One of the reasons Philadelphia Flyers fans didn’t have to completely freak out about the team’s poor defensive play as of late was Chris Pronger. As in, they’d be getting him back for the playoffs and he’s such a difference maker that he’d immediately fix the back end. But, while Pronger (busted hand) skated and [...]
Last year, Michael Leighton helped the Philadelphia Flyers in their deep playoff run that ended in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup. Sure, he wasn’t great and their defense helped him a ton, but he was still their starter for most of it. This season, Leighton’s hard work was rewarded with a one-way ticket to [...]
This is exactly what the slumping Flyers need. For a team that’s been so great all year, this is not the time to take on more water. It was thought that rest would be what the doctored ordered to get Chris Pronger’s hand healthy again, but that’s not the case. It turns out that the [...]
Just throwing out some notes on the Philadelphia Flyers. Brian Boucher will get the start tonight against the Ottawa Senators. Sergei Bobrovsky will get the day off. In other Flyers news, James Van Riemsdyk was sent to the Adirondack Phantoms of the AHL, which is shocking considering how productive he’s been lately. But, without Chris [...]
So much for experimenting with an attitudinal Ukranian. The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that they have placed Nikolay Zherdev on waivers. “It had eroded to the point where they wanted to see what else is out there,” Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. According to Frank Seravelli of the Daily News, Zherdev declined comment on [...]
The New York Rangers went down like a Saigon whore on Saturday to the Philadelphia Flyers, who are probably the best team in the NHL right now and winners of five straight. Despite the locals calling for the trading of Nikolay Zherdev, he netted two more against the Rangers and now has 13 on the [...]
Perhaps the best player on the Philadelphia Flyers, Chris Pronger recently went down with a busted foot. Now, the team says he had surgery on his foot on Friday and will miss up to six weeks. He was injured the other night against the Montreal Canadiens. Ouch. “He’s a guy you don’t want to be [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers lost on Friday to the Calgary Flames in a penalty shootout. But, it was really much more than that, as the Flyers seemingly had won the game in overtime. Mike Richards sent one in during the extra period that found a home in the back of the net. But, as the Flyers [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers will sign anyone who will listen. A few days ago, they gave Claude Giroux a new three-year deal, and now it’s Jeff Carter’s turn. The Flyers just signed Carter to an 11-year, $58 million contract that will keep him in black and orange for 11 years. Here is the breakdown: Carter will [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers took a big step towards securing their future today when they signed Claude Giroux to a three-year, $11.25 million contract extension. Giroux was in the last year of his entry-level contract. Under the terms of the extension, Girous will earn $2.75 million in the first year, $3.5 million in the second and [...]
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 [...]
