PHILADELPHIA – Beating the teams you should be beating is the first order of business for any team with designs on the playoffs. And so it was for the Flyers on Thursday night, as they […]
Alex Lyon has been posting starter numbers but he’s still finding it hard to break out of the Flyers’ goaltending bullpen. Even after two fine relief efforts in the Columbus (last Thursday) game and another […]
Gone are the days when the Flyers would go for the quick fix, even if it meant trading away valuable draft picks. General manager Ron Hextall has stuck to his guns, remained patient and basically […]
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 […]
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