PHILADELPHIA – For those keeping score at home: The number of coaches/players in post-game interviews who said (or agreed with the premise) “we’re trending in the right direction’’ – Three. The number of coaches/players in […]
Perhaps the only reason Oskar Lindblom didn’t win the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy last year was because he wasn’t able to return to action until the pandemic-paused season had ended and postseason play resumed in […]
PHILADELPHIA – Someone should disable the snooze button on the Flyers’ alarm clock. They’re late getting to work and the boss, Alain Vigneault, isn’t too happy about it. In the last three games alone, the […]
Philippe Myers might be learning the hard way that the National Hockey League is a “what have you done for me lately?’’ operation. Even if Myers impressed everyone by leading all Flyers defensemen with a […]
Alain Vigneault might have been humming a song line – “everything’s goin’ my way’ – as a jet plane took the Flyers to Tampa Bay for a game last March. Why not? Vigneault’s Flyers had […]
PHILADELPHIA – When the Flyers found themselves down two goals to one of the worst teams in hockey, coach Alain Vigneault knew it was time to pull the fire alarm. In other words, yank starting […]
Given all the pandemic and injury issues, the uniform numbers on the Flyers’ nightly lineup sheet have taken on the look of some weird lottery game ticket. Coach Alain Vigneault has been forced to do […]
PHILADELPHIA – It wasn’t like the Flyers entered this schedule week which was straight out of the netherworld not knowing the possible consequences. Six games in nine days? Even a veteran coach such as Alain […]
PHILADELPHIA – What was supposed to be one of the Flyers’ strong suits this year has become somewhat of a liability. After finishing 11th in the NHL last season, the Flyers’ penalty kill has languished […]
The series was there for the taking. Leading the Penguins late in the second period, the Flyers had visions of taking two out of three in this week’s “series’’ and putting some distance in the […]
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