Connor McDavid
In a trying year for the franchise where production seems to be down across the board, Claude Giroux still has the numbers and is still playing at a level that puts him among the NHL’s best and is adding to a resume that ranks him among Flyers legends.
The Flyers did nothing to turn the tide in Edmonton, looking rather lifeless in a 4-1 defeat to the Oilers.
This is a game of two teams going in opposite directions. The Edmonton Oilers have surged back into a playoff spot with an 8-2-2 record under new coach Ken Hitchcock. The Flyers, meanwhile, are 1-1-1 on a five-game road trip with very little, if any, progress made since the firing of GM Ron Hextall.
(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly) By Bill Minchin, Sports Talk Philly writer The Philadelphia Flyers (15-10-3) return to the ice tonight for a showdown with Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers (14-10-4). This is the first of two meetings with Edmonton. The teams will face off on February 16th in Alberta. Opening face off is set for […]
No Philadelphia Flyers rookie has ever won the Calder Trophy. It is not that they have not had their share of viable candidates over the years. They've had a few top-end finishers in the balloting and their fair share who've earned NHL All-Rookie Team selection honors after the season but never an NHL rookie of […]
Flyers shoot blanks against Oilers Embed from Getty Images Game Events [Mouse-over image for goal details]
Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia With the first three games of the homestand going as well as you could hope, the Flyers were bound to face some adversity sometime soon. Thursday night, they faced plenty of it, too much to overcome. The Oilers struck midway through the first and twice in short order in the second and […]
Flyers welcome McDavid, Oilers looking to keep winning ways rolling Embed from Getty Images The Flyers could not have asked for a better start to the six-game homestand, taking the first three contests as the calendar turns to March. Their first meeting of March comes against one of the NHL's most highly-touted rookies. Connor […]
Embed from Getty Images They weren't making excuses, but they didn't have answers either. The Flyers couldn't seem to find the reason for their lapses throughout the season, the way a three-game losing streak suddenly follows a three-game win streak. The Flyers are riding one of those three-game streaks right now after winning their […]
Embed from Getty Images The Flyers get a five-day break, along with the rest of the NHL, as the All-Star Game takes place in Nashville this weekend. Claude Giroux is the Flyers lone representative. That said, another Flyer could certainly be entering the All-Star discussion as soon as next season. Flyers rookie Shayne Gostisbehere, […]
