Posts About "Sean Couturier"
Flyers Have Options for Captain if Giroux Leaves
December 23rd, 2020 Claude Giroux is about to begin his ninth-straight season as the Philadelphia Flyers captain when the 2020-21 season begins next month. He will remarkably match Hall of Famer and franchise icon Bobby Clarke for the most years wearing the 'C' on his jersey. The feat is even more impressive when you consider Clarke served for only...
Projecting the Flyers' 2020-21 Opening Night Lineup
November 20th, 2020 Unsurprisingly, the Philadelphia Flyers have been one of the NHL's quietest teams throughout the offseason and, especially, during the majority of free agency. To this point, Matt Niskanen's sudden retirement has probably been the most significant piece of news that's come out of Philadelphia since their 2019-20 season came to an end....
Flyers' 3 Best Contracts for 2021
November 10th, 2020 Entering the 2020 offseason, the priorities of the Philadelphia Flyers and general manager Chuck Fletcher started and ended with re-signing some key free agents while staying under the flat, $81.5 million cap limit. https://twitter.com/JHallNBCS/status/1317122100726030337 To this point, they've handled their contract needs...
Flyers' Sean Couturier Earns First Career Selke Trophy
September 11th, 2020 Flyers fans rejoice. After several years of legitimate consideration and a second place finish in 2018, Sean Couturier has finally won his first Frank J. Selke Trophy. https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1304207374580940802 It's been quite some time since a Flyer brought home any kind of personal hardware. The last to do so was Ian...
5 Takeaways from the Flyers' Exhibition Win Over Penguins
July 31st, 2020 After nearly 140 days since the NHL season was paused, hockey officially made its return Tuesday afternoon. The Flyers kicked off the NHL's return to play with an exhibition tilt with the Pittsburgh Penguins. https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/1288180769748221957 These exhibition games are more of an opportunity for both...
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...
The First Jeff Carter Trade Revisited
May 6th, 2020 From Philadelphia to Los Angeles, Jeff Carter’s had a quietly successful career at the NHL level. He broke into the league at the age of 21 with the Philadelphia Flyers who drafted him 11th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Carter spent six seasons with the Flyers following his debut season scoring 181 goals and 343 points in...
Flyers' Top Individual Performances From 2019-20 Season
May 2nd, 2020 The Philadelphia Flyers might not have another game this season. That would be especially disappointing given how well the team had been playing. Unsurprisingly, there was no shortage of strong individual Flyer performances in such a strong season. While, we await the future of this season, let's look back at the top forward, defense...
Flyers' 2019-20 MVP Candidates
April 23rd, 2020 The spread of COVID-19 forced the NHL to put its season on hold beginning on March 12. At the time of the shutdown, no team in the NHL was as hot as the Philadelphia Flyers. They had won nine of their last ten games and seemed poised for a lengthy playoff run. With the fate of their most successful season in the last decade hanging in...
Flyers Finally Flirting with NHL Awards
March 7th, 2020 The success of the Philadelphia Flyers this season is obvious and apparent. It's real, it's unavoidable, and frankly, it's a lot of fun to watch. There's a multitude of things behind the Flyers' newfound secret to success and they've all helped create one of the best Flyers teams we've seen in recent memory. Although the Flyers...
Couturier, Laughton Help Flyers Rout Red Wings 6-1
November 29th, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — Sean Couturier shot things started for the Philadelphia Flyers. Couturier and Scott Laughton each had a goal and an assist and Philadelphia beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 on Friday for their third straight victory. Kevin Hayes, Oskar Lindblom, Shayne Gostisbehere and James van Riemsdyk also scored and Jakub...
Sean Couturier Scores in OT, Flyers Beat Canadiens 3-2
November 7th, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — Sean Couturier flipped a shot from the slot that trickled past a surprised Carey Price just 55 seconds into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Price had been fantastic in regulation but somehow let the first shot of OT slip past him. He was stunned...
Couturier, Konecny Lift Flyers over Hurricanes 4-1
November 5th, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny scored the tiebreaker early in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night. Claude Giroux and Joel Farabee also scored, and Matt Niskanen had two assists for Philadelphia. Carter Hart made 33 saves. Lucas...
