Tag: Flyers

With a 2-1-0 start on one of the toughest road trips of the year, the Flyers’ success early on the road can actually be beneficial in the long run.

The guys look back at the week that was for the Flyers, with wins in San Jose and Anaheim to open the season with a 2-1-0 record. Join Kevin Durso and Rob Riches as they take a closer look at the start of the 2017-18 season for the Flyers and ahead to the next week of action ahead for the Orange and Black.

Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds was named the third star of the week by NHL.com. Captials forward Alex Ovechkin was the week’s first star and Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was the week’s second star.

The Flyers acquired goalie Dustin Tokarski from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for future considerations. Tokarski has been assigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. In addition, the Phantoms traded goalie Leland Irving to the San Diego Gulls for future considerations.

The Flyers fourth line of Taylor Leier, Scott Laughton and Michael Raffl have been held without a point thus far in three games, but have shown depth and speed that are important for good teams. With their start, points should start coming soon too.

The Flyers were controlling another third period in Anaheim on Saturday, but couldn’t score, forcing overtime. Less than a minute into the extra session, it was Wayne Simmonds playing hero again, scoring the game-winning goal to give the Flyers a 3-2 win over the Ducks.

The Flyers have split the first two games of the road trip to open the 2017-18 season, while the Ducks are coming off an emotional win in their home opener on Thursday. Game time is set for 10 p.m.

Despite being blanked on the scoreboard, there were still some good things seen from the Flyers coming off a fast-paced game in San Jose on Wednesday that could and should have taken a lot out of them. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Kings.

Veteran presences and special teams play really dictated the outcome of the game for the Flyers, which is a good sign as the young players in the lineup start to get acclimated to NHL pace. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Sharks.

Wayne Simmonds had a hat trick, scoring the last three goals for the Flyers, while Jake Voracek and Shayne Gostisbehere each had three assists as the Flyers claimed the season opener from the San Jose Sharks, 5-3, on Wednesday night at SAP Center.

The Flyers return to the ice to start a new season with many fresh faces in the lineup. They face the San Jose Sharks to open the season. The opening face-off is set for 10:30 p.m.

It’s prediction time. The Flyerdelphia staff made several predictions on the Flyers season and the NHL. Check out the staff’s predictions for the Flyers and NHL season.

The Flyers 2017-18 season gets underway on Wednesday night, so we’re getting you ready with a new episode of the Flyerdelphia Podcast. The guys look at the final roster decisions, how the Flyers stack up against the Metropolitan Division, the team’s strengths and weaknesses and finally make some season predictions.

The Flyers named both Valtteri Filppula and Andrew MacDonald as alternate captains of the team, after a players vote in a meeting held on Tuesday. Both players will split duties between home and road games.

The Flyers sent Matt Read to the Phantoms after he cleared waivers on Tuesday, Shayne Gostisbehere says he’s “good to go” for Wednesday’s opener, and the Flyers rookies got new numbers ahead of the season opener.

After looking at some expectations for Nolan Patrick, here’s a few projections on the Flyers core players, including Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek, Wayne Simmonds and Ivan Provorov.

Nolan Patrick passed the test to make the Flyers roster in the preseason, despite having surgery to repair a sports hernia just days before the draft. So with Patrick on the team as a 19-year-old, what are reasonable expectations for him?

The time is almost upon us. Wednesday night in San Jose, the Flyers will open the 2017-18 season against the Sharks. Philadelphia’s 23-man roster was finalized on Monday and there are multiple reasons to be excited for the newest chapter of Flyers hockey.

The Flyers made their roster official on Monday by making the final move necessary to get the roster down to 23 players. Veteran forward Matt Read was placed on waivers. If Read clears, he can be sent to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, but whether or not that happens remains to be seen.

The Flyers have basically narrowed things down, but 24 players still remain on the roster after two weeks of preparation, experimentation and deliberation with the goal of making the playoffs in mind. Here is an analysis of the Flyers (almost) final roster and how it came to be.

As of Sunday night, only one cut had officially been made, with forward Oskar Lindblom heading to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. All other players are still on the Flyers roster at the moment, bringing the roster to 24 players.

The build-up to Wednesday’s season opener came to an unceremonious end with a 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders on Sunday night at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers close out the preseason on Sunday evening with a game against a team they have certainly become familiar with over the last couple of weeks, the New York Islanders. Game time is set for 5 p.m.

The Flyers really don’t have many cuts left, with 25 healthy players on the roster. From a fan’s perspective, it may be fairly simple to narrow down the two players not making the final roster of 23. But with so many prospects still up at camp, will the Flyers carry upwards of six rookies on the team, or will some of them head back to the minors for extra seasoning in the AHL with the Phantoms?

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.

The Flyers 2012 first-round pick has been overlooked after struggling to stick in the NHL, but this season could finally be the one where Laughton becomes a full-time NHLer.

The Flyers returned forward Mikhail Vorobyev to the Phantoms after he was loaned to the team on Tuesday to play in the Flyers 4-3 overtime win over the Rangers. They also sent Mike Vecchione to the Phantoms, bringing the roster to 25.

One of the most notable things to come out of the early stages of the Flyers new season is the decision to try captain Claude Giroux at the left wing position.