There may not be a lot of “favorites’’ still left standing in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but that certainly hasn’t detracted from the level of excitement on a nightly basis. Game 7s all over the […]
One man made history with his vision of how the sport of hockey should be played. The other possessed the ability to tell the world of that unique genius. Both have now left us with […]
It certainly was the Flyers’ winter of discontent but there might be a silver lining to the once cloudy outlook. When the season ended, the Flyers appeared to be a long way from any sort […]
Well, don’t say we didn’t warn you it was going to be difficult to predict winners in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. If you had all four division winners going out for […]
If your favorite hockey team isn’t in the Stanley Cup playoffs, probably the next best rooting interest would be players and coaches who once performed for your favorite hockey team. In the case of the […]
Over the years, the Flyers have had some good cops behind their bench and they’ve had some bad ones. For every Fred Shero there’s been a Mike Keenan; a Paul Holmgren one era, a Peter […]
Now that another inglorious Flyers season has come to an end, it’s probably the right time to put this latest flame-out in proper perspective. That is, should we go so far as to […]
Trying to find upset winners in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is like taking part in an Easter egg hunt and then moving over to a haystack with only one or two […]
The two biggest words in a sports fan’s vocabulary have to be “what if.’’ It’s all part of that wonderful culture of wondering what would have/could have been different if not for some slightly less-than-good […]
Claude Giroux has won the Flyers’ Bobby Clarke Trophy for team MVP a record five times and, given the season he’s enjoyed, it’s hard to argue against a sixth. But we’re […]
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