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The NHL Players have spitballed a potential plan to return to hockey over the summer months that would also delay the start of the 2020-21 season from its usual time, but is it a plan that would really work?

It was only natural to feel disappointment that the NHL season was put on pause at a time when the Flyers were the hottest team in the league. But for the sake of one of the driving forces behind the success and unity of this year’s team, it was a necessary stoppage that provided a lot of perspective.

Jake Voracek was given a two-game suspension as a result, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced on Sunday. This will force Voracek to miss Monday’s game against the Ottawa Senators and Thursday’s game against the Washington Capitals.

Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas was suspended for two games for high-sticking Nikita Kucherov in Tuesday’s game against Tampa Bay.

Embed from Getty Images   The Phillies received some very disappointing news today regarding pitching prospect Alec Asher.  The pitching prospect, received from the Texas Rangers in the Cole Hamels trade last season, has been been suspended for 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.   The suspension to Asher is the the second in the […]

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers will already have to open the 2016-17 season without Brayden Schenn. The NHL Department of Player Safety dropped a three-game suspension on Schenn for his hit on T.J. Oshie in Sunday's Game 6 loss. Schenn will serve the suspension for the first three games of the season.

Embed from Getty Images   Flyers forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare has been suspended one game for his check from behind on Dmitry Orlov in Monday night's Game 3 loss to the Capitals. It was the hit that started it all for the Flyers, coming at 12:17 of the third period. Bellemare was assessed a five-minute major […]

The Flyers are preparing to return to the ice on Tuesday night against the Arizona Coyotes. It will be their first game since last Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Penguins. In that victory, Zac Rinaldo spent most of the game in the locker room. His hit from behind on Kris Letang warranted a boarding […]

We may already know who will get some playing time for the Phillies while catcher Carlos Ruiz is suspended for 25 games in April.  According to Bob Brookover of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Phillies have signed veteran catcher Humberto Quintero.  Quintero played 2012 for the Kansas City Royals and their AAA affiliate. Quintero just may help […]