Playoff Hockey Beginning in February
I broke down the regular season into “test” periods last month- sequences of games that would be challenging for the Flyers and good markers by which to judge whether or not they had shirked the
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Giroux, Carter and Zherdev Carry Flyers Against Some Team from West
Apparently the Chicago Blackhawks are supposed to matter to the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2010-11 season because of the heartbreaking loss during the Stanley Cup Finals last season, if you watched any of today’s 4-1
Read MoreFlyers and Senators Reunite for Another Slugfest
“This is why you keep Jody Shelley on the ice.” That was Keith Jones, speaking about Shelley’s physical presence on the powerplay in the last five minutes of tonight’s 6-2 stomping of the Ottawa Senators.
Read MoreCoburn, Meszaros Lead Flyers to Close Win Against Capitals
The Washington Capitals haven’t been the force of reckoning this season that many had expected them to be after winning the 2009-2010 President’s Trophy, and yet the Philadelphia Flyers can’t seem to wrap things up
Read MoreZherdev Finds New Friends as Flyers Topple Canadiens 5-3
It wasn’t long ago that I tried to weigh the pros and cons of trading Nikolay Zherdev. Even though he hadn’t appeared to find a comfortable place with the team, it just made more sense
Read MoreRichards, JVR Lift Flyers Over Bruins 2-1
Mike Richards seems to be enjoying waiting to the last second to secure wins these days. With three seconds left in overtime, Mike Richards jumped out of the defensive zone, grabbed a loose puck and
Read MoreEverything Old is New Again: Flyers Penalty Kill Back to 2009 Form
This post is coming a day later than I anticipated, but a tryptophan-induced coma made forming complete sentences difficult. First off, I just want to give thanks to Micah Warren and Gary Cobb for giving
Read MoreContracts for Everyone! Flyers Ink Carter to Extension
It wasn’t my intention of inundating the site with the Flyers this weekend, but the future of the franchise just got a little bit clearer today as the organization inked center Jeff Carter to an
Read MoreFlyers Follow Time Off With Annihilation of Hurricanes
For the sake of brevity, I’ll be boiling down my thoughts after Flyers games into more concise points. With Claude Giroux's contract extension signed, sealed, and delivered, the Flyers need to focus next on locking up
Read MoreGiroux Signs Cap Friendly Three-Year Extension
In a week that was expected to be full of fluff pieces about the Flyers’ golfing trip to North Carolina, it was announced today by TSN that future superstar Claude Giroux has signed a three-year
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