Peter Laviolette
March 27, 2010: A lone appearance for a forgotten Flyers netminder One game, 40 minutes. That was the entire regular season career in the NHL for Swedish goalie Johan Backlund as a Flyer, tagged with the loss in a 4-1 defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
January 20, 2004: Flyers trade Justin Williams, acquire Danny Markov It was a trade made out of necessity. The Flyers blue line corps was a mess from injuries to top players Eric Desjardins, out with a fractured forearm, and Dennis Seidenberg, out with a fractured left leg. With other defenseman with expiring contracts at the […]
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 […]
In a key Thursday night win in St. Louis, Claude Giroux's 11th goal of the season had some added flare. And why not? It not only gave the Flyers a 3-1 lead, but completed a checklist of goal scoring against the rest of the NHL. Giroux has at least one goal against every other team […]
View image | gettyimages.com It might be the only consistent part of the Flyers play to this season: the most helpless person on the ice stands between the pipes. Michal Neuvirth was hardly the reason for the Flyers 4-0 loss on Tuesday, their seventh in the previous eight games. He faced 40 shots against […]
As the Philadelphia Flyers crawled out of their six-game losing streak with a win against the Winnipeg Jets, fans can finally be hopeful. With improving power-play action, offense hopefully getting fire under their skates and scoring and defense carrying pucks with no turnovers, one may dream of improvements. Dream of quick improvements. Here are three […]
The NHL season kicks off tonight with four games to get the regular season going. As you may recall, last season during the playoffs, the Flyerdelphia kept up to date with the results and action in our own Bracket Challenge. To ring in the start of another NHL season, the Flyerdelphia staff has made predictions […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers rookies may have hit the ice on Monday, but tomorrow marks the start of training camp for the rest of the Flyers regulars. As the start of a new season begins — the preseason is just five days away — there are several questions facing a team that […]
With rookie and prospect camp starting Monday and full training camp to follow on Thursday, hockey is back in the City of Brotherly Love. After an elongated summer thanks to missing the postseason for the second time in three years, the Flyers players and coaches are eager to hit the ice in preparation for […]
In the 2014-15 season, the Flyers missed the playoffs primarily due to inconsistent play. But it was the inconsistencies of three players that were magnified, and for good reason. Combined, Vincent Lecavalier, R.J. Umberger and Andrew MacDonald make $14.1 million. Last season, they played in a combined 182 games, scoring 19 goals and adding 28 […]
