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Streit Off a Cliff: Flyers Sign UFA Defenseman to New Deal

Josh Janet — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:32:17 +0000

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Tags: Danny Briere Ilya Bryzgalov Mark Streit

Darren Dreger of TSN has reported that the Philadelphia Flyers and unrestricted free agent defenseman Mark Streit have agreed on terms for a new contract worth $21 million over four years. That is not a typo. The contract can not be made official because teams are not allowed to exceed the salary cap by more than 10%, [...]

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Risks and Rewards of the Restricted Free Agent Offer Sheet

Josh Janet — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:03:14 +0000

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Tags: Nashville Predators Nicklas Hjalmarsson Shea Weber

In the NHL, there are two types of free agents. Those who are gonna get paid and those who are GONNA GET PAID (I’m looking at you, Bryan Bickell!). I kid, I kid… although the 2013 NHL lockout is going to look even more ridiculous this offseason once the next round of bloated contracts are signed (I’m, [...]

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Flyers Acquire Mark Streit, But At What Cost?

Josh Janet — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:11:30 +0000

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Tags: Kimmo Timonen Mark Streit New York Islanders Shane Harper

The Philadelphia Flyers announced this afternoon that they have acquired the rights to defenseman Mark Streit from the New York Islanders. Streit, 36, will be an unrestricted free agent if he and the Flyers can not come to an agreement before July 5. In exchange for their former captain, the Islanders received a fourth round pick [...]

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Jonathan Bernier Could Be on Flyers’ Radar

Josh Janet — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:53:38 +0000

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Tags: Brayden Schenn Jonathan Bernier Los Angeles Kings Matt Read Sean Couturier Sergei Bobrovsky

Bob McKenzie of TSN wrote on twitter yesterday, “It’s not carved in stone, but in spite of what has been said in past, I expect PHI is likely to use compliance buyout on Ilya Bryzgalov… Also, PHI is in market for D and may be willing to move one of their young centres – B [...]

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Low Risk, High Reward Depth Defensemen Available in Free Agency

Josh Janet — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:16:05 +0000

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Tags: Bobby Sanguinetti Erik Gustafsson Mike Kostka Sergei Gonchar Ty Wishart

The already sparse free agent market set to open on July 5 has just lost another defenseman. Sergei Gonchar, who was supposedly on the Philadelphia Flyers’ radar as a stopgap support on the blueline, has been signed to a two-year, $10 million contract by the Dallas Stars after they traded a 6th round draft pick to [...]

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Niittymaki Joins Flyers as Goalie Scout

Josh Janet — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:16:55 +0000

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Tags: Antero Niittymaki

The Philadelphia Flyers announced earlier today that former Flyer goaltender Antero Niittymaki has joined the organization as a European scout. Niittymaki, 32, was drafted 168th overall by the Flyers in 1998. He began his North American career with the Philadelphia Phantoms, helping them win the Calder Cup in 2005. He made his NHL debut on February [...]

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Can Untested Concussion-Healing Machine Help Bourdon, Pronger?

Josh Janet — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:32:09 +0000

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Tags: Adrian Dater Chris Pronger GyroStim Joey Hishon Marc-Andre Bourdon Sidney Crosby

It’s rare in medicine that a miracle cure or treatment will appear overnight for any given medical condition. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) monitors all drugs and medical procedures administered by licensed professionals in the health industry. Per the FDA web site, “Most drugs that undergo preclinical (animal) testing never even make [...]

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Future of Flyers Farm System Still Unknown After Raffl, Lamarche Signings

Josh Janet — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:52:47 +0000

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Tags: Maxim Lamarche Michael Raffl Mika Pyorala

I was asked not long ago who the Philadelphia Flyers had in their farm system that could step up in a season or two on defense. The best suggestions that I could offer were Erik Gustafsson, who has already played in 67 NHL games over the last three seasons, and Oliver Lauridsen. “Not what I wanted to [...]

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Gustafsson, Sweden Take Gold at World Championships

Josh Janet — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:32:42 +0000

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Tags: Cal Heeter Erik Gustafsson Oliver Lauridsen Team Sweden

Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds, Matt Read and Luke Schenn were four of the marquis players from the Philadelphia Flyers that participated in the 2013 IIHF World Championship. As members of Team Canada, none of them returned home with any hardware. It was defenseman Erik Gustafsson and Team Sweden who won the gold medal today, beating Team Switzerland [...]

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Thinking Flyers Goaltending, Two Steps Ahead

Josh Janet — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:08:23 +0000

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Tags: carey price Ilya Bryzgalov Jaroslav Halak Marc Andre Fleury Ray Emery Roberto Luongo Steve Mason

“When you’re winning here, there’s no better place to play. But when you’re not playing well here it’s definitely tough.” Carey Price knows all too well how difficult it is to be the starting goaltender in a big NHL market. Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 2005, he admitted in a recent interview on NHL.com that he’s [...]

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