft should make the Vegas Golden Knights appreciate the situation they're in. Vegas isn't expected to be playoff bound, but they should be able to...
The 10 Coolest Old School NHL Goalie Masks
January 21st, 2017 Whenever we attempt to come up with a coolest, best or top ten of anything we always find readers hurling insults and questioning our sanity for including so and so in the list or not including their favorite. Time to let some opinions fly on our collection of old school NHL goalie masks. Let us know who your top vote is for, and for...
