It’s become a cliché over the last few seasons, but afternoon starts have not fared well for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Today was no different, as the Flyers came to the Wells Fargo Center unprepared to play and could not keep their emotions in check until the New Jersey Devils had already lit the lamp six times.
Rookie [...]
For all the talk lately about what trades the Flyers should or shouldn’t make, it’s worth crediting Paul Holmgren for bringing Wayne Simmonds to Philadelphia this offseason because he just had one heck of a game against the Nashville Predators, who fell 4-1 to the Flyers this evening.
Simmonds had his first two-goal game with the [...]
It wasn’t the trade that many Flyers fans have been eagerly waiting, butthe organization announced late this afterrnoon that they have traded defenseman Kevin Marshall to the Washington Capitals for forward Matt Ford.
Marshall, 22, played ten games with the Flyers earlier this season where he registered zero points. He was drafted by the organization in [...]
Darren Dreger, James Duthie and Pierre LeBrun spoke quite a bit tonight about the Flyers on Insider Trading on TSN. With Tim Gleason signing a four year, $16 million extension with the Carolina Hurricanes, the trade options at the Flyers’ disposal have now shifted.
The trio suggested the Flyers could pursue Ryan Suter of the Nashville Predators [...]
Mike Richards became captain of the Philadelphia Flyers at age 23.
At the time, Richards had finished his third season with the Flyers following an incredible run to the Eastern Conference Finals that saw him net seven goals and fourteen points in seventeen playoff games before falling to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Prior to that, Richards had been [...]
The 2011-12 NHL season is long from over, but as the schedule quieted down in the past few days with the All Star Break, I thought I would touch on an idea that has been percolating in my head for a few months.
The NHL began the tradition of opening the regular season in Europe on [...]
The Flyers kept the same line-up from Sunday against the Florida Panthers in their final game before the All Star break except for one notable change- Sergei Bobrovsky received the nod to start in net.
Bob made 23 saves on 25 shots through regulation and stopped all three attempts in a shootout to secure two points [...]
The NHL announced today that Scott Hartnell has been tagged to replace the injured Jonathan Toews at the 2012 NHL All Star Game in Ottawa. Hartnell currently leads the league with thirteen powerplay goals and is in 5th place for scoring with 25 goals.
Hartnell and the rest of the Flyers have been very vocal about [...]
As the NHL trade deadline approaches, there has been much talk that the Flyers are holding out to see what happens in Nashville.
Defenseman Shea Weber, currently on a one-year $7.5 million contract, is set to be a restricted free agent in the summer. Defenseman Ryan Suter is set to be an unrestricted free agent. Having [...]
The Flyers entered this afternoon’s game against the Boston Bruins with a total of eight rookies in the line-up as a result of injuries yesterday to Jaromir Jagr and Danny Briere. The team could have easily used the injuries as an excuse for not playing up to the level of talent that the Bruins boast, [...]
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