Posts About "Michael Raffl"
Flyers' Woes Becoming Cause for Concern
October 26th, 2018 An NHL season brings a myriad of ups and downs. Some teams come out of the gate already on the good foot while others stumble trying to gain their footing. In the case of the Philadelphia Flyers, the team has yet to find a solid hold in its current climb towards the Cup. Plagued by self-inflicted "wounds" on top of actual injuries to key...
Flyers' Raffl Will Have a Bounce-Back Year
October 8th, 2018 Last season wasn't a bad one for Philadelphia Flyers forward Michael Raffl, but he could have done more. He had 13 goals, 9 assists and 22 points in 76 games but sometimes he disappeared during games. Analyzing Raffl’s Early Season Play The Flyers have played two games this season and Raffl has played in both of them....
4 Flyers Vegas Fans Should Know
May 26th, 2017 Get excited, Vegas Golden Knights fans. The Philadelphia Flyers are up next on our list of players that you should know ahead of next month's NHL Expansion Draft. The Flyers pick is an interesting one. Philadelphia was not a good team this season, but they're going to lose a good piece. There are a couple of safe bets on this list,...
Recap: Flyers Ride Mason, Beat Caps in Shootout Thriller
December 22nd, 2016 For hockey fans, not much more can be said about this game. Tonight's matchup between the Metropolitan Divison rivals had everything any fan could possibly want in a hockey game. Both teams had terrific chances throughout the matchup, but ultimately it would be the goaltenders that would steal the show from both teams' potent...
Michael Raffl – Most Underrated Flyer
December 20th, 2016 There have been so many positives from the Philadelphia Flyers over the past month stemming from their 10-game win streak. Goalie Steve Mason found his game again, Jake Voracek went on a tear and Brayden Schenn potted some important goals in a couple games. For the most part, those players have had those traits over the last few...
Lineup Shuffle Looming for Flyers
November 4th, 2016 Since the start of the season, the Philadelphia Flyers have floated around the .500 mark. Despite the middling record, there have been some bright spots, namely in specific players such as Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek and Travis Konecny. Where the Flyers have struggled is in team play — in putting together a good start and...
Broad Street Bulletin: Flyers' First Five Games
October 23rd, 2016 The 2016-17 NHL regular season is officially underway for the Philadelphia Flyers. After five games played, the orange and black currently sit in fourth place in the Metropolitan Division with a 2-2-1 record. Philadelphia began their season with three straight away games against the Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, and Chicago...
Flyers Training Camp Battles
September 16th, 2016 While the hockey world shifts its attention to the preliminary round of the World Cup of Hockey starting tomorrow, the Philadelphia Flyers still in the city will begin to gear up for training camp. Rookie camp will begin Sep. 19, but regular training camp - the one most will be focused on - begins in a week on Sep....
Top Flyers Free Agent Signings Since 2010
July 19th, 2016 Another heavy free agent signing period has passed and it has been another slow month for the Philadelphia Flyers. They made some additions to the big club by signing Dale Weise and Boyd Gordon, but the team didn't make any big splashes like the Oilers or Sabres. Instead GM Ron Hextall played it safe with his limited cap space as he...
What Andrew Shaw is Worth to Chicago
May 16th, 2016 Unlike so many off-seasons before this one, Stan Bowman actually won't be forced to trade away a large portion of his roster to keep the team under the salary cap. Instead, he faces a few interesting free agent decisions on who will be back in Chicago next season, and who will be playing elsewhere. Atop that list of interesting...
Flyers Final Grades: Forwards Part 2
May 1st, 2016 The 2015-16 season was a surprisingly impressive one for the Philadelphia Flyers. The men in orange and black finished in 5th place in the strong Metropolitan Division with a 41-27-14 record (96 points) which was good enough to enter the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the second and final wild-card team in the Eastern...
Ron Hextall Shows Awareness In Michael Raffl Extension
February 28th, 2016 With the trade deadline less than 24 hours away, the Philadelphia Flyers and GM Ron Hextall have yet to make a trade. But that doesn't mean the team hasn't been thinking about the future in the process. On Sunday afternoon, the team announced a three-year extension for impending unrestricted free agent Michael Raffl, averaging a cap...
Dave Hakstol's Process-Based Approach Is Inching Towards Results
December 15th, 2015 The best coaches in the NHL care more about their process of coaching than the results of a specific game. Earlier this year, Ken Hitchcock made this point when he said that "if you want to coach, then you get going with the process and you try to get them better every day." That is the thought process coming from one of the NHL's top 10...
