All Entries Tagged With: "Jeff Carter"
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, [...]
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 [...]
Jeff Carter: Sniper Having a Stellar Season For Orange and Black
If you’re following the NHL in 2010-11, you’re hearing about the stellar years that Steven Stamkos, Sidney Crosby, and Daniel Sedin are having. Sedin leads the league with 69 points while Stamkos is the league leader in goals (39) and is second to Sedin in points (68). Crosby is second in goals (32), third in [...]
Predators Fall 3-2 in a Phrustrating Loss to Philly
The Nashville Predators battled the Philadelphia Flyers, the Eastern Conference points leader skate to skate before falling 3-2 at the Wells Fargo Center on a late goal by Ville Leino. This is the fourth straight loss for the Predators. The Flyers opened with Sergei Bobrovsky in net while the Predators started Anders Lindback. Once again, [...]
The race for the Frank Selke Trophy (Best defensive forward)
One third into the 2010-11 NHL season, let’s have a look at the best defensive forwards in the league this year. I have compiled a list of the best 20 players that should be considered for this prestigious, yet underrated award. Past winners since 2000-2001: 2000–01 John Madden New Jersey Devils C 2001–02 Michael Peca [...]
The longest contracts in NHL history
The new deal Ilya Kovalchuk signed earlier this summer with the New Jersey Devils is an incredible 15-year contract worth $100 million US, for a cap hit of $6.67 million, that will keep the Russian sniper in the Devils’ uniform until his 42th birthday. It’s not the first time a contract is that long in [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Lyle Shoots Down The Possibility Of A “Ryan-for-Carter” Swap.
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Kovalchuk, Gagne And The Salary Cap Tango
Kovalchuk holding up Gagne trade? Flyers interested in the Russian Sniper? Is Kovalchuk just waiting to see where LeBron and Wade go?
DAILY RUMORS: Picking Apart a Couple of Jeff Carter Trade Suggestions from the Courier Post
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Lyle Richardson Revisits The Carter For Price Rumor
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Off Season Thoughts: Does a Jeff Carter/ Carey Price Trade Make Sense?
I’m asking you to play armchair GM. A Carter for Price deal seems like it could help both teams. What would it take to get done?
ZerOle!
The Philadelphia Flyers are one win away from a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals. Fans of the Orange and Black should put their celebration caps on, right? Hold your britches. Let’s hop aboard the DeLorean and take a trip back to the 2000 Eastern Conference playoffs. Philadelphia comes storming back in their second round [...]
Key injuries could seal Flyers’ fate in next round
First, it was Simon Gagne. Then, it was Jeff Carter. Yesterday, add Ian Laperriere to that lengthy injury list for the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers were informed yesterday by doctors that Laperriere had suffered a mild concussion and a brain contusion to go along with his already broken orbital bone as a result of blocking [...]
Flyers take command of series with 4-1 beatdown of Devils, Carter and Gagne hurt
Getty Images Win, but at what cost? Both Simon Gagne and Carter were injured during the course of the Flyers 4-1 win. Gagne suffered a fractured toe after being struck with the puck twice in the second period. GM Paul Holmgren stated Wednesday morning that both Carter and Gagne will not be available for Thurs game 5 in [...]
Get Carter… the one I know anyway
The Flyers fought valiantly tonight, as the score reflected. 4-3, ah! What a heartbreaker, Carter with less than a minute to go with the puck on his stick seemed like the perfect set up. This my friends, only to be let down by again the failing graphite that has become too familiar, leading to the [...]
So, You Need A Bandwagon?: Eastern Conference
Ah, the brutal pain of realizing your favorite team won’t be competing for Lord Stanley’s hardware. For some it’s more bitter than others when your club was a single point out of the top eight or are left out due to the inevitable injury bug. For others, just wondering the direction of your franchise can [...]
Flyers’ Carter out 3-4 weeks with broken foot
When things can’t get any worse for the Flyers after losing their home-and-home series against Atlanta, they find out the next day their most elite scorer will miss 3-4 with a non-displaced fracture in his foot. That would be Jeff Carter. Carter who leads the Flyers in goals and points will miss the next 3-4 [...]
