Dan Heaning

The Philadelphia Flyers needed to gear up for the regular season Thursday night and did so with style as they beat down the Boston Bruins 5-1.

As the preseason draws to a close and the regular season looms, the last two preseason games for the Philadelphia Flyers loom large for those wishing to crack the opening night lineup. That continues in the penultimate preseason game for the Flyers against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

With NHL training camps and the preseason underway, let’s highlight some of the most and least exciting moments to come in the upcoming hockey se

The Philadelphia Flyers dressed practically an Opening Night lineup Thursday against the Boston Bruins, but it wasn’t enough as the Flyers fell 2-1 in overtime.

With two openings available on the blue line, Sam Morin faces his best chance to make the Philadelphia Flyers roster. If he can’t, will he be the bust of the defensive prospect pool?

Philadelphia Flyers fans may be excited about the future, but how will the injection of young players impact Claude Giroux’s future role with the team?

The Philadelphia Flyers concluded the on-ice portion of their development camp with a three-on-three tournament which gave the prospects a chance to show off their skills.

With Shayne Gostisbehere locked up, the Flyers face a number of options to make their new priority before the Expansion Draft arrives

With the expansion draft looming, the Philadelphia Flyers face a number of decisions on who to protect from being selected by the Vegas Golden Knights

The Senators style has allowed them to stay in games without sacrificing much in the way of offense as they’ve come back from two-goal deficits at least once in the first and second round. But now, since the NHL is very much a copycat league, does this success mean the return of the trap as a mainstream game-long strategy?

The Philadelphia Flyers are in the market for a goaltender. Instead of re-signing Steve Mason to a long-term deal, the team should consider what looks to be the best short-term solution: Ryan Miller.

It’s an absolute no-brainer that the Philadelphia Flyers re-sign Shayne Gostisbehere, but how should they go about it: Lock him up long-term or offer a bridge deal?

After a rough sophomore season as the Philadelphia Flyers bench boss, some are clamoring for Dave Hakstol to be shown the door. Here’s why the Flyers will and should keep the head coach for a third season.

The Philadelphia Flyers missed out on the playoffs by eight points this past season. However, if they won a few key games, they would have had gained the 10 points needed to clinch a postseason position.

The Philadelphia Flyers face the end of another disappointing season. It’s become a regular notion with the team’s current core of players. Now they must be held accountable.

Philadelphia Flyers fans should not upset by Ron Hextall’s decision to re-sign Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Michal Neuvirth at the NHL trade deadline.

On the eve of the NHL trade deadline, the Philadelphia Flyers were in need of a victory against the league’s worst team to keep their playoff hopes within reason. However faint those hopes may be, the Flyers kept their slim chances alive with a 4-0 thumping of the Colorado Avalanche.

Taking on the league’s hottest road team, the Philadelphia Flyers downed the Toronto Maple Leafs thanks to the work of their oft-criticized fourth line.

As the Flyers struggle, fans are looking for players to blame. However, the popular scapegoats are not the source of the team’s woes.

Given the Flyers 10-game surge and following struggles, should Ron Hextall consider dealing Michal Neuvirth after he gets a few games under his belt? Or do Steve Mason’s inconsistencies make a veteran backup necessary?

The season for seeking improvement and making resolutions to be better is here. As many ready their New Year’s Resolutions, it seems now would be as good a time as any to give a list of resolutions the National Hockey League should consider for 2017 and beyond.

Some fans may want general manager Ron Hextall to bypass his patient process, trade for a quality player who would aid a playoff run now, in order to go for it this season, but such a decision would be a grave mistake.

Philadelphia Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol has received a fair amount of criticism for many of his coaching decisions this season. However, many of those choices have paid off for the team.

No rule in hockey — and some might say sports — is more asinine than that of the so-called “loser” point which awards the defeated club by simply making it to overtime with a point. So with the league looking to improve upon the shootout by changing how many times a team’s star can shoot, it should also look to improve the overall game by ceasing to incentivize overtime.

The Philadelphia Flyers may be without second line center, Sean Couturier for some time. How long should you expect the center to be gone and what options do the Flyers have to fill the void?

Despite receiving some solid play from goaltender Steve Mason, the Philadelphia Flyers fell to the Ottawa Senators in a shootout by a 3-2 score.

With the Philadelphia Flyers goaltending struggling, should general manager Ron Hextall pursue the Tampa Bay Lightning’s goaltender, Ben Bishop?

Michael Del Zotto is set to return to the Philadelphia Flyers lineup and give the team some much-needed defensive help over Nick Schultz and Andrew MacDonald.

Should Pierre-Edouard Bellemare be centering a line that should be expected to produce offensively or should he be playing where everyone expected him to be on the fourth line, where the offensive production isn’t as necessary as it is with the third?