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Could the Flyers be targeting Bernier?

As the Flyers are now nearly eight million dollars over the salary cap, it is likely that buyouts are looming. Should the rumors of the Ilya Bryzgalov buyout be truthful, the question is: who will take over the vacant Goaltender position? In the past few days, a name that keeps resurfacing is that of current Los Angeles Kings backup Goaltender Jonathan Bernier.  Stuck behind the all-star brick wall known as Jonathan Quick, Bernier has had limited time to showcase his skills between the pipes. As he is set to become a restricted free agent, Bernier would no doubt like to …

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Former Flyers Watch, Week 7: Conference Finals Wrap-Up, Stanley Cup Final Begins

Boston’s Dennis Seidenberg skates against Chicago’s Jonathan Toews in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Seidenberg has been one of the Bruins’ unsung heroes during this postseason. Read on to see how his fellow former Flyers fared in Week 7 of the playoffs. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Boston Bruins – Blackhawks lead series 1-0 Patrick Sharp: It seems like Patrick Sharp’s postseason prowess has lost some of its edge, as he has now gone four games without recording a point. He won 80% of his faceoffs in Game 1 against the Bruins, and took eight shots, though he failed to …

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Podcast Episode 65: Two Weeks

On this edition of the Flyers Faithful podcast, Steve and Hal discuss the 2013 playoffs to this point, look at the upcoming Stanley Cup Finals matchup between the Bruins and Blackhawks, the Rangers firing of John Tortorella, the Penguins difficulties in the Eastern Conference Finals, and muse about the inevitably absurd Flyers offseason. Flyers Faithful Podcast Episode 65 You can listen to the episode by following the link above, or by right clicking on it and saving it to your computer as an mp3. You can also download the Flyers Faithful Podcast from iTunes here!  If you’re enjoying the show via iTunes we would appreciate …

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Around the Net June 11, 2013: Stanley Cup Finals are set; NHL Draft and trade rumors, more

Welcome to Around the Net, a weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. Trade rumors and draft news Keith Yandle’s name is popping up again with the Flyers: [Broad Street Hockey] [Hockeybuzz-Bill Meltzer] Should the Flyers go get Jonathan Bernier? (Hint:YES!): [Philly.com] Stanley Cup Finals preview The Blackhawks and Bruins meet in an Original Six matchup [The Hockey News] [Puck Daddy] Go see Dom Brown drop more bombs on the rest of baseball. Get Philadelphia Phillies tickets here. That’s all for this week, join me next week for more links from around the web …

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Hockey Hilarity: JvR Is A Grammar Nazi

Friday funnies brought to you straight from hockey’s own players, media personnel, and broadcast botches. We’ll be mucking it up every week right here, examining puck ups, puns, tweets, and more! One of our favorite fellow writers and hockey tourney fundraiser fixtures, Dustin Leed, was tweeting (follow him at @D_Leed if you don’t already) this week about his distaste for the Los Angeles Kings and the overall, how can I put this delicately, ridiculously arrogant air that surrounds the organization:   Which is true. I mean you really can’t argue this when their twitter account (@LAKings) has been funny, but real …

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