Usually a team which uses a lot of rookies is either out of the playoff picture or trying to get a lot younger and a lot cheaper in a hurry. The Flyers, who were fifth […]
VOORHEES – Just a week or two ago, the talk around the Flyers was about the struggle to secure a playoff wild card spot. How quickly things have changed. After sweeping a home-and-home series with […]
TAMPA – For the second time this week, a rough start proved costly to the Flyers. On Tuesday, the Flyers fell behind 3-0 and lost to the Islanders, 4-3. […]
TAMPA – This was billed as a “measuring stick’’ game and even though the Flyers dropped a disappointing 5-3 decision on Saturday at Amelie Arena to one of the NHL’s best teams, they came away […]
TAMPA – It was a scary moment when Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim collided with Florida’s Aleksander Barkov midway through Thursday night’s game. Sanheim, who sustained some sort of lower-body injury in the mishap, was unable […]
SUNRISE, Fla. – Here is how the “unofficial’’ rating for goals by lower lines goes: One (Good, a nice bonus). Two (Excellent, the boys are pitching in). Three (Holy cow, what did you guys have […]
SUNRISE, Fla. – Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere skated on Thursday morning at BB&T Center and coach Alain Vigneault was encouraged by the defenseman’s mobility. “Ghost’’ has been sidelined for three games after aggravating some scar tissue […]
NEW YORK – Considering the Flyers are 21-0-2 when protecting a third-period lead, it wasn’t difficult for them to remember one of those two “tie-breaker’’ losses that got away. It came last Nov. […]
NEW YORK – Travis Konecny might get people excited with his team-leading 18 goals but if you want him to really energize the Flyers’ bench, just have him block five shots. That’s exactly what he […]
PHILADELPHIA – Don’t call Carter Hart a “homer,’’ even though the statistics show he’s much better playing at the Wells Fargo Center than when he isn’t. Hart, who missed nine games with a lower abdominal […]
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