PHILADELPHIA – Here’s the thing: Even if the Flyers did somehow manage to squeak into the playoffs, what would be the point? They demonstrated in Monday night’s game against the last-place New York Rangers they […]
PHILADELPHIA – When there’s five seconds left in a period and the Flyers are busy passing the puck around the offensive zone at Xfinity Mobile Arena, you can hear the fans’ shout in chorus: […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Alex Bump has been in the National Hockey League for only a day or so and he’s already getting the star treatment. It was a whirlwind first 24 hours. Shortly after […]
The game was played in Pittsburgh but the script could have been written in Hollywood. How else to explain how Flyers rookie Alex Bump, a former fifth-round draft pick, became just the 26th player in […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – When the drama ended, the Flyers had made almost as much news with the trades they pulled the trigger on as the ones they didn’t. All that speculation about the team moving […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Depth on defense has been an issue with the Flyers for the past couple seasons and on Friday, just before the 3 p.m. NHL trade deadline, the team did something about it. […]
PHILADELPHIA – Should this season happen to end in an unfavorable way for the Flyers, an inability to sustain a modest winning streak might wind up near the top of the excuse list. The Flyers […]
PHILADELPHIA – Some of the Flyers were bound to have pre-trade deadline jitters during Thursday night’s game against Utah and Trevor Zegras probably had the best advice for those worryworts. “Just try to block […]
The worst-kept secret as the NHL trade deadline draws near is that Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen might be moved to a serious contender with a need for a player at that position. Ristolainen played great […]
The game plan was right and so was the execution. From the start of Monday night’s game, the Flyers played a strong defensive game. They were tied 1-1 after two periods. Then they went to […]
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