Postgame Perspective: Is Flyers playoff push dead or alive?

  View image | gettyimages.com As Steve Mason was helped off the ice and into the Flyers locker room, you could see the vital signs disappear for good on the Flyers 2014-15 season. The playoff hopes had flat-lined, plateaued. Without Mason, it would finally be over. From the start of Sunday's game, the Flyers showed […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Feb 2015
Postgame Perspective: Familiar line comes from latest Flyers loss

As the Flyers did on Saturday, when they extended their winning streak to four games, the Flyers spent most of Thursday night's game against the Islanders clinging to life. Aside from a three-minute stretch at the end of the second period, they succeeded. They even had a chance to win. A 2-0 lead was lost […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Feb 2015
Flyerdelphia Weekly Round-Up: January 24-30

Every week, you can catch up on all of our stories on Flyerdelphia in our weekly round-up. Here is this week's content from January 24 to 30.

Kevin Durso  •  31 Jan 2015
Postgame Perspective: More unlikely heroes contributing for Flyers

As the final horn sounded on Thursday night, the scoreboard showed a 5-2 Flyers victory over the Winnipeg Jets. It marked one of the Flyers more impressive games of the season. In December, the Flyers showed character with a win over the Jets by rallying for two goals in the third and scoring the game-winning […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Jan 2015
Kimmo Komeback?: Berube says yes, Hextall says not so fast

Photo courtesy of Amy Irvin/38Photography For weeks, the Flyers have been waiting out the results of tests on Kimmo Timonen. The veteran defenseman has missed the entire season with blood clots, but has been working his way back in an effort to make a comeback. On Tuesday, GM Ron Hextall offered a positive report, but […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Jan 2015
Postgame Perspective: Mason steps up in Flyers win

For so much of the 2014-15 season, Steve Mason has been the key to success for the Flyers. The goalie that practically carried the team through the early portion of the season had been sidelined for six games prior to Tuesday night. Mason wasn't the starter on Tuesday night, but he might as well get […]

Kevin Durso  •  27 Jan 2015
Mason stands tall in relief, Simmonds nets winner in shootout

Steve Mason's status was anything but certain heading into Tuesday's game. The Flyers goalie had been recovering from injury, and it appeared Thursday would be his chance to return. Sometimes, plans change. 5:50 into the game, Craig Berube had seen enough of Ray Emery. The Coyotes opened a 2-0 lead in the first 5:50 of […]

Kevin Durso  •  27 Jan 2015
Postgame Perspective: Penguins continue to bring out best in Flyers

In the past week, the Flyers had lost to the Washington Capitals, 1-0, the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0, defeated the lowly Buffalo Sabres, 4-3, and lost to the New York Islanders, 7-4. You wouldn't know it from the team that took the ice on Tuesday night. Once again, the Pittsburgh Penguins brought out the best – […]

Kevin Durso  •  20 Jan 2015
Postgame Perspective: Defense, power play set up Flyers rout of Lightning

When the Flyers dropped an afternoon game to the Bruins in pretty lifeless fashion, the strong start to a crucial homestand seemed null and void. A loss like that showed the Flyers were not on the level of the teams they had to pass in the standings to recover for the playoffs. On Monday, the […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Jan 2015