I think we could all really do without the New Jersey Devils, don’t you agree fans? The Flyers returned home from Buffalo in an attempt to keep up the nice head of momentum the built after back-to-back wins over the Hurricanes and Sabres. Things started well for Philadelphia, which took a 2-0 lead midway through the second period after goals by Zac Rinaldo and Claude Giroux. Unfortunately, a mere 51 seconds later, the Devils opened up their scoring when Zach Parise beat Braydon Coburn to the puck after it slipped off of Adam Henrique’s blade and lifted a perfect backhand …
Coburn gets multi-year extension
The Flyers announced this morning that they have given defenseman Braydon Coburn a multi-year contract extension. It has been reported that a league source revealed the pact to be worth $18 million over four seasons. The average annual cap hit will be $4.5 million per year for the duration — an increase of $1.3 mil from his previous extension. In his fifth season with the organization, Coburn has totaled three assists in 14 games with 19 PIM and a plus-one rating. A former first-round pick of the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2003 draft, the 26-year-old Calgary native has totaled 26 …
Atlantic Watch: 11/2-11/8
The Flyers may have absolutely clobbered the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night, and the Flyers may have only been a shootout goal or two away from going 3-0-0 this week, but these three games weren’t the best Flyers team we’ve seen all season. Before their Saturday night massacre against the worst team in the league, the Flyers may have played 125 minutes as well as participate in a shootout in their first two games, but they really only showed up for a total of about 20 minutes. Inability to play a full 60 minutes was a problem last year’s Flyers …
Point/Counterpoint: Visors
Point/Counterpoint is a new series which argues both sides of a topic relevant to the Philadelphia Flyers. This week, Craig F and frick debate whether or not visors should be mandated in the NHL. Point: by frick As pavialax pointed out in her post, wearing visors reduces eye and facial injuries. While there is a “macho” culture in all sports, including hockey, protecting your assets, and something you need in order to do your job, should not be considered “weak”. Some may argue that non-visor wearing players will be phased out soon, but the truth is that there are young players just coming into …
Future Flyers Weekly Report
The Future Flyers Weekly Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing throughout the various leagues. This week was about as uneventful week as one could imagine since few games were played this week. The Phantoms played one game and their offense consisted of an unassisted goal by Jonathon Kalinski and also an unassisted goal scored by Garret Klotz. Junior prospects Nick Cousins and Brendan Ranford were the only two prospects to finish with more than a point on the week. Cousins finished with a goal and an assist on Sunday and also picked up another assist this week. …
3 on 3 for the week of 11.06.11
Welcome to 3-on-3, where we take a look back at the best and worst Flyers of the last week, statistically speaking. The Flyers had a good week, going 2-0-1 and gaining 5 out of a 6 possible points with a tough road victory against the Sabres, a disappointing shootout loss to the rival Devils, and a complete manhandling of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Here are this week’s 3 “hot” and 3 “duds:” “Hot” players: Sean Couturier — The 18-year-old from the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the QMJHL continues his strong two way play in his rookie season. “Couts” as he is …
Flight Plan Week of 11.06.2011
The Philadelphia Flyers have been inconsistent in the early going, but mostly trending up — which is why they are sitting in the fourth overall slot in the Eastern Conference, just three points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins for the #1 seed. There are good and bad trends with every team and perhaps a little unexpectedly, the good for the Flyers lies in their scoring. As of right now, after only 14 games, the Flyers have managed to pot 56 goals which is tops in the league. In fact, they’re the only team in the NHL to have scored at least …
Flyers Shred Blue Jackets 9-2
What a doozy! In Jeff Carter’s return to Philadelphia… Er, anyway, even Carter couldn’t have helped his new team survive the Flyers’ 9-2 thrashing of Columbus last night. The game, which the home team controlled from the start, was a real crowd pleaser. It featured a little bit of everything and a whole lotta scoring. The Flyers started off the first period fast, scoring two within the first 3 1/2 minutes, and worked up a staggering 5-0 advantage before it was all over. Among these were a pretty power play goal by Jaromir Jagr, a great dexterous goal by Max Talbot and a goal from the blue …
A short list…
Per Anthony SanFilippo of the Delco Times, here are some players who have confirmed their appearance at the Alumni Game on December 31. Mark Recchi Brian Propp Dave Poulin Bobby Clarke Orest Kindrachuk Kjell Samuelsson Bill Barber Reggie Leach Chris Therien Eric Desjardins Derian Hatcher Mark Laforest – Ed. note (?) and some other guys named Eric Lindros and John LeClair, too. As for the Rangers, the reports are scarce, though ASF says they’re trying to get as many players from the ’94 Cup winners to participate. While that may be a great trip of recent nostalgia for Blueshirts fans, …
Print Media
On my very messy desk (it gets bulldozed on the weekend, sometimes), sit two issues of The Hockey News. My very first two issues in truth. Being a subscriber to Gamecenter Live means I get a lot of advertisement emails from NHL.com and the like and this was the fifth email about getting 10 issues of The Hockey News for some low price. I’d just been asked to write here on flyersfaithful.com and I thought, I need to know more about hockey, why not? I like magazines and catalogues. It might be more the joy of getting something in the …