Craig Berube

This week’s Around the NHL looks at Erik Karlsson’s return to Ottawa, William Nylander’s last-minute RFA deadline deal and the Buffalo Sabres excellent month of November.

There are times now where it seems Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol has given up on trying to find the positive spin on games, sounding more like a coach defeated than a coach with an overabundance of positivity. Maybe that’s because there is nowhere to hide anymore. Is it time for a change?

On Wednesday, the Flyers traded impending unrestricted free agent defenseman Luke Schenn and seldom-used veteran forward Vincent Lecavalier to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2016 third-round draft pick and 23-year-old center Jordan Weal. The Flyers agreed to retain 50 percent of both Lecavalier's ($4.5 million cap hit) and Schenn's ($3.6 million) contracts. The arrangement of this […]

It has been no secret that Ron Hextall has been looking to unload salary and sizable contracts. On Wednesday, he did both. The Flyers traded Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Jordan Weal and a 2016 third-round pick.

There are two telling storylines to the Flyers West coast trip that has now concluded after Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Kings. The first is the difference between last season's trip to California and this season's. The Flyers picked up a crucial win in Los Angeles last year, not a close loss. The Flyers also […]

October 24, 1989 In one of the leaner years in Flyers history, the 1989-90 squad was floundering with a 1-6-1 record to start the season. Despite injuries and a suspension to Ron Hextall for 12 games — the Chris Chelios incident — the shorthanded Flyers knew a home win against the St. Louis Blues was imperative. […]

On Thursday night, when the Flyers skated off the ice following a 3-2 overtime loss, there were many positives about the effort and how it could beat many teams. That was against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the defending Eastern Conference Champions and easily a pick to be in the Stanley Cup hunt again this season. […]

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers rookies may have hit the ice on Monday, but tomorrow marks the start of training camp for the rest of the Flyers regulars. As the start of a new season begins — the preseason is just five days away — there are several questions facing a team that […]

  With rookie and prospect camp starting Monday and full training camp to follow on Thursday, hockey is back in the City of Brotherly Love. After an elongated summer thanks to missing the postseason for the second time in three years, the Flyers players and coaches are eager to hit the ice in preparation for […]