Posts tagged with "Michal Neuvirth"
Flyers' Expansion Draft Outlook
May 26th, 2017 Most summers, free agency and the entry draft are the marked and bolded dates on the NHL calendar. This summer, those events may take second and third place in anticipation of the Expansion Draft less than a month away. Like the 29 other teams that will have one player selected by the Vegas Golden Knights, the Philadelphia Flyers have...
Golden Knights Mock Expansion Draft: Easter Edition
May 7th, 2017 OK, so Easter was a few weeks ago, but much of the legwork for this mock expansion draft was done in April at the conclusion of the NHL regular season. And, despite the publishing delay, I wanted to stick with the holiday theme. Alas, a lot has changed since...
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 phase. He made a coaching change, eight influential free-agent...
Steve Mason Deserves Better
April 11th, 2017 There's no debate about who are the three best goalies in Philadelphia Flyers' history — and that's not for good reason. The Flyers have had such a bad history in net that really only three stand out from the pack. It's the fourth best where the debates can begin. Pete Peeters, who backstopped Philly's 35-game unbeaten streak, Doug...
Expansion Draft vs. Trade Deadline
March 2nd, 2017 This season the trade deadline carried more implications due to the incoming Vegas Golden Knights and the 2017 Expansion Draft. The expansion draft added more depth to the trade deadline this season and expanded the significance, since acquiring and trading players may change the dynamic of management’s intentions of who to protect and...
Flyers Have Mixed Trade Deadline
March 2nd, 2017 Before the NHL trade deadline, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said his team would not be buyers. It turned out the Flyers would be a mix of things in their deadline day moves. Incidentally, the reviews for the moves the team made are also mixed. Philadelphia made one trade involving Mark Streit and Valtteri Filppula...
