Michael Raffl

Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese. The Philadelphia Flyers (17-15-7) welcome John Tavares and the New York Islanders (22-14-5) to the Wells Fargo Center Saturday afternoon. This is third of five meetings between the clubs this season. Game time is 1:00. The Islanders defeated the Flyers 3-1 in New York on November 25th. They followed that up […]

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 […]

Embed from Getty Images   Wednesday was Ed Snider’s 83rd birthday. GM Ron Hextall gave him a pretty good gift: cap relief. Hextall pulled off another trade, sending Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings acquiring 23-year-old forward Jordan Weal and a 2016 third-round draft pick. That marked Hextall’s fifth trade involving a […]

Embed from Getty Images   It hasn't been a pretty start to the post-Christmas break for the Flyers, and with the new year upon us, the holiday festivities are completely over. The drive toward the playoffs is on. Despite the two losses, the Flyers remain locked in a tight race for a playoff spot. It […]

Embed from Getty Images   The stat sheet said it all about the Flyers latest loss, a 4-2 defeat in San Jose on Wednesday night. The Sharks were 3-for-5 on the power play. The Flyers were 0-for-3.  In their last five games, the Flyers have gone 2-for-17 on the power play and allowed seven power […]

Embed from Getty Images   West coast trips have not been kind to the Flyers in recent years, especially when the team makes the trip to San Jose. The trend continued on Wednesday night. The Flyers saw an early lead in the third slip as the Sharks scored three goals to down the Flyers in […]

Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (14-12-7) welcome former head coach Ken Hitchcock and the St. Louis Blues (20-10-4) to the Wells Fargo Center on Monday night.  This is the second of two meetings between the two clubs this season. Game time is 7:00. The Flyers defeated the Blues in St. Louis on December […]

Embed from Getty Images   Steve Mason had to wait three games for his next opportunity. The last game before that was one to forget: three goals allowed on 10 shots to the New York Islanders. Mason had to wait nine days to get back between the pipes, and in his first start since, he […]

Embed from Getty Images   The legend of Shayne Gostisbehere continues to grow.  The rookie defenseman was called up to make his season debut in Carolina on Nov. 13. He assisted on the game-tying goal. On Nov. 23, against the Hurricanes again, Gostisbehere scored the overtime winner on the power play. On Tuesday night, the […]