PHILADELPHIA – And just like that, Claude Giroux must be considered a favorite to win the Hart Trophy for the NHL’s most valuable player. Oh, a case can be made for Tampa’s Nikita Kucherov, Colorado’s […]
Back in September, very few hockey publications had the Flyers projected to make the playoffs. The reasons? Many. No one was sure if Claude Giroux, coming off two sub-par seasons due to injury, could make […]
If the Flyers thought injuries to both of their regular goaltenders was a significant hurdle to overcome, or just the advent of the type of late-season adversity any and every good team has to overcome […]
Claude Giroux recently passed John LeClair and Tim Kerr to move into sixth place on the Flyers’ alltime scoring list. Eric Lindros, fifth on that chart (six points ahead at 659 points), figures to be […]
Amid the chaos, Danny Briere was as cool as a cucumber. He sat at his stall inside Boston’s TD Garden, quietly removing his gear. He couldn’t really move because the throng of reporters […]
It was a 16-year journey taking me around the world but when the 2018 Winter Olympics get underway this weekend, they’re going to start without me. And that leaves me with a lot […]
When you are a kid, there’s always that one figure that made you fall in love with sports for the rest of your life. A player that stood out as super human. An event that […]
It’s nice to ride a hot goalie. But that can only take you so far. Heading into Thursday night’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brian Elliott had started 18 of the Flyers’ previous 19 […]
A handful of us, including Wayne Fish, Rob Parent, Les Bowen, and Tim Panaccio, were fortunate to have a front-row seat to the Eric Lindros saga from its giddy beginnings to its acrimonious end. From […]
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