Injuries are one thing. Injuries to key players are quite another. Even with that in mind, it’s difficult to quantify exactly how much blame can be placed on missing players for the Flyers’ uneven first […]
Raise your hand if you saw the Devils leading the Metropolitan Division in mid-November. Didn’t think so. The Jersey boys, who haven’t been to the Stanley Cup playoffs since 2018, have had to listen to […]
Remember back in those days when the Flyers used to play nearby rivals Pittsburgh, New Jersey and the New York teams five, six or even seven times a season? Sure you do. […]
The old expression “records are made to be broken’’ seems to be constantly applied to sports stars ranging from Babe Ruth to Jack Nicklaus to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. All those fine gentlemen had – or have […]
This fast start by the Flyers might be to coach John Tortorella’s liking but that doesn’t necessarily mean he likes everything he’s seeing on the ice. Thursday night’s 4-3 win over Florida gave the Flyers […]
That old line about the element of surprise never really gets old. Prime example: The young Flyers and their winning record five games into the current season. Picked by many to finish last in the […]
Am I dreaming or do the good folks who own, manage, coach, play for or follow NHL teams somehow miss the once-hated Philadelphia Flyers? You know, the take-no-prisoners Broad Street Bullies who once drove the […]
If it just came down to coaching, the Flyers probably would be on a lot of prediction charts to make a return to the Stanley Cup playoffs this upcoming season. After all, new head coach […]
Chuck Fletcher has shown he can put together a team which can get within one win of getting past the Eastern Conference semifinals. On the flip side of that coin, the Flyers general […]
MONTREAL – Knowing his team needed a premium player on defense, Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher was willing to roll the dice on a player with a spotty background. But when you have a coach […]
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