The Philadelphia Flyers have cooled off quite a bit since their hot start this season. But, for whatever reason they have taken it to the Pittsburgh Penguins. And it stayed that way Friday night as they again told the Penguins to kick rocks after a 3-2 win. The bigger problem for the Penguins? Homeboy Evgeni [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers seem to be the new Phillies when talking about injuries. First, goalie Michael Leighton had some soreness in his back and he’d be okay. Then, he’d probably miss a month because it was a herniated disc. Now, he needs surgery and will be out 6-8 weeks, according to the team. “The pain [...]
Initially, we were told that the injury to Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Michael Leighton wasn’t that serious. He had some soreness in his back, but he was supposed to be alright. Now, we find out that he’s go a bulging disc and he’ll miss about a month. “We got a curveball thrown at us, too,” GM [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers had an amazing run through the playoffs and at times got some great goaltending from Brian Boucher and Michael Leighton. But, the bottom line is that they are backups who should not be starting on a team that has a Stanley Cup on the brain. So, one would think that if the [...]
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger was a huge reason the Flyers made a deep run into the Stanley Cup Finals. He shut opposing teams down like it was his job (it is his job). But at 35-years old, Pronger probably can’t handle 30 minutes of ice time for too much longer over the course of [...]
This is great. The main reason that the Philadelphia Flyers couldn’t conquer the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Finals was goal tending. Sure, the Blackhawks didn’t have great goal tending either (we aren’t huge Antti Niemi fans), but they had enough firepower elsewhere to take the Fly Guys down in six games. Well, maybe [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have continued their busy offseason today. Over the salary cap and in need of a salary dump, they have traded Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Matt Walker and a fourth-round pick. This gives the Lightning quite an attack with Gagne, Vincent Lacavalier, Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos. And [...]
Chris Pronger is apparently not very popular around the NHL. We never knew Pronger to be a dirty player, but for whatever reason, opposing players hate him. Especially the Chicago Blackhawks. Adam Burish gave a post-game interview right after the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup on the Flyers’ home ice and he was asked about [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year Stanley Cup drought in Philadelphia Wednesday night as they downed the Flyers 4-3 in overtime. Congratulations to the Blackhawks, they earned it. The Blackhawks eased their way into the Stanley Cup Finals for the most part. They stomped on team after team until they finally did the “hot knife [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers got stomped like a narc at a biker rally Sunday night against the Chicago Blackhawks and face a 3-2 deficit in the Stanley Cup Finals. The series comes back to Philadelphia Wednesday night as the Flyers look to take it to Game 7. But the bigger question is, what in the hell [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that Michael Leighton will start Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. “Leighton will start Game 6,” the Flyers tweeted. Leighton has been the starter ever since Brian Boucher went down during the Boston Bruins series. His numbers are filthy, but he is very scary to [...]
Philadelphia Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette had a short answer this morning when he was asked about his starting goaltender for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. “I don’t comment on lineups,” Laviolette said. Laviolette said that he’s already made up his mind who his starter will be for Game [...]
If you read the Chicago newspapers without knowing what’s happening in the Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers, you’d think that the Blackhawks were down three games to none and would be forced to play the rest of the series without a goalie. Words like “desperation” and “urgency” aren’t tough to [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have some super studs up on their front line, but so far in the Stanley Cup Finals against the Philadelphia Flyers, the group has been relatively quiet. The top line of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Dustin Byfuglien had been a powerhouse entering the Finals, but the big, physical Flyers defense has [...]
Many Philadelphia Flyers fans are excited about the play of Michael Leighton in net. Yes, he’s been pretty good, especially when you consider what would be expected out of a guy who was out of the NHL to start the year. But has he really been that good? Or could he be benefitting from a [...]
Ok, this is great. Thanks to Fooks for tipping us off on this one. We admit that we are in the tank for the Philadelphia Flyers, but this is hysterical. In Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals Monday night, the Philadelphia Flyers lost 2-1 to the Chicago Blackhawks to go down two games to [...]
It’s no secret that Philadelphia fans can be a bit different. Depending on who you speak to, it will vary as to what it is that makes them so different. But what you can’t argue is how much they care about their teams. And with the Flyers in the Stanley Cup, that passion manifests itself [...]
We post this knowing full well that it’s a pretty awful song. This dude sHERBS (it’s either him or his group, but we don’t really care) made a rap song about the Philadelphia Flyers. We would suspect that you’d have to be a pretty hardcore fan (and deaf) to really appreciate this song that we [...]
We just had to keep it going with the Phildadelphia Flyers stuff. You may have noticed the Mike Richards video being posted here. Ron Hextall was a great Flyer at one point. There was a time when he was absolutely unconscious. Is Michael Leighton the next Ron Hextall? Probably not, but he only needs to [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers are into the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1997, when they were lambasted by the Detroit Red Wings. Mike Richards is part of the reason they have made it this far and are squaring off with the Chicago Blackhawks. We admit, we love these “History Will Be Made” NHL [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers took down the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night for the fourth time in the series. By NHL rules, that means that they won the series and will advance to the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1997, when they had their lunch eaten by the Detroit Red Wings. The Chicago Blackhawks [...]
Montreal Canadiens rookie Tom Pyatt will not play in Monday night’s showdown with the Philadelphia Flyers. Pyatt suffered an upper body injury in a Game 4 loss and was a game-time decision for tonight. But, it looks like that game-time decision has been made. Pyatt will not be in the lineup tonight and will be [...]
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Brian Boucher left the ice 13 days ago with two busted up knees. It was in the middle of Game 5 as the Flyers were desperately trying to come back from a 3-0 series deficit to the Boston Bruins. Boucher was twisted under a pileup that saw him get a Grade 2 [...]
A team source tells Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer that the Philadelphia Flyers are interested in re-signing 29-year goalie Michael Leighton. Leighton has been phenomenal since taking over for Brian Boucher in the playoffs. He recorded shutouts in three of the last four games against the Montreal Canadiens. The source said that Leighton, who [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers limped into the NHL playoffs this year. Down the stretch of the regular season their goaltending was horrific and it was a perfect fit for how most of the team was playing. They needed an OT shootout in the final game of the season to beat the New York Rangers and make [...]