If the Flyers’ plan to replace retiring defenseman Matt Niskanen is “by committee,’’ they welcomed in a new member on Monday. General manager Chuck Fletcher announced the Flyers have signed free-agent backliner Erik Gustafsson to […]
Usually the Flyers’ headline news on the opening of free agency involves a noteworthy player coming to Philadelphia. On Friday, it was sort of the opposite – more about players who walked away or others […]
Those who believed the Flyers would go out on Friday and sign some big name to fill Matt Niskanen’s retired skates must have been a little disappointed. Although there are still some talented free-agent defensemen […]
The recent retirement of Flyers veteran defenseman Matt Niskanen creates a need for a top pairing, right-shot defenseman and guess who the projected No. 1 unrestricted free agent for the upcoming signing period just happens […]
When Zayde Wisdom was little and growing up in what might be optimistically described as challenging conditions, he had to make trips to a local food bank and wondered when the power in his […]
Two things all the Flyers’ draft picks this year seem to have in common: Lots of hockey sense and high-running motors. Tyson Foerster, a talented right wing/center taken in Tuesday’s first round, looks […]
Scouts might see Emil Andrae’s slight stature and worry if a 5-foot-9, 181-pound defenseman can stand up to the NHL’s 6-foot-3, 220-pound forwards someday. But the Flyers’ second-round draft pick (54th overall) doesn’t […]
When he played briefly in the regular season for the second of two Flyers’ Stanley Cup teams in the ‘70s, they called defenseman Jack McIlhargey “Bucky.’’ And the name stuck. He was one […]
Tyson Foerster says he models his game after Washington Capitals sniper T.J. Oshie and that must bring smiles to the faces of the Flyers front office. It’s no secret the Flyers could use […]
It was one of those Mondays for the Flyers, first with some good news and then some unusually bad. Seemingly moments after signing veteran defenseman Justin Braun to a new two-year contract extension worth $1.8 […]
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