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 […]
It’s a Monday morning practice and the Flyers, like most people in any line of work, are a little slow getting the old engines started. Players skate slowly in small circles, juggling pucks on the […]
When a new GM faces the challenge of maintaining his predecessor’s second-ranked, “A” (The Hockey News, 2018) development system, it helps to have a last name like Fletcher. Yet it wouldn’t matter if your first […]
Awards season is just around the corner and one honor which always captures the eye is the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy for most improved Flyer. It’s recognition that is particularly special to the players because […]
If Wayne Simmonds in fact competes in his last game as a hometown player in Philadelphia on Saturday night, what does that say about the Flyers and what they think of themselves? Here’s one opinion: […]
Since their inception in 1967, the Flyers have never won a Calder Trophy for NHL rookie of the year. But that might be changing soon. In the space of less than two weeks, we have […]
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