LAS VEGAS – Only one player without NHL experience was good enough to crack this year’s Flyers’ roster and the decision to keep him wasn’t even close. Mikhail Vorobyev, the young Russian do-it-all rookie, made […]
LAS VEGAS – Calvin Pickard is officially a Flyer but don’t look for the new goaltender in T-Mobile Arena on Thursday night in Philadelphia’s season opener against the Golden Knights. Pickard is being delayed by […]
The best thing about NHL/Stanley Cup predictions in October? Nobody remembers a darn one of them in June. Sometimes not even the author, which is why they’re so much fun. This is not science, it’s […]
Six seasons, zero playoff series wins. That’s the longest postseason drought in Flyers’ history. While the local hockey team has made it to the first round in three of the past half-dozen campaigns, they have […]
Speculation about Carter Hart possibly playing his way onto the Flyers’ roster ended Sunday when the rookie goaltender was assigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. In addition, rookie defenseman Mark Friedman went to the Phantoms. […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – The plan all along was to have Sean Couturier wait until the last one or two preseason games before testing his injured knee. Well, now we’re down to one and it looks […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – It was 11:01 a.m. and there was Jori Lehtera skating around the Skate Zone ice just like any other day. Of course, this wasn’t really your average practice session because it was […]
PHILADELPHIA – For the Flyers, there aren’t a lot of sure bets for the Vegas season-opener next Thursday. But this much you can take to the bank: If the top six forwards are healthy, the […]
PHILADELPHIA – One could make the contention Wayne Simmonds hasn’t been healthy since the 2016-17 season. All last season, Simmonds was plagued by a series of injuries, culminating in an operation on his pelvis. After […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Maybe it was because he was given the responsibility of playing on the first line. Maybe it was just because he learned from his mistakes his rookie year. Or maybe it’s just […]
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