Ron Hextall
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 […]
On any other night, the story of the game would have been how the Flyers survived the onslaught of shots by the Minnesota Wild in the third period and early stages of overtime. It would have been how at 4:23, with just 37 seconds separating them from a shootout, they got the game-winning goal from […]
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 […]
It has been no secret that Ron Hextall has been looking to unload salary and sizable contracts. On Wednesday, he did both. The Flyers traded Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Jordan Weal and a 2016 third-round pick.
Embed from Getty Images The road trip to California ended in disappointment for the Philadelphia Flyers. In three games against talented Western Conference teams, they returned home pointless. The road trip record: a 4-2 loss in Anaheim on Dec. 27, a 4-2 loss in San Jose on Dec. 30 and a 2-1 loss in Los Angeles […]
There was injury added to the insult of a 4-1 loss to Columbus on Saturday. Defenseman Luke Schenn suffered an ankle injury late in the game on Saturday and will miss two weeks with a lower-body injury, according to Flyers GM Ron Hextall.
View image | gettyimages.com It's been five games for Shayne Gostisbehere, but I've seen enough. The Flyers should not return the 22-year-old rookie defenseman to the minors after Mark Streit returns from injury, or for any other reason for that matter. It's not just because he happens to have more goals scored than the […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The Flyers have recalled forward Colin McDonald from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, GM Ron Hextall announced on Tuesday. McDonald, who had served as the team captain in Lehigh Valley, recently returned from injury after going down in the Phantoms season opener. He has one assist in four games with the Phantoms.
You can't say Rod Brind'Amour wasn't honest in his opening remarks as he became the 24th member of the Flyers Hall of Fame. "I am honored and humbled to be here tonight. I didn't know what to expect coming out here," the Flyer forward of nine years said. "It's been 16 years. I wasn't sure […]
It’s been 18 games and the Flyers are now 6-8-4 after a 3-2 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. After a 4-2-1 start, the fall down in the standings wasn’t expected. The easy person to blame in the coach – always has been, always will be. But this is […]
