All Entries in the "Philadelphia Flyers" Category
Mike Richards – ‘Laperriere guided me in the right direction’
It’s only been a few months since an earthquake-like rumbling was felt around the National Hockey League, as the Philadelphia Flyers traded away two of their most important players. From the moment he joined the Los Angeles Kings, Mike Richards has been asked a lot of questions about his now former teammate and best friend, [...]
For Flyers, Braydon Coburn needs to be more consistent
The Philadelphia Flyers acquired Braydon Coburn from the Atlanta Thrashers at the trade deadline during their much forgotten 2006-07 season in exchange for veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik. A trade that was supposed to benefit both teams turned out to be one of the most lopsided deals in recent history. Zhitnik was acquired to help Atlanta [...]
Captain Material: Who will be the next Flyers captain?
In an interview with Pavel Lysenkov of Sovetsky Sport, Philadelphia Flyers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky was asked if Chris Pronger was the “real captain” in the Flyers locker room last year despite the fact that Mike Richards sported the “C” on his sweater. Bobrovsky said “it all depends. The team didn’t have a rule that only [...]
Jakub Voracek should have bigger role with Flyers
Acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets in a package that sent Jeff Carter to Ohio, Jakub Voracek has a chance to take his game to the next level with the Philadelphia Flyers this coming season. Voracek, who was a restricted free agent at the time of the trade, re-signed with the Flyers on a one-year [...]
Flyers invite Michael Nylander to training camp
Twitter has become a great source for sports news in the past year, and the Philadelphia Flyers have been putting it to great use. On Wednesday, the Flyers announced that veteran free agent center Michael Nylander will attend the team’s training camp in September on a professional tryout contract. Nylander, who will turn 39 in [...]
Carcillo takes stab at Philly media, but comments are fair
In an one-one-one interview with the Chicago Tribune’s Adam Jahns on Tuesday, the newest Chicago Blackhawks goon Dan Carcillo had some harsh words about the media of the city he used to call home. When asked if the Philadelphia media is as tough as they say, Carcillo said “Yeah. It’s ridiculous. . . . If you lose, [...]
Flyers could benefit from adding Chris Drury
The Philadelphia Flyers have made their fair share of headlines during the offseason. With the acquisition of goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, trading away Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, and handing the team over to budding young stars Claude Giroux and James van Riemsdyk. Not to mention signing quite possibly the greatest European hockey player in league [...]
LA Kings Stoll, Martinez on sending Wayne Simmonds to Flyers
Martinez and Simmonds (photo: K. Spatz) During a conversation with coach Terry Murray just a few days after the Kings were eliminated from the playoffs, he acknowledged that Wayne Simmonds “hit a bit of a wall” last season. It wasn’t that surprising of a statement from the coach though. After all, Simmonds saw his goals, [...]
Finally: Blue Jackets Offseason Brings #1 Center
The Blue Jackets have a number one center. Just let that sink in for a second. It takes some getting used to. Scott Howson traded fan-favorite winger Jakub Voracek, first and third round draft picks, for perennial goal scoring center Jeff Carter. Then, after trading for his rights, Howson landed free agent defenseman James Wisniewski [...]
Jaromir Jagr: His time. His terms. His way.
In the end, we all forgot that fixating one’s mind on Jaromir Jagr is like fixating one’s eyes on the sun. It’s a pleasing sight at first, but after a while, it’s bad for one’s optical health. Although Pittsburgh offered a 1 year deal believed to be worth $2-million, Jagr signed a $3.3-million, 1 year contract with the Philadelphia [...]
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Hockey Independent mock draft part 1
With the NHL Entry Draft looming I decided to organize a mock draft with several of HI’s writers to give you an idea of what tonight’s entry draft could look. Participants: Fred Poulin, Cris Cohen, Lawrence Duchenski, John Scott Moore, Jeremy Scriven, Alexander Monaghan, Jamie Fraser, Andre Garabedian, WB Philp, Al Cimaglia, Adrian Fung, Gordon [...]
Nick Giglia’s 2011 Mock Draft: The Swami Speaks
This year, once again with the assistance of my good friend Andrew R (and some Bitches Brew…..both the beer and the music), I sat down to do my NHL Mock Draft. As per usual, trades were considered, and by a phenomenal stroke of luck we called Carter to Columbus for Voracek and the [...]
Flyers Get The Wrong End Of The Broom
The Bruins closed strong and finished off my Flyers for the season 5-1, looking dominant for most of the series and still better than the Flyers even when Philly played its’ best hockey of the series in Game 2. The Flyers showed some signs of life off a Kris Versteeg goal in the 2nd period [...]
Bruins Put Flyers In 2-0 Hole With OT Win
My Flyers played a better game, jumped out to a two goal lead in the 1st but quickly gave it up and couldn’t get anything else past Boston goalie Tim Thomas and lost Game 2 3-2 in OT. James vanRiemsdyk, who was the best skater on the ice throughout, popped the first two in during [...]
Bruins Bury Flyers 7-3
Making shots and getting bounces often make the difference in close playoff games, and the Bruins got a flurry of bounces to put my Flyers as deep as four goals down and effectively closed out Game 1 taking it 7-3. Boston did just about everything right, especially taking full advantage on just about every chance [...]
Rematch! Flyers Face Bruins In Round 2
A comeback of epic proportions . . . . . . . probably isn’t going to happen again. My Flyers had to do too much coming back in the Buffalo series and the Bruins did enough lead blowing against the Habs to make both fan bases hope for some good back and forth, low scoring [...]
Flyers Polish Off Sabres 5-2 Finish The Series
Thank God it’s over! My Flyers played the way they were capable of, got bounces and made shots, chased Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller and polished off the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 in Game 7 of a back-and-forth series that was full of surprises. Philly won both the first and second periods tonight, dominating in the first [...]
Flyers Comeback Again Tie Series In OT
My Flyers overcame two 2-goal deficits and fought off an early end to the season thanks to an overtime goal by Ville Leino, beating the Sabres 5-4. The game started badly for the Flyers, with starting goalie Michael Leighton giving up three goals on the first eight shots, all of them arguably softies, before being [...]
Flyers Stage Comeback But Lose In OT to Buffalo
My Flyers had to be feeling good going into tonight’s game, but the Sabres won 4-3 in overtime after blowing a 3-0 lead they built up in the 1st. Brian Boucher gave up two softies to help put the Flyers in the hole with Tyler Ennis scoring from a bad angle and Thomas Vanek scoring [...]
