PHILADELPHIA – Usually it takes an injury or a COVID-19 infection to keep defenseman Justin Braun off his skates. But Sunday was an entirely situation. With the NHL trade deadline coming up […]
Not long after Claude Giroux was traded to the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, some of the top people in the Flyers organization praised the longtime captain for his 15 years of service. “It’s impossible […]
The Claude Giroux era in Flyers history came to an end on Saturday night when the franchise player was traded to the Florida Panthers for forward Owen Tippett and draft picks. In addition […]
It would have been easy for the Flyers to simply fold their tent after Thursday night’s emotional “sendoff” to Claude Giroux. But interim head coach Mike Yeo was having […]
While he hasn’t been a Flyer for even a full season yet, Cam Atkinson becomes one of the leading candidates to fill the leadership vacancy left by the expected departure of captain Claude Giroux. Prior […]
PHILADELPHIA — It certainly was only a fitting gesture for the Flyers to win a game on a night when they celebrated the 1,000th game of Claude Giroux’s storied career. In a season filled […]
It’s happened only one other time in team history, so why wouldn’t the Flyers want to make a big deal out of Thursday night’s celebration to commemorate Claude Giroux’s 1,000th NHL game? From special pre-game […]
Perhaps referencing a line or two from the old “Win one for the Gipper” speech of sports movie lore, Flyers head coach Mike Yeo suggested his team take a “Win one for Giroux” approach for […]
Sean Couturier has developed into one of the best Flyers of this generation and a lot of the credit for that has to go to Claude Giroux. According to Couturier, it was Giroux who played […]
Scott Hartnell remembers the time Claude Giroux was sitting in a Nashville bar when Flyer tough guy Craig Berube walked in. Giroux, competitive-to-a-fault at everything from poker to ping-pong, decided to challenge Berube – at […]
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