Step 1 of parting ways with Ron Hextall as general manager of the Flyers and hiring Chuck Fletcher to replace him had to do with shortening the timeline to contention for a Stanley Cup. Step […]
It only took a week for Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher to make up his mind about a new head coach, mainly because a candidate with the qualities he was looking for was easy to […]
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 […]
VOORHEES – The search to find a new Flyers coach has already begun, but scratch what might have been the prime candidate off the list. When the Florida Panthers hired three-time Stanley Cup champion Joel […]
VOORHEES – Sure, the Flyers can use some help but any influx of talent should know how to play hockey “the right way.’’ Those last three words were something that both general manager Chuck Fletcher […]
VOORHEES – Even though the odds appear to be stacked against interim head coach Scott Gordon returning to the Flyers’ bench next season, that doesn’t mean the Flyers’ players can’t lobby for such a move. […]
VOORHEES – At last it appears the Flyers finally have something to build around. Carter Hart took the Delaware Valley hockey community by storm this past winter and if you’re going to hang your hopes […]
VOORHEES – Claude Giroux paused for a moment to gather his thoughts. It can get emotional like that when 10 years of frustration has built up inside. This was Sunday afternoon on “bag day’’ when […]
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