As Flyers future draws closer, thoughts of what could be

Embed from Getty Images   As the hockey world is buzzing around the NHL All-Star Game and its events in Nashville, this is the lull in the season for Flyers fans to get a little creative and take some more time to reflect on the season in its current state. For the Flyers and their […]

Denise Mroz  •  01 Feb 2016
The Flyers deadline decision: buy, sell or stand pat?

Embed from Getty Images   Slated for Leap Day 2016, the NHL trade deadline is just one month away as the game schedule hits its All-Star Break hiatus. While the Philadelphia Flyers are not hopelessly out of the race to earn a playoff spot – five points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins (with one game in hand) […]

Bill Meltzer  •  28 Jan 2016
A Ghastly Tale: How Gostisbehere nearly stayed in the minors

Embed from Getty Images   The halfway point of the season has come and gone and with the Flyers continuing to make a playoff push, reaching the halfway mark allows a chance for evaluation. It isn't hard to find the point when things started to turn on a season that was going downhill fast. Ron […]

Kevin Durso  •  23 Jan 2016
Flyers recall Sam Gagner, Couturier out for Thursday

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers used the trade of Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to create cap space so they could make essentially any move they wanted. They have made one of the moves previously not possible due to their tight salary cap woes. GM Ron Hextall announced that forward Sam Gagner has been […]

Kevin Durso  •  21 Jan 2016
Flyers First Half Report Card: Grading the Flyers 41 games in

The first half of the season has come and gone for the Flyers and they are both in a good spot and still in some trouble. On the positive side, the Flyers do not have a steep climb to the final playoff spot, sitting just two points back of the Boston Bruins after Wednesday's win […]

Kevin Durso  •  15 Jan 2016
Shayne Gostisbehere to return on Saturday against Rangers

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers rookie phenom is set to return. GM Ron Hextall confirmed on Thursday that defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere will return to the lineup on Saturday when the Flyers host the New York Rangers. Gostisbehere missed the last two games with a lower-body injury.

Kevin Durso  •  14 Jan 2016
Flyers still building, but Hextall’s blueprint taking shape

Embed from Getty Images   It's been a week since Ron Hextall completed his fifth trade on the path to freeing up cap space and starting to help the Flyers turn the corner from building the future to watching it progress to the NHL and form what is hoped to become a contender. But in […]

Kevin Durso  •  13 Jan 2016
UPDATE: Gostisbehere day-to-day with lower body injury

Embed from Getty Images   You can breathe a sigh of relief, Flyers fans. Despite missing Saturday's game with a lower-body injury, the Flyers have officially listed defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere as day-to-day, GM Ron Hextall announced on Saturday morning.

Kevin Durso  •  09 Jan 2016
Gostisbehere out Saturday with lower body injury

Embed from Getty Images   When the Flyers called up Shayne Gostisbehere for their Nov. 14 game in Carolina, no one could have imagined the immediate and ongoing impact he would have on the team. Gostisbehere has seven goals, three of them overtime winners, and nine assists for 16 points in 23 games. Game 23 […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Jan 2016