The Philadelphia Flyers are already in a lousy situation against the New Jersey Devils. They are down 3-1 in the series, but it’s much worse than that. The Devils are killing the Flyers in most aspects of hockey. The Flyers can’t even carry it out of their own zone without a huge fight. And Game [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have gotten a ton of contributions from rookies this season. Guys like Matt Read, Braydon Schenn and Sean Couturier have all been phenomenal this year. Couturier, in particular, has been just insane on defense. Not many 19-year old kids are told to shut down Evgeni Malkin…and then are able to go out [...]
New Jersey Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk missed the team’s Game 2 victory on Tuesday night with a back issue. It probably helped the team win considering he was so god awful on defense in Game 1. But, on Thursday, he says he’s healthy and ready for Thursday’s Game 3, which will be played on Thursday [...]
We first saw this on our buddy Cleveland’s Facebook page. He went to Game 1 of the series between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New Jersey Devils. When I saw this picture, I just thought “that guy has some balls.” If you haven’t figured it out, No. 17 Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers is black. [...]
As if the defense of the Philadelphia Flyers just couldn’t get worse after they gave up 10 goals on Wednesday night to the Pittsburgh Penguins, they will now be without yet another key defensman. Nicklas Grossman was hit in the head twice in Game 4 and will miss Game 5 with a concussion. This means [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have some concerns heading into their playoff series with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Will Ilya Bryzgalov continue his stellar play in net? Will they get healthy quick enough? Can they minimize the defensive breakdowns? Well, they got a bit of good news today when they found out that defensman Nicklas Grossman will be [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have been playing very well lately, but that doesn’t mean they should have been looking forward to this weekend’s pair of games. Saturday afternoon, they had to take on the Boston Bruins, who seem to own them. Their reward for losing a tight game in a shootout to the B’s was to [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have had an up-and-down season. At times, they could choke you out and look like they’d never lose another game ever. Other times, they’ve showed poor defense combined with awful goaltending, which….yeah, you can imagine how that turned out. But, the one constant seems to be injuries. They have them. A lot. [...]
After a great start to the 2011-12 season, the Philadelphia Flyers have fizzled as of late. Injuries have taken a toll and their poor defense has done nothing to hide their erratic (at best) goaltending. But they recently traded for defensman Niklas Grossman and apparently they don’t think that solved the problem. They just sent [...]
Philadelphia Flyers budding young star James van Riemsdyk hasn’t played hockey since January 14th. He was concussed during a game and it doesn’t sound like he’s any closer to returning. According to beat writer Sam Carchidi, JVR still feels like he’s in a fog in terms of his mental state. “JVR , battling post-concussion syndrome, [...]
Last night there were a series of trade rumors that cropped up involving the Philadelphia Flyers’ James van Riemsdyk. With Chris Pronger out for the season and the defense not exactly keeping their goalies clean, the Flyers could use some help in the back. It was floated that GM Paul Holmgren would be speaking with [...]
Jaromir Jagr has flat-out been one of the best players on the Philadelphia Flyers this season. He’s got 12 goals and 31 points in 33 games and has been absolute dynamite with Claude Giroux. So, when he gingerly walked off the ice during the Winter Classic, Flyers fans weren’t thrilled. He’ll be 40-years old in [...]
You thought Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was mum on injuries? He might have nothing on the Philadelphia Flyers. We kept hearing how defensman Chris Pronger has been out with some mysterious illness. Now? They’re telling us that he will miss four weeks after undergoing knee surgery to clean out some loose bodies. So, was [...]
Wednesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers skate with the mighty and powerful New York Islanders. And they’ll be getting some much needed help as they try to slay the behemoth. Coming back to the lineup are winger Jaromir Jagr (groin) and defensman Braydon Coburn (bruised kidney). “I’m glad I’m back, that’s the important thing,” Jagr said. [...]
So, the Philadelphia Flyers played an exhibition game against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night in London, Ontario. The Flyers lost 4-3 in a shootout, but that’s not the real story. The real story is that when Wayne Simmonds, a black guy, skated in for his penalty shot attempt, a fan threw a banana [...]
Free agency is not over. There are still several players available that can come in and help the Philadelphia Eagles. However, as I sit here on Friday morning, I can’t help but feel the Eagles have misplayed their hand. In poker, you can slow play pocket kings through the entire hand and probably come out [...]
The Florida Panthers just signed big defensman Ed Jovanovski to a four-year, $16.5 million contract today. At 35-years old and coming off of a 14-point season, we aren’t so sure exactly what he’s going to contribute to the club unless he’s a hilarious locker room prankster who really enjoys keeping the team loose. They are [...]
This would have been great news for Philadelphia Flyers fans just 10 years ago. But, since they just traded away Jeff Carter and Mike Richards, they needed to add some firepower in the front. Multiple sources are reporting that the Flyers have indeed signed Jaromir Jagr. Apparently, the Pittsburgh Penguins got fed up with his [...]
It was about a year ago that I sat in OTR’s very own, Micah Warren’s German luxury car (Volkswagen Jetta). We were headed to the range to hit some golf balls when I suggested an interesting, yet unlikely scenario. “The Eagles should make a move for Albert Haynesworth.” It was evident that this guy was [...]
A source tells OTR that Ilya Bryzgalov has a done deal with the Philadelphia Flyers. The problem is that they can’t announce it before July 1st because it would put them over the cap. And there has been much speculation about who could be dealt in order to make cap room. Jeff Carter? Mike Richards? [...]
A source close to the situation tells OTR that Ilya Bryzgalov has a deal in place with the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s not shocking since the Flyers traded a 2012 third-round pick, future considerations and forward Matt Clackson for the former Phoenix Coyote goalie. I don’t think anyone really believed that he would sign elsewhere as [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers may have finally added a goaltender! In case you didn’t notice, and judging by the ratings you didn’t, the Flyers had awful netminding in the playoffs this year (and end of the regular season). Brian Boucher might start, but Sergei Bobrovsky would finish the game. Or vice versa. Or maybe Michael Leighton [...]
Dan Carcillo’s main job for the Philadelphia Flyers is to be an obnoxious agitator, who gets his hands dirty and does a lot of the unpopular stuff (in theory while avoiding penalties). Apparently, it’s one thing to direct your ire towards the opposing team, just don’t direct it towards the officials. And that’s what Carcillo [...]
Last year, the Philadelphia Flyers made a magical run through the post-season. They came back from a 3-0 deficit in Game 7 against the Boston Bruins in the second round, after coming back from 3-0 in that series. They ended up making it to Game 6 of the Stanley Cup, where they lost to the [...]
Most observers of the Philadelphia Flyers didn’t expect to hear Michael Leighton’s name come up in this year’s playoffs unless there was an injury or both Brian Boucher and Sergei Bobrovsky took huge collective dumps in their crease. While Bobrovsky certainly hasn’t embarrassed himself through two games, he did get yanked in Game 2 and [...]
