Some thoughts on round one

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 06/23/2012 at 9:28 am

First off, kudos to everyone who covered the draft live last night. People may joke every time a tweet pops up about a GM working the phones but those reporters worked their butts off last night. Today will be even more hectic. Well done folks. The Penguins got a lot better on paper last night and that worries many people in the Atlantic Division. The Penguins also got a lot better on paper in 2010 when they reshaped their defense by acquiring Zbynek Michalek and Paul Martin. How did that work out? Michalek was traded back to the Phoenix Coyotes …

Flyers draft Scott Laughton

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 06/22/2012 at 9:53 pm

With the 20th pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, the Flyers pick center Scott Laughton of the Oshawa Generals. Laughton is a 18-year-old left-handed center who potted 33 goals, 76 points, and 159 penalty minutes in 127 total OHL games. After numerous highly-touted players slipped in the draft and speculation rose that the Flyers attempted to work out a deal to move up in the draft, perhaps to select Filip Forsberg, Mikhail Grigorenko, or Teuvo Teräväinen, the Flyers stood pat with their own 20th overall pick and selected Laughton. The 6’1″ fast-skating, physical center, is a prototypical pick for the Flyers. Allegedly, Laughton …

A compendium of draft-day predictions

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 06/22/2012 at 1:30 pm

One of the elements of the NHL Entry Draft and Free Agency that makes these two events so entertaining is that anything can happen. This is especially the case with the Flyers, a team that has no qualms about pulling the trigger on a big deal, targeting marquee players, or shipping out a core member (or two) of the team. The Flyers will do anything necessary to improve the team. A few of us here at Flyers Faithful are taking out best stabs in the dark to predict what will happen today. Caveat emptor: take everything you read with a …

Point/Counterpoint: Trading for Rick Nash

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 06/12/2012 at 2:00 pm

Welcome to the newest edition of “Point/Counterpoint,” where a pair of Flyers Faithful scribes present both sides of one particular issue with their own unique view and flair. This week Marcello D and Kim Q debate whether the Flyers should trade for Rick Nash. Point: The Flyers should trade for Nash By Marcello D Throughout the 2011-12 season, the Flyers fell short to the New York Rangers in each of their six match-ups, including a 2-0 shutout in November that started the season series. The team simply could not break through New York’s impermeable defense. The reason why is simple. …

Flyers must go all in for Weber

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 06/09/2012 at 10:50 am

Caveat: It would take a lot to get Shea Weber out of Nashville as the Predators will do everything in their power to keep him. But that does not mean that the Flyers shouldn’t try their damnedest to get him. The fact of the matter is that Weber is an elite defensive talent that is the biggest missing piece standing between the Flyers and a Stanley Cup parade. Few players could realistically fill the void left by Chris Pronger. Weber is one of the select few and is just entering the prime of his career to boot. What reason do …

The definitive guide to the Flyers Faithful and Broad Street Hockey Roller Hockey Tournament

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 05/02/2012 at 7:54 pm

Rinks While Rink 1 is in great condition and was recently resurfaced, money is still being raised to resurface Rink 2. You can see from the image above that it has some crack which would make play it difficult to play with a puck. The rinks have scoreboards, a public address system, benches, clubhouses, bleachers, and lights. Getting There The rinks at Wesley Bishop Park are located at N. Church Street & Twosome Drive in Moorestown, NJ. If you are driving east on Church Street, you will see a skateboard park on your right. The entrance to the rinks is right …

2012 Roller Hockey Tournament Scheduling Survey

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 04/30/2012 at 1:42 pm

If you are participating in the 2012 Flyers Faithful and Broad Street Hockey Roller Hockey Tournament and have any questions or concerns about the schedule, please fill out the survey below. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to fulfill your request but we will do what we can to help you out. If you registered to volunteer for the event, please list your availability in the comment section so that we can get you scheduled. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading questionnaire tool.

2012 Ice Hockey Tournament Fundraiser

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 04/24/2012 at 3:28 pm

Click on the tabs below to navigate through the tournament data and registration. Details Registration F.A.Q. Rules What: A four-team, four-game ice hockey tournament When: Saturday, June 30 from 3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Where: Flyers Skate Zone in Pennsauken Why: To raise money for the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation How much: Registration will cost $50 per player What else: Four media personalities — Sarah Baicker, Eklund, Dave Isaac, and Dustin Leed — will captain each of the teams. You will be asked to honestly evaluate your ice hockey skills as part of the registration process. Needless to say, …

Humbled once again

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 04/24/2012 at 12:47 am

On a dreary Sunday night, when fans across the Philadelphia area may very well have preferred to stay home and celebrate the Flyers’ series-clinching victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, over 30 people drove out to Bensalem to help support the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation. Among the people who made their way out to Play2 at the Parx Casino in the torrential downpour were a number of familiar faces from the Pub Quiz fundraiser, some new friends, and hockey’s most popular anonymous blogger, Eklund. One person stood out in particular, though. Marc Siciliano, who originally came up with the idea …

Underrated moments of the Pittsburgh/Philadelphia series to date

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 04/14/2012 at 10:33 am

Ilya Bryzgalov After two games, Bryzgalov’s numbers stand here: an .857 save percentage and a 3.93 goals-against average — which, though ugly, look significantly better than Marc-Andre Fleury’s .804 SV% and 5.45 GAA — but he has come up with timely, momentum-changing saves and stood tall when he needed to do so. He’s proving himself capable of being the goalie the Flyers have been missing for years and is slowly shaking off his reputation as a poor playoff performer. Bryz was not to blame for many of the goals that went in on him and he faced significantly tougher, early …

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