Raise your hand if you saw the Devils leading the Metropolitan Division in mid-November. Didn’t think so. The Jersey boys, who haven’t been to the Stanley Cup playoffs since 2018, have had to listen to […]
It wouldn’t be a stretch to call it Owen Tippett’s “coming out party.’’ After all, the Flyers had been waiting since last season’s trade deadline for a breakout effort when they acquired the right wing […]
With a team struggling as badly as the Flyers have the past week, was it realistic to think they could end a long winless streak at NHL-leading Boston? Well, for the first 31 […]
You can take a jet to Boston and that’s certainly a faster way to get there than a train, car or bus. Likewise, if you want to get (in)to the Boston Marathon, the quickest method […]
After a tough loss in Columbus last Thursday, the Flyers were looking for revenge on Tuesday night at the same place. For a while it looked like the Flyers might be able to do just […]
It’s a little early in the season to be calling a three-game road trip crucial to the Flyers’ ultimate fortunes this season but it does carry some weight, given a discouraging three-game losing streak. Things […]
PHILADELPHIA – When a rebuilding team like the Flyers has such a small margin for error, special teams play can be a make-it-or-break-it proposition. In Sunday afternoon’s game against the Dallas Stars, the Flyers had […]
PHILADELPHIA – He spent 14 years in this town, played a thousand games and so while Claude Giroux was traded away from the Flyers late last season, a little bit of Philadelphia always will […]
PHILADELPHIA – Two bad teams, two bad losses. A couple days after dropping a game to the bottom-feeding Blue Jackets on Thursday in Columbus, the Flyers followed that up with a moribund 4-1 defeat by […]
Remember back in those days when the Flyers used to play nearby rivals Pittsburgh, New Jersey and the New York teams five, six or even seven times a season? Sure you do. […]
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