Vincent Lecavalier
This series was a seven-game showdown that truly went back and forth. When the Flyers had their backs against the wall in Game 6, a late goal flipped the series back around and helped it reach the distance. In the end, just two goals separated the teams in the seven-game series and it was a one-goal margin in Game 7 that decided the series.
They were set to face off against the New York Rangers in the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. In his first season behind the bench was now Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault. What ensued was a battle of a seven-game series that featured ups and downs the entire way. Here is a closer look at the Flyers 2014 playoff series against the Rangers.
The Flyers have traded forward Jordan Weal to the Arizona Coyotes for defenseman Jacob Graves and a sixth-round pick.
Six years ago, then Flyers GM Paul Holmgren made a trade that is widely regarded as the worst in franchise history when he sent James van Riemsdyk to Toronto for Luke Schenn. The Flyers president is among the many in Flyers management excited to have JVR back in Orange and Black.
Embed from Getty Images Brayden Schenn and Sam Gagner have definitely had their ups and downs as Philadelphia Flyers. For Schenn, that means a slow development curve since being acquired in the Mike Richards trade with Los Angeles several years ago. Coming over as a very hot prospect, his offensive growth at the NHL […]
Photo: Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia This could have been a very different season for Flyers forward Brayden Schenn. A player whose potential made general managers around the league fawn couldn’t get in his own boss' good graces. It seemed from the start of general manager Ron Hextall’s tenure that Schenn was a marked man. In his very […]
Monday was a tense day for the Flyers. When you're a team hovering the line between playoff contention and playing the role of seller again, any amount of players can be up for grabs. The Flyers had their share of candidates, but ultimately decided to hold onto everyone and were quiet at the deadline. GM […]
With the NHL Trade Deadline approaching on Monday at 3 p.m., Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall seems to have already decided that he will be selling and continuing his plan to build towards the future. The team is within striking distance of a playoff spot. However, with captain Claude Giroux and top defenseman Michael […]
Embed from Getty Images Less than an hour before the Flyers take on the New Jersey Devils, the Flyers announced yet another injury. Jordan Weal, the 23-year-old forward acquired in the trade that sent Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings, will be out a minimum of three weeks with an […]
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) […]
