Posts About "Oskar Lindblom"
Flyers Steal Another Overtime Win to Force Game 7
September 4th, 2020 For a while, it looked like Oskar Lindblom's remarkable return to the ice would last for one game. His Philadelphia Flyers looked listless for long stretches on Thursday night, and they were heavily outshot by the New York Islanders. But Ivan Provorov's goal in double overtime lifted the Flyers to a 5-4 win in Game 6 and forced a...
Takeaways From Flyers' Deflating Game 4 Loss to Islanders
August 31st, 2020 The Philadelphia Flyers played arguably the most important game of their season Sunday night, looking to even their series with the New York Islanders. Related: How to Talk Like a Hockey Player All in all, it was one of the Flyers' best postseason performances outside of the Round-Robin. However, the night still ended with an...
Philadelphia Flyers 2014 Draft Revisited
August 27th, 2020 It is April 2014, and the Philadelphia Flyers are coming off a Game 7 first-round exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the New York Rangers. Fast forward two months, as first-year general manager Ron Hextall was set to tackle his first and biggest task yet with a Flyers team at a crossroads heading into the offseason. The team had...
Oskar Lindblom and Optimizing the Flyers' Lineup
August 21st, 2020 The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs are well underway and have been an overwhelming success. The Philadelphia Flyers are currently embroiled in a chippy series with the Montreal Canadiens, leading them 3-2. While the Flyers have had the better of the series so far, it has become evident that a bit of roster tweaking will be necessary for a...
Flyers Award Finalists Couturier, Lindblom & Vigneault in Good Company
July 23rd, 2020 The NHL officially announced all of this season's award finalists Tuesday morning with the release of the nominees for the Hart Trophy. In the past week, three members of the Philadelphia Flyers were named finalists for awards. Head coach Alain Vigneault earned his fifth career nomination for the Jack Adams award, Sean Couturier was...
Flyers' Lindblom Back on the Ice & It's Great to See
June 28th, 2020 Just over six months ago, Philadelphia Flyers' 23 year-old forward Oskar Lindblom was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that targets the bones and soft tissue around the bones, ending his 2019-20 season. The news of his diagnosis rocked the hockey world and especially the Flyers family. Oskar Lindblom,...
Philadelphia Flyers' Lack of Forward Depth Is a Serious Issue
January 15th, 2020 Entering the 2019-20 season, the Philadelphia Flyers' forward depth was initially considered one of the team's strengths. With a fully healthy roster, exciting forward prospects such as Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee were projected to spend the season with the American Hockey League's Lehigh Valley Phantoms, since the Flyers had such a...
Flyers Showing Resilience this Holiday Season
December 27th, 2019 The Philadelphia Flyers currently sit at 21-11-5, which is good for third in the Metropolitan Division and sixth in the league. This holiday freeze gives us a chance to look back over the 2019-20 NHL season and see how far this team has come. It has become extremely clear that the Flyers are their own holiday gift this year. A...
Flyers: Getting to Know Justin Braun
December 22nd, 2019 When Philadelphia Flyers management went into this past offseason, one of the top goals they wanted to accomplish was making sure they brought in some veteran leadership to help develop some of the younger talent. The emphasis on veteran leadership especially needed to be addressed with the defense, considering all of the young,...
Flyers Dedicate 4-1 Victory over Ducks to Lindblom
December 17th, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers honoured cancer-stricken teammate Oskar Lindblom and beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 Tuesday night behind goals by Claude Giroux, David Kase and Jake Voracek. The Flyers played their first home game since Lindblom was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a cancerous tumour that grows in the bones or in...
Flyers' Lindblom Out Rest of the Season with Rare Cancer
December 13th, 2019 Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom will miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a cancerous tumour that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones. The 23-year-old from Sweden had 11 goals and 18 points in 30 games this season. Lindblom has 30 goals in 134 career games over two-plus...
Flyers to Watch at the 2019 IIHF World Championship
May 14th, 2019 What's the one thing NHL players want after a long grinding season of playing hockey? More hockey, of course. The IIHF World Championship offers players who weren't fortunate enough to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, or were eliminated early, the opportunity to satisfy their thirst for more competition, while also representing...
4 Young Flyers That Are Sparking Team's Resurgence
March 15th, 2019 At this point in the Philadelphia Flyers season, a playoff chase is just an added bonus. While a season is never supposed to end in Philly after just 82 games, it’s hard to realistically expect a postseason appearance from a team that was in 31st place at the halfway point. But the team has moved itself into the fringes of the...
