Morning After: Defense faces tough challenge without Coburn

There are times where Braydon Coburn looks totally out of place in the Flyers defensive system. I even criticized his positioning on the Bruins first goal on Wednesday night. But it is games like the Flyers home opener on Thursday, a 6-4 loss to the Devils, where his absence proves costly. Less of Coburn means […]

Kevin Durso  •  10 Oct 2014
Game 2 Preview: Flyers open home slate against Devils

  Less than two minutes separated the Flyers from points in the standings in their first game of the 2014-15 season. Instead, a late goal gave the Bruins the win and the Flyers a tough loss. But Thursday night presents another new beginning as the Flyers debut on home ice for the first time this […]

Kevin Durso  •  09 Oct 2014
Devils hand young Flyers loss

Robert Hagg scored the lone Flyers goal in a 3-1 loss to the Devils on Sunday night. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) With two games on back-to-back nights, the Flyers took an unseasoned team to Newark to face the New Jersey Devils. The team consisted of many players that have already been cut from Flyers camp and […]

Kevin Durso  •  28 Sep 2014
Flyers power play continues to surge in shutout win over Devils

Scott Laughton scored a goal and added two assists in the Flyers 4-0 win over the Devils on Thursday. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) From the close of last season to the dawn of this season, there are already noticeable changes to the Flyers power play. It hardly seems to matter. The power play continued a […]

Kevin Durso  •  25 Sep 2014
Morning After: Where have Flyers forwards gone?

Claude Giroux and the rest of the Flyers forward group have been held scoreless in each of the last two games. Nick Grossmann, a defenseman, scored the only Flyers goal in a 2-1 loss to the Devils on Tuesday. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) The talk of the morning is about the Flyers near game-tying goal […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Mar 2014
Jagr scores game-winning goal in Devils’ controversial 2-1 decision over the Flyers

Image courtesy of RantSports.comIn their final game before a six-game stretch that will test the skill of this team, the Philadelphia Flyers suffered a 2-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at the Wells Fargo Center tonight. New Jersey received goals from Travis Zajac and Jaromir Jagr in the win, while Martin Brodeur managed to […]

Craig Forsythe  •  11 Mar 2014
Game 65 Preview: New Jersey Devils @ Philadelphia Flyers

Image courtesy of FoxSports.com New Jersey Devils (28-24-13) @ Philadelphia Flyers (33-24-7), 7:00pm, CSN-Philly/MSG Plus/RDS Although they lost on Saturday to the Toronto Maple Leafs and squeaked out two wins against the Washington Capitals in a home-and-home, the Philadelphia Flyers enter tonight’s affair against the New Jersey Devils on a relatively quiet four-game point streak. […]

Craig Forsythe  •  11 Mar 2014
Around the Net March 10, 2014:Flyers look to rebound against Devils; Simmonds and Giroux hoop it up with the Globetrotters

Welcome to Around the Net, a bi-weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. Andy MacDonald doesn't suck Well played, Paul Holmgren, well played…[CSNPhilly.com]  Obligatory JVR story You knew one was coming: [Philly.com-Sam Carchidi] Simmonds and Giroux play basketball Rumors are the Sixers are interested: [CSNPhilly.com] NHL GMs […]

Dain Stiles  •  10 Mar 2014
Mike Richards Puts A Fish In Lord Stanley’s Cup

Former Flyer Captain Mike Richards is spending his time with the Stanley Cup that he won back in June against the Devils as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Each player who is on the winning team is entitled to his own time with the cup for one day. They are able to do […]

Erik Seybold  •  19 Aug 2012