All Entries Tagged With: "James van Riemsdyk"
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 [...]
Jagr Shines As Philly Flies By Red Wings 3-1
For those who thought that Jaromir Jagr’s tank was on ‘E’ after he left the KHL and signed with Philadelphia, think again. The Flyers’ right winger scored the go-ahead goal and added an assist as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers skated past the Red Wings 3-1 at the Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings scored first [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trade analysis: Versteeg lands in Philadelphia
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded forward Kris Versteeg to the Philadelphia Flyers for a first and a third-round draft pick, both in 2011. Brian Burke is the most active general manager so far in 2011, trading rearguard Francois Beauchemin to the Anaheim Ducks earlier this month in exchange for Joffrey Lupul and prospect Jake [...]
Second period helps Flyers snap 16-game losing streak at The Joe
Coming into Sunday evening’s affair with the Red Wings, the Philadelphia Flyers hadn’t won a game in Detroit since 1988—two years before I was born. A 16-games losing (0-14-2) streak at the Joe Louis Arena was in tact. That changed. Second period goals by James van Riemsdyk, Dan Carcillo and Scott Hartnell propelled the Flyers [...]
For the Flyers, moving Nik Zherdev may be the best option
For the first time since he suffered a sprained knee against Ottawa last month, Dan Carcillo returned to the lineup in the Flyers 2-1 overtime win in Boston Saturday night. To clear the way for Carcillo’s return, coach Peter Laviolette made Nikolay Zherdev a healthy scratch for the third time this season. Zherdev was signed [...]
Richards, Subban disappoints as Flyers beat Canadiens
Coming into Monday night’s game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens, much had been made of the blossoming rivalry between Flyers’ captain Mike Richards and Canadiens’ rookie PK Subban. In a post game interview following a 3-0 loss to Montreal last Tuesday, Richards had some harsh comments about the multi-talented Subban. “He’s a guy [...]
Would a trip to the AHL do JVR any good?
After coming into training camp with six more pounds of muscle, James van Riemsdyk has been a huge disappointment for the Philadelphia Flyers in the first quarter of the 2010-11 season. van Riemsdyk, who was selected with the second overall pick in 2007 by the orange and black, has yet to register his first goal [...]
The Montreal Canadiens Must Trade Carey Price & Keep Jaroslav Halak
Halak or Price? This question has been on the lips of every Canadiens fan and every journalist in Montreal since the start of the season. With young goaltenders Jaroslav Halak and Carey Price both about to become restricted free agents (RFA) at season’s end and the Canadiens being very up tight against the salary cap [...]
Candidates for Team USA’s roster for Vancouver 2010
Brian Burke, Team USA’s GM, is planning on making the announcement of USA’s final roster on January 1st, 2010, during the Winter Classic. Burke will name his 23 man roster at Fenway Park, during the Flyers vs. Bruins game. Below you will find the three groupings for the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament: GROUP A: Canada, [...]
Markov back this week, Halak rumors heating up
Canadiens’ all-star defenseman Andrei Markov is very close to a return from the lacerated tendons in his right leg he suffered in the first game of the season in Toronto. The original prognosis was estimating a February return, but his recovery has gone much quicker than expected. However, you can’t blame the Habs’ medical staff [...]
Practice What You Preach
In the early 3rd period of Saturday night’s Flyers game against the Atlanta Thrashers, Colby Armstrong laid a shoulder check into Philadelphia forward James van Riemsdyk (JVR). Armstrong would get a five minute major for Charging and an additional five minutes for Fighting with Flyers goon Arron Asham immediately after the hit. It was a [...]
NHL Quarter Season Hardware Distribution Part 2
On Monday I started to look at which players would win themselves some shiny new hardware for their trophy room if the season was ending today. Part one included a look at the Hart Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the player adjudged most valuable to his team, and the Norris Trophy, given to the [...]
Flyers Spend Weekend Treading Water
Just a series of quick hits and thoughts from the Flyers weekend, games against Florida and San Jose and the Mike Richards hit.