As impressive as the Flyers’ success was in winning the Eastern Conference round robin, perhaps even more attention-grabbing was Montreal’s upset of Pittsburgh. After all, the Penguins still have much of their cast left from […]
Playoff hockey is always more fun when it’s contested against an old, contentious rival. And when you’re talking about historical feuds, they don’t get much better than the Philadelphia Flyers and the Montreal Canadiens. When […]
Attention, Montreal Canadiens, get ready to play the hottest team in ice hockey. That label was made abundantly clear on Saturday night with the Flyers’ manhandling of the Tampa Bay Lightning, their 4-1 win giving […]
While the top seed in the East might sound rather glamorous, there really isn’t much advantage to winning home-ice advantage. Unless of course one believes the last line change in the upcoming playoffs is a […]
For the second time in less than a month, Jake Voracek will not be available to play hockey on a Saturday. The first occasion took place on July 18 when results from a COVID-19 test […]
The top line of Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux and Jake Voracek has yet to score in the Eastern Conference round-robin tournament and yet the Flyers are 2-0. What does that tll you about their depth […]
The Flyers find themselves in position to win the Eastern Conference round robin tournament and they have Kevin Hayes to thank for it. Hayes made exceptional plays on all three Flyers goals on Thursday, leading […]
Alain Vigneault’s decision to start Brian Elliott in goal for the Flyers against Washington on Thursday hardly came as a surprise. The head coach not only has complete faith in the 35-year-old netminder, he also […]
Getting Oskar Lindblom back into a Flyers uniform for practice would be inspiration enough. But what if he actually competed in a playoff game? That would be something they would be talking about a hundred […]
It won’t take long for Flyers rookie Joel Farabee to prove whether he belongs in a playoff game lineup. Head coach Alain Vigneault made it known Farabee will replace the injured Michael Raffl when Philadelphia […]
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