Whenever a wild card prospect comes up to the Flyers and sticks, the first item marked on the character checklist is tenacity. And that’s probably the main reason why Nicolas Aube-Kubel was rewarded with a […]
In evaluating Travis Konecny’s season, it’s only fair to judge him on the entire 85-game body of work, not just the 16-game playoff sample. For the 69 games of the regular season, Konecny led the […]
Like the quarterback position in football and pitching in baseball, your team is only as good as your goaltender in ice hockey. That’s why the Flyers believe they will be serious contenders for years to […]
This was by far the best season of Scott Laughton’s seven-year NHL career and now he’s looking forward to building on that. But like many of his teammates, the Flyer forward’s first step on that […]
Every playoff hockey team had to sit on its hands for the better part of four months, so there’s no point in listening to one particular team’s tale of woe. In the Flyers’ case, though, […]
It’s one thing for a coach to say certain players on his team – without naming names — need to upgrade their conditioning to keep up in today’s ever-faster sport of hockey. It’s […]
By winning nine straight games near the end of the regular season and then capturing the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference upon resumption of play, the Flyers raised hopes of postseason greatness. […]
To get a handle on what Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher thinks of his team’s future, rather than listen to what he says he’s going to do, pay attention to what he’s not going to […]
It’s been well over a year since Nolan Patrick played in a Flyers hockey game but team management remains optimistic he can resume his NHL career, possibly as early as this upcoming season. Patrick, the […]
They won their first playoff series since 2012 and took a tough Islanders to seven games in the second round. Is that enough of an accomplishment to take pride in and speculate on a bright […]
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