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The Philadelphia Flyers’ roster is currently absent defensemen Chris Pronger, Nicklas Grossmann, Braydon Coburn, Andrej Meszaros, Marc-Andre Bourdon and Matt Walker.
You can now add Kimmo Timonen to that list, as he did not return to the ice after taking his fourth shift of the third period in the Flyers’ 5-3 victory over the Toronto Maple [...]
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“The guys want it. You can see it. You can talk about the battle and the compete. That’s how they’re playing… they sense it. They believe. There’s hope. Those are some powerful things.”
That quote came from Todd Richards, head coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets, courtesy of Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch.
The Blue Jackets [...]
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It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that has watched the Philadelphia Flyers over the last two fifteen months that their defensive core needs improvement.
Two names that have been regularly linked to the Philadelphia Flyers in trade talks are defensemen Dustin Byfuglien and Jay Bouwmeester. Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun is the latest reporter to address [...]
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The Philadelphia Flyers have officially reached the halfway mark of the 2013 NHL season.
The team was looking for its third win in a row tonight against the New York Rangers, which would have been the first time all season that they had accomplished this feat.
Instead, an overall sloppy and disorganized effort was on display and [...]
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The Philadelphia Flyers had another chance of breaking even in the standings if they could grind out a win against the Toronto Maple Leafs this evening, but a handful of mistakes in a tightly contested 4-2 loss cost them another valuable two points as the 2013 NHL season draws closer to the halfway mark.
The Flyers [...]
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Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen took 13 shifts in the first period on Friday night, as the Flyers took on the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center.
He skated nine shifts in the second period before heading to the locker room. He never returned to the bench for the remainder of the game, as the [...]
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The Philadelphia Flyers desperately needed to grind out a win against the Winnipeg Jets this evening after stumbling the night before in Toronto.
It wasn’t just a matter of earning another two points (though that is obviously the bottom line). If they were to drop two in a row at the beginning of this latest road [...]
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“Eklund” of HockeyBuzz posted this evening that Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen would be re-signed to a one-year extension, according to a text from a teammate.
The news was met with derision, and a handful of Flyers beat writers released non-committal statements from general manager Paul Holmgren that denied he had been extended “at this time.”
Once enough time [...]
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The silver lining of the Philadelphia Flyers’ season to date is that Ilya Bryzgalov has performed like a confident starting goaltender should. He ranks 8th in the NHL in goals-against-average among goaltenders with at least four games played.
It’s a shame that the offense can’t support his efforts.
There was optimism heading into tonight’s game against the [...]
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One of the major sticking points by the NHL during the collective bargaining negotiations with the NHLPA is that the players need to take immediate cuts in salary. Assuming that the “make whole” provision proposed by the NHL to pay back the money owed to the players on existing contracts is accepted, then the current [...]
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