PHILADELPHIA – It took Sean Couturier the better part of five seasons to shake the tag of defensive forward specialist before hitting his offensive stride the past three years. Maybe Scott Laughton is following a […]
PHILADELPHIA – “You can’t win ‘em all’’ is a refrain that’s been around about as long as the hockey puck. Yet it’s still relevant when it comes to the Flyers’ current plight – namely […]
PHILADELPHIA – Much of the so-called blame for the Flyers’ failures in recent seasons has been placed, fairly or unfairly, at the feet of the team’s veteran leaders. Be it Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Jake […]
PHILADELPHIA – It might have been the closest 6-1 game in Flyers history. Don’t let the final score fool you. It was 1-1 with exactly 10 minutes to play when Claude Giroux scored to put […]
PHILADELPHIA – Nolan Patrick continues to predict he’s going to play this season but, as has been the case since training camp in mid-September, he still doesn’t know when. The Flyers’ third-year center, sidelined the […]
Even though they’re coming off perhaps their best November in franchise history and continuing their fastest overall start since 2011-12, the Flyers insist they don’t want to start thinking big picture. That’s probably code for […]
PHILADELPHIA – They don’t call them trap games for nothing. Faced with the prospect of playing a wounded Canadiens team (five straight losses) at Montreal on Saturday afternoon, the Flyers might have been excused for […]
PHILADELPHIA – Kevin Hayes knows exactly what Shayne Gostisbehere and James van Riemsdyk had been going through. Hayes wrestled with a 12-game goal drought recently, but has scored three in his last five games, including […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s no real mystery why Jake Voracek has suddenly caught fire these past two games after wandering 12 games in the wilderness. It’s because he’s been put on a line with “Mr. […]
PHILADELPHIA – Shayne Gostisbehere has been down this road before, so he doesn’t need a map to find his way out of his current predicament. In his second season with the Flyers, the talented defenseman […]
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