VIDEO: Santa Claude (Giroux’s) Top 5 Stocking Stuffer Goals Ryan Smith | December 21, 2013 As the holiday season nears, the bitter cold throughout North America (with complete disregard for Florida and California) makes hockey a naturally more common part of our lives. In Philadelphia,…
Michael Raffl the Key to Giroux’s Resurgence? Bill Schoeninger | December 20, 2013 One has two 30 goal seasons to his name in the NHL. The other has one near-PPG season in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier hockey league in Sweden whose competition level…
The Flyers’ Organizational Wish List Bill Schoeninger | December 14, 2013 As the holiday season approaches, Paul Holmgren has a number of issues that the team has to address. There are a couple of big ticket items on his shopping list…
Was James Neal Kneeing Marchand Intentional? Justin Glock | December 8, 2013 Was James Neal kneeing Brad Marchand’s head intentional? Was it revenge? The debate continued all night following the dramatic regular season finale between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins. Anytime…
Will The Real Philadelphia Flyers Please Stand Up Ryan Smith | December 6, 2013 The Philadelphia Flyers’ season can probably best be described metaphorically with a playing of the classic television game show, “To Tell the Truth.” (Brief aside: as it turns out, Jean…
Can the Flyers Become the Latest Team to Benefit From a Florida Loss? Ryan Smith | November 27, 2013 The Philadelphia Flyers’ lackluster 3-1 loss in Sunrise to the Panthers on Monday night not only ended a seven-game point-earning streak, but it also left the team and its fans…
Top 5 Things Flyers Fans Should Be Thankful For THW Archives | November 27, 2013 The Flyers’ season started out bad – real bad. After three games, Peter Laviolette was canned; the team was at the bottom of the barrel in the NHL standings; the offense…
Buffalo Sabres: The Week Ahead Ryan Womeldorf | November 18, 2013 Things are a little different for the Buffalo Sabres since the last time I wrote one of these. Darcy Regier was still the general manager and the embattled Ron Rolston…
Philadelphia Flyers: The Curious Criticisms of Claude Giroux Ryan Smith | November 12, 2013 In the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Claude Giroux turned what had been, to that point, a magnificent young career into talks of him being included among the NHL’s elite. A…
Hockey News: Broken Tibia for Stamkos; Bryzgalov is Back Marcy Di Michele | November 12, 2013 Here is a video of the injury to Steven Stamkos. Tough to watch the pain on his face. Wishing him a speedy recovery. [Deadspin] The Lightning have confirmed a broken…
Hockey News: Kevin Dineen Fired; Alex Steen is on Fire Marcy Di Michele | November 8, 2013 Remember about a week ago when Dale Tallon said Kevin Dineen’s job was safe? Yeah, GM’s should really stop with the coach is safe garb. [CBC Sports] And obviously Jesse…
Hockey News: The Truth about Downie; NHL Celebrity Crushes Marcy Di Michele | November 6, 2013 A hilarious video in which some of the NHL’s biggest names reveal their celebrity crushes. Feel good story number one: Oilers defenseman Taylor Fedun scores his first NHL goal, finally…