PHILADELPHIA – Maybe he wasn’t quite ready yet but is a 90 percent Brian Elliott better than starting a completely healthy Petr Mrazek or Alex Lyon? Well, apparently yes, although there were times during Thursday […]
PHILADELPHIA – Who said it was going to be easy? The Flyers had to go all the way down to the wire in Thursday night’s all-important game against the Carolina Hurricanes to secure a crucial […]
PHILADELPHIA – Hall of Famers Mark Howe, Eric Lindros (four times) and Mark Recchi (three times) all won the Bobby Clarke Trophy as Flyers’ season most valuable players. But no one had won the Clarke […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Brian Elliott brings a lot of stability to the Flyers’ goaltending situation when he’s on the ice. But actually he might make as big a contribution off the ice, especially now. You […]
NEW YORK – Wayne Simmonds has been the Flyers’ leading scorer on the power play over the past few years but his reign in front of the opponent’s net may be coming to an end. […]
NEW YORK – Somewhere between Flatbush and Cropsey avenues in Brooklyn, the Flyers’ bus must have gotten lost. Because it didn’t appear like the Philadelphia team arrived at Tuesday night’s game against the New York […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – The voting for this year’s Frank Selke Trophy (NHL best defensive forward) could be so close that a decision could come down to a single ballot. If Ron Hextall had that ballot, […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Just an experiment or are the Flyers planning to go with more “experience’’ when the playoffs get underway? From the looks of Monday’s practice, the Flyers might just be going the older […]
PHILADELPHIA – Only two Flyers – Bob Clarke and Eric Lindros – have ever won the Hart Trophy for the National Hockey League’s most valuable player. Could that change this season? Claude Giroux is coming […]
PHILADELPHIA – They might be going to the playoffs but they’re sure not making it look easy. Wayne Simmonds and Andrew MacDonald flubbed clearing chances in the last 10 seconds of Sunday’s game against Boston […]
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