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Stephane Hardinger

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Articles by Stephane Hardinger (8)

The Illogical, Indefensible Decision to Play Hal Gill

  Photo by Amy Irvin/38 Photography It's not a stretch to say that Hal Gill's play cost the Flyers the game on Sunday afternoon. Gill was on the ice for the Rangers' 2nd and 3rd goals that effectively buried the Flyers at 3-0 in the second period, and both came directly following miscues from Gill. […]

Stephane Hardinger  •  28 Apr 2014
Vincent Lecavalier’s Resurgence and the New-Look 4th Line

There's really no denying that Vinny Lecavalier has been a disappointment since coming over from Tampa Bay this offeseason with a 5-year, $22.5M contract in hand. His play at even-strength was horrendous (here's a good breakdown of how bad things were from late February), and the only thing saving his production was his power-play scoring […]

Stephane Hardinger  •  11 Apr 2014
#AskSteezy, Volume 2: Playoffs, Power Play, and Pipe Dreams

Photo by Amy Irvin/38 Photography With last week’s edition a rousing success (at least for me personally), I figured we’d bring back the #AskSteezy mailbag for another go-around this week. Feel free to send me your questions on Twitter @GoingHard_inger

Stephane Hardinger  •  04 Apr 2014
#AskSteezy, Volume 1: Defensemen, Facial Hair, and Vinny

(picture from islanders.nhl.com) At an in-between time for columns (winning streak over, losing streak not at a newsworthy level, and no glaring advanced statistic trends leaping off the screen at me), I decided to field questions this week and answer them in what will be the first of hopefully many #AskSteezy mailbags. Feel free to […]

Stephane Hardinger  •  28 Mar 2014
Examining The Flyers’ Playoff Potential

image via indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com The Flyers currently sit in 4th place in the Metropolitan Division with 73 points and are in possession of the 2nd and final wild card needed to qualify for the Eastern Conference playoffs. However, they are only one point behind the New York Rangers for 2nd place in the Metro and have […]

Stephane Hardinger  •  14 Mar 2014
Analyzing the Flyers’ Trade Deadline Moves

(picture via zimbio.com) The trade deadline came and went Wednesday at 3PM, and when the dust settled the Flyers made two moves that were very closely related to one another. First, on Tuesday afternoon they sent a 3rd round pick in the 2014 draft and a 2015 2nd rounder to the Islanders for defenseman Andrew […]

Stephane Hardinger  •  07 Mar 2014
Michael Raffl, The Sparkplug

    (picture via philly.com)  The play of Michael Raffl has been a surprising revelation for most Flyers fans so far this season. Entering the year as an unproven undrafted free agent who played in the second level of Swedish pro hockey last year, not much was expected from him. The Flyers, however, saw things differently […]

Stephane Hardinger  •  27 Feb 2014
Scott Hartnell, Play-Driving Extraordinaire

    Scott Hartnell seems to go through streaks where he’s beloved by the Flyers fan base followed by stretches where he’s an overpaid bum weighing down Claude Giroux whose albatross of a contract will hamper the Flyers for the foreseeable future. We’ve already seen both of those at times this season, as Hartsy had a slow […]

Stephane Hardinger  •  13 Feb 2014