Flyers coach Alain Vigneault usually makes only minimal lineup changes from game to game, and seldom after a win. So quite a few eyebrows were raised prior to Wednesday night’s game in New York against […]
Numbers don’t lie, the saying goes, they just don’t tell the truth. In business, it’s all about which way the data is trending and in hockey, it can be similar. Take, for example, the Flyers’ […]
Even when the Flyers lost their grip on a 2-0 lead Monday night, they didn’t lose faith in their system. After falling behind the New York Rangers, 3-2, and later, 4-3, the Flyers stuck to […]
While the Flyers have been struggling the last 10 games or so, they’ve still managed to battle and avoid losing three consecutive games in regulation time. That streak, which goes back to 2019, was on […]
The results might not be there yet but the Flyers say they aren’t going to change much in their approach to games. Just 2-5 in their last seven games and coming off three home losses […]
PHILADELPHIA – For those keeping score at home: The number of coaches/players in post-game interviews who said (or agreed with the premise) “we’re trending in the right direction’’ – Three. The number of coaches/players in […]
Perhaps the only reason Oskar Lindblom didn’t win the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy last year was because he wasn’t able to return to action until the pandemic-paused season had ended and postseason play resumed in […]
PHILADELPHIA – Someone should disable the snooze button on the Flyers’ alarm clock. They’re late getting to work and the boss, Alain Vigneault, isn’t too happy about it. In the last three games alone, the […]
Philippe Myers might be learning the hard way that the National Hockey League is a “what have you done for me lately?’’ operation. Even if Myers impressed everyone by leading all Flyers defensemen with a […]
Alain Vigneault might have been humming a song line – “everything’s goin’ my way’ – as a jet plane took the Flyers to Tampa Bay for a game last March. Why not? Vigneault’s Flyers had […]
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