According to TSN, the NHL will approve the revised contract between free agent superstar Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils. The original (and unprecedented) 17-year contract that the league rejected is now a 15-year deal worth $100 million. Ironically, Kovy will have a $6.66 million cap hit. The league has been scrambling in [...]
Earlier this morning, Tim Panaccio of CSN tweeted that former Pittsburgh Penguin right winger Bill Guerin was “working out in Flyer attire. Tells CSNPhilly.com he hopes to get tryout offer.” It figures that this news came right after I posted that the Flyers were unlikely to alter the roster before training camp, but I [...]
As the days and weeks wind down before training camp opens in September, the list of available free agents begins to dwindle down to the underachievers, injury question marks, over-the-hill veterans and occasional diamonds in the rough.
It was announced today that forward Lee Stempniak signed with the Phoenix Coyotes and left winger Tim [...]
The Flyers announced last Wednesday that they signed defensemen Logan Stephenson, Jesse Dudas, and goaltender Nicola Riopel to AHL contracts.
Dudas was at the Prospect Camp in July on a tryout basis and will finally be making the jump to the AHL, after seasons in the WHL, ECHL, IHL, and CHL leagues. Credit [...]
The New Jersey Devils held a press conference yesterday where the organization announced that their AHL farm team, the Albany Devils (formerly the Lowell Devils), will play four games at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City next season while their ECHL team, the Trenton Devils, will play one game. Boardwalk Hall was the former home [...]
The Flyers are currently stacked with able centermen in captain Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Danny Briere, Claude Giroux, and Blair Betts. Briere was signed in 2007 to be the first line center of the future, but to the Flyers luck, Richards and Carter have developed into first line centers themselves.
This has forced Briere [...]
It was reported earlier this weekend by Tim McManus of The Post-Star that the Flyers signed defenseman J.P. Testwuide to an AHL contract, adding further defensive depth to the Phantoms’ roster. Testwuide, 27, played in 58 regular season games for the Houston Aeros this past season. He notched two goals, six assists and 111 penalty [...]
According to TSN, the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed former Flyer Arron Asham to a one-year, $700,000 contract. Asham was a healthy scratch for the Flyers during the beginning of the season but broke into the line-up shortly after. He spent the latter half of the season on the third line with James VanRiemsdyk [...]
Much has been made of the Philadelphia Flyers off-season signing of Ukrainian right winger Nikolai Zherdev. The length and cap hit are favorable for a regular 25-goal scorer (1 year, $2 million), but his reputation for poor work ethic and weak defensive play add a risky x-factor. Another consideration of this signing is [...]
My final look at the Flyers of the Swedish Elitserien looks at former Flyer Mika Pyörälä and current prospects Mario Kempe and Simon Bertilsson.
Pyörälä was signed by the Flyers last July to add cheap offensive depth to their system and managed to win a spot on the starting roster thanks to an impressive preseason debut. [...]
