Posts About "Samuel Morin"
2013 NHL Entry Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
September 20th, 2019 From feted to forgotten, in just over five years. The 2013 NHL Entry Draft in Newark, New Jersey is notable for producing plenty of players who either just becoming or are firmly entrenched as impact players in their primes, and for being the first draft in which all non-playoff qualifying teams had a chance of snagging the overall...
Flyers' Playoff Dreams Dead So Morin & Talbot Deserve a Look
March 25th, 2019 The playoff dream is officially dead. The Philadelphia Flyers have six games left and are eight points back of the Montreal Canadiens, the final wild card team. No matter what the players say in post-game interviews about things not being over, a mediocre two-week stretch (capped off with a pair of losses last weekend) completely doomed...
The Other Two: Morin, Myers and the Future of the Flyers’ Defense
January 16th, 2019 A few seasons ago, the Philadelpia Flyers fan mantra was: “The defense may be a patchwork now, but in a few years, watch out!” Sometime in the future, they held, a deep arsenal of unique Flyers defensive prospects would vault the team back to relevance and contention. Former general manager Ron Hextall and his predecessor (slash...
Flyers Season in Review: Wild West November
May 16th, 2018 The 2017-18 Philadelphia Flyers was a roller-coaster ride that ended with their second postseason berth in the last three years. The season was filled with great moments, goals, saves and players' performances. Over the next couple of weeks, The Hockey Writers, will take a deep look at each month of action. We will break down what...
Providence Bruins Ready For Playoff Battle
April 20th, 2018 With 12 games remaining in the regular season, it looked like the Providence Bruins were set to play the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs. The P-Bruins had a game in hand and a four-point lead on the Charlotte Checkers. The first-place Lehigh Valley Phantoms, one of the league’s best all...
The Great Wall of Philly – Samuel Morin
February 3rd, 2018 When the Philadelphia Flyers stepped up to the podium and selected six-foot-six defenseman Samuel Morin from the Rimouski Oceanic at 11th overall in 2013, there were some mixed reviews. Some people immediately thought Chris Pronger 2.0, while others were left scratching their heads. If you look at his makeup, standing nearly seven...
