Nick Grossmann
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 […]
As training camp and the preseason draw slightly closer, the Flyers already busy offseason warrants a look back. The Flyers have certainly made many changes. Some things, though, have also remained the same. The biggest change is the new face behind the bench with former North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol making the jump to the […]
The period of hibernation between the draft, the early days of free agency and training are upon us. That still left plenty to think about as the offseason continues. Here is a look at this past week's content from Flyerdelphia.
In just a little more than four months, Flyers GM Ron Hextall has gone from your average, ordinary general manager to a magician at work. He traded 40-year-old veteran Kimmo Timonen, who had not played all season and had two months left in his playing career, for Chicago’s second-round pick. He turned Braydon Coburn into […]
The Draft may have ended, but Ron Hextall was far from finished on Saturday. He made seven picks in Day 2 of the Draft, hired a goalie coach and now, he has made a trade. The Flyers traded defenseman Nick Grossmann to the Arizona Coyotes for forward Sam Gagner and a future draft pick – […]
It has already been an eventful offseason for the Flyers and the offseason is only really just beginning. True to their word, the Flyers and GM Ron Hextall sent Craig Berube packing not long after the conclusion of the season and made the new hire official prior to the NHL Draft. Enter Dave Hakstol, the […]
Before Dave Hakstol can start coaching the team, he needs to know what players he has to work with on the roster. Ron Hextall continues to add to the many decisions the Flyers will have to make this offseason. Last week, Hextall tapped into the KHL for two free agents – defenseman […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers may be an inconsistent team, but they certainly have their moments where consistency reigns supreme. The Flyers goaltending woes have not been about ability, but health. That reared its ugly head once again on Saturday night. So did their struggles on the road. Against the lowly Edmonton Oilers, […]
Saturday signaled the one-week mark of the beginning of the end for the Flyers. Last Saturday, the Flyers were 15 seconds away from moving within two points of the Boston Bruins for the final playoff spot. One week later, the Flyers are now 10 points back of that spot. On Saturday afternoon, they welcomed the […]
View image | gettyimages.com It could have been the beginning of a crucial week where the Flyers were on the cusp of a playoff spot. Instead, the Flyers are trying to regroup from a lost weekend that may have ended their playoff bid for good. The Dallas Stars are in town for the first […]
