Tag: Flyers

The first thing Ron Hextall mentioned about Kris Knoblauch was his teams’ success on the power play, an area that the new NHL assistant coach will run from the start with the Flyers. In the short-term, Knoblauch is supposed to help improve a Flyers power play that ultimately was inconsistent.

Claude Giroux had seen a noticeable decline in points in recent years, but particularly a drop in goals scored in the last season. In essentially the prime of his career, it feels as if he should be posting many more points. However, the solution to the problem could be simple: just shoot more.

Which of the young defensive core of the Philadelphia Flyers franchise will crack the lineup for the 2017-18 season?

On this week’s episode, we continue to look back at 50 years of Flyers hockey. This time, we look at some of the best games, moments and memories in Flyers history. Join Kevin Durso, Rob Riches and Dan Heaning as they talk about the best games and moments in Flyers history and some of their earliest and favorite Flyers memories.

Could this be the year Travis Sanheim and Philippe Myers break through and make it to the Flyers roster and the NHL? It’s certainly possible, but they will have some stiff competition to get there.

From competing for the top spot in the division, the Flyers took a nosedive after their win streak and crashed down at sixth place in the Metropolitan Division at season’s end, just ahead of Carolina and New Jersey. With a new season just around the corner, it’s time for the Flyers to start clawing their way back among the division’s elite.

The NHL and NBC Sports released the list of nationally televised games for the upcoming 2017-18 season. As usual, the Flyers are well-represented. The Flyers will play 16 games that will be televised nationally in the 2017-18 season, including four weekend games on NBC.

It’s easy to consider Carter Hart as the goalie of the future for the Flyers, especially with both Michal Neuvirth and Brian Elliott’s contracts ending in two seasons. Hart led the WHL in GAA, save percentage and shutouts last season and was CHL Goaltender of the Year for the second consecutive season.

On the latest episode of the Flyerdelphia Podcast, we started a look back at 50 years of Flyers hockey by looking at some of the greatest players in franchise history. But rather than just listing a bunch of players, we held a fantasy draft to construct our starting lineups.

On this week’s episode, with the Flyers offseason hitting a very quiet time, we go back to the 50th anniversary season and the 50-year history of the Flyers and conduct a Flyers Fantasy Draft. Join Kevin Durso, Rob Riches and Dan Heaning as they make their picks and discuss some of the greatest players in Flyers history.

It’s Nolan Patrick’s draft year and he will define the 2017 class for the Flyers. But if Development Camp was any indication, don’t sleep on their other first-round pick Morgan Frost.

After a strong camp, Ivan Kosorenkov has secured a spot at Flyers training camp in September with even more of a future in the organization potentially ahead.

The Flyers Wives Carnival, the annual charity event held at Wells Fargo Center, will take place this year on Sunday, Nov. 19, the team announced on Monday.

On this week’s episode of the Flyerdelphia Podcast, Kevin Durso, Rob Riches and Dan Heaning take a look at a topic featured on the site a couple times already this week: Claude Giroux’s future.

Whether Nolan Patrick’s NHL debut comes in the 2017-18 season or later remains to be seen, but it doesn’t change the projected future Patrick carries and how it goes hand in hand with current Flyers captain and top-line center Claude Giroux. The two are linked already, and that will continue as long as both remain part of the Flyers roster.

The Flyers announced on Monday morning that they have signed second overall pick Nolan Patrick to an entry-level deal.

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 Flyers need to take some of the pressure off of Wayne Simmonds and Jake Voracek as the top wingers on the team. This is where Oskar Lindblom enters the picture on the Flyers 2017-18 roster picture.

It was no secret that Flyers captain Claude Giroux had a rough season in 2016-17 with decreased point production. Despite playing in all 82 games last season, Giroux had just 14 goals and 58 points. Giroux attributed last season’s struggles to injury. But if you ask former Flyer and current NBC Sports analyst Jeremy Roenick about Giroux, that’s not the case.

Join Kevin Durso, Rob Riches and Dan Heaning as they discuss another annual summer look at the prospects on another edition of the Flyerdelphia Podcast.

The Flyers have an overflow of prospects, certainly a good problem for Ron Hextall to have, and that was on full display as the prospects took the ice for Flyers Development Camp.

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.

The Flyers and forward Scott Laughton have agreed to a two-year deal.

Flyers fans won’t get their first look at Nolan Patrick at Development Camp, but there are several other prospects, both new to camp and returning to camp, that should generate some buzz as well.

When Flyers GM Ron Hextall spoke on Sunday, it sounded like the Flyers were done in free agency. But that may not completely be the case. According to Tony Marinaro, a Montreal radio host for TSN 690, veteran defenseman Andrei Markov is in contract talks with one team, the Flyers.

The addition of Nolan Patrick and the departure of Brayden Schenn may define the Flyers offseason, but their most valuable offseason move may be re-signing Jordan Weal.

GM Ron Hextall officially put a wrap on the free agency period as he addressed the media on Sunday afternoon, looking at the Elliott signing, the goalie situation and where the Flyers stand cap-wise following free agency.

New Flyers goalie Brian Elliott spoke about signing with Philadelphia, saying he’s always loved playing in Philadelphia and doesn’t mind sharing the net with Michal Neuvirth in a tandem.

It was reported by Andy Strickland on Friday that Brian Elliott would sign with the Flyers when free agency opened on Saturday at noon. Elliott has indeed signed with the Flyers to a three-year deal worth $8.25 million, a cap hit of $2.75 million per year.