PHILADELPHIA – If you’re going to wait 14 games to score you’re first NHL goal, you might as well make it an important one. And that’s exactly what rookie Oskar Lindblom did on Sunday, putting […]
PHILADELPHIA – First he dives in front of a 100-mile-an-hour Dmitry Orlov cannon blast, then drops the gloves to take on the 20-pounds heavier T.J. Oshie. All in a day’s work for the 5-foot-10, 175-pound […]
PHILADELPHIA – What a difference a day (plus an hour) can make. Saturday at 7 p.m. in Carolina, the Flyers were kind of wondering if they had the right stuff to make the playoffs. But […]
PHILADELPHIA – Don’t look now, but the Flyers’ playoff hopes might rest on the shoulders of a rookie goaltender with parts of just seven NHL games under his belt. After veteran netminder Petr Mrazek surrendered […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s officially time for the Flyers to dust off the panic button. After Thursday night’s 5-3 defeat by the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Flyers once-comfortable playoff lead (which was as much as 14 […]
PHILADELPHIA – While the Flyers haven’t exactly been tearing it up lately, they can take comfort in knowing they still control their own fate. With just a dozen games left on the schedule, […]
PHILADELPHIA – Sooner or later, one of those shots is going to go in for Oskar Lindblom. But the waiting is the hardest part. The rookie has fired 15 shots in his 11 games with […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s getting to be a weekly habit. Last week, the Flyers allowed the Bruins to score a tie-breaking goal with only 22 seconds to play and it cost them at least a point […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Pretty soon the Flyers goaltending position could be a pleasantly crowded house. General manager Ron Hextall disclosed on Sunday that both veterans Brian Elliott and Michal Neuvirth (lower-body injuries) are in varying […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Matt Read can read the handwriting on the wall and basically it says it’s do or die time. Just a few months away from unrestricted free agency, the 31-year-old wing has gotten […]
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