All Entries Tagged With: "Andrej Meszaros"
Five Deals That SHOULD Be Made Before The Deadline
As the late February NHL trading deadline approaches rumors have began to surface in every corner of the hockey world. From buyers to sellers and rentals, a plethora of deals always seem to be made this time of year. This year, as a few top-tier players are slated to become Unrestricted free agents at year’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Flyers Lose Game 3 In First Minute
Well, 63 seconds to be precise. Pucks keep going in for Boston, as Zdeno Chara and David Krejci, picking up where he left off in OT in Game 2, put two quick ones past Brian Boucher and the Bruins never looked back. They now take a 3-0 lead into Game 4, after winning tonight 5-1 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Miller Stones Flyers, Series Tied 2-2
My Flyers couldn’t finish again and lost 1-0, but unlike Game 1 where they lost by the same score, tonight they peppered Sabre goalie Ryan Miller with some great shots and he was able to stop every one of them. Jason Pominville scored the only goal of the game midway through the 1st due to [...]
Flyers Continue To Make Shots, Take 2-1 Series Lead
Good positioning around the net by winger and recent healthy scratch Nik Zherdev proved to be the difference as my Flyers win again, 4-2 over the Sabres. An energized Jeff Carter, popping one on the power play, and Danny Briere made quick wrist shots up high beating Ryan Miller and Buffalo got their scoring from [...]
Flyers Make Shots, Get Bounces Win Game 2
My Flyers bounced back, playing much closer to the game they need to, and beat the Sabres 5-4. Key to the Flyer victory was their centers outplayed Buffalo’s, Claude Giroux, going high and beating Ryan Miller, and Danny Briere knocking in a rebound. The top 3 Sabre centers were held scoreless, but Sabres left wing [...]
It’s my Flyers versus the Sabres . . . . again!
It’s my Flyers versus the Sabres . . . . again! This is their seventh meetup since 1995, (3-3 split going in) and I can honestly say none of the series have been very good. They’ve been walk-overs one way or the other, dull or painful. Easy first round wins or first round humiliating embarrassments, [...]
Giroux, Flyers handle Toronto for back-to-back wins
Without Chris Pronger in the lineup, the Philadelphia Flyers found a way to win back-to-back games for the first time in nine games as they escaped the ACC Centre with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night. Claude Giroux and his line contributed a goal and three assists while Brian Boucher stopped 27 of 29 shots [...]
Andrej Meszaros Quietly Making a Case for the Norris Trophy
Coming into the 2010-11 NHL season, hockey bloggers and writers around the puck universe made preseason predictions on just about every aspect of the game. Who’s going to win the Stanley Cup, who’s going to represent each conference in the Finals, will Henrik Sedin repeat as th Hart Memorial winner (awarded to the League’s most [...]
Chris Pronger cleared for light skating after CAT scan reveils healing
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren released an injury update for defenseman Chris Pronger, who has been out of action since mid-December with a broken first metatarsal bone in his right foot. Pronger underwent a CAT scan on Tuesday by Dr. Steve Raikin, and the results came back positive for the Flyers. Holmgren said that the [...]
Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger to miss 4-6 weeks
For the first time this season, the Philadelphia Flyers are going to have to handle some adversity. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren confirmed a TSN report that defenseman Chris Pronger will miss 4-6 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a broken first metatarsal bone in his right foot. Pronger suffered the injury in the second [...]
Lightning Win A Wild One
In the most entertaining game of the year, the Tampa Bay Lightning overcame three, two goal deficits and scored the last three goals of the game to down the Flyers 8-7 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The Bolts won for the second consecutive night after losing six of the previous seven games. It [...]
The 20 most overpaid NHLers making more than $3.5M per year
One month into the 2010-11 NHL season, it’s time to have a look at the most overpaid NHLers who don’t contribute as much as their team and the general manger who signed them would like. I have not included players whose contract is buried in the AHL or oversees such as Jeff Finger, Wade Redden, [...]
Lightning Could Use a Resolution on Ranger
As the Tampa Bay Lightning’s stabilizing summer continues, it seems as though one question mark after another gets washed away on a near daily basis. From Steve Yzerman’s appointment as general manager, to his magic act of shedding two bad contracts for lofty returns, to yesterday’s underrated depth signing of center Dominic Moore, need areas [...]