PHILADELPHIA – Much of the so-called blame for the Flyers’ failures in recent seasons has been placed, fairly or unfairly, at the feet of the team’s veteran leaders. Be it Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Jake […]
PHILADELPHIA – It might have been the closest 6-1 game in Flyers history. Don’t let the final score fool you. It was 1-1 with exactly 10 minutes to play when Claude Giroux scored to put […]
PHILADELPHIA – Nolan Patrick continues to predict he’s going to play this season but, as has been the case since training camp in mid-September, he still doesn’t know when. The Flyers’ third-year center, sidelined the […]
Even though they’re coming off perhaps their best November in franchise history and continuing their fastest overall start since 2011-12, the Flyers insist they don’t want to start thinking big picture. That’s probably code for […]
PHILADELPHIA – They don’t call them trap games for nothing. Faced with the prospect of playing a wounded Canadiens team (five straight losses) at Montreal on Saturday afternoon, the Flyers might have been excused for […]
PHILADELPHIA – Kevin Hayes knows exactly what Shayne Gostisbehere and James van Riemsdyk had been going through. Hayes wrestled with a 12-game goal drought recently, but has scored three in his last five games, including […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s no real mystery why Jake Voracek has suddenly caught fire these past two games after wandering 12 games in the wilderness. It’s because he’s been put on a line with “Mr. […]
PHILADELPHIA – Shayne Gostisbehere has been down this road before, so he doesn’t need a map to find his way out of his current predicament. In his second season with the Flyers, the talented defenseman […]
PHILADELPHIA – It might be early in the season but a lot of these points the Flyers are giving away could come back to bite them later in the year. The Flyers surrendered a tying […]
VOORHEES – There were several reasons why Flyers coach Alain Vigneault placed brand new rookie Morgan Frost on a line with wily “old’’ veteran Claude Giroux. Some more obvious than others. Vigneault wanted to get […]
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