Few would have expected the Flyers to march into the last month of fall with a 5-3-2 record. Greater familiarity with the team would only have discouraged such optimism after an abysmal 2021-2022 campaign and lackluster offseason. Still, after 10 games, the Orange and Black remain in the thick of it in a loaded Metropolitan Division. Despite this encouraging start, …
The Flyers have gotten off to an impressive start to their 2022-23 campaign. Led by former Stanley Cup winner John Tortorella, the team, which won all of 26 games last season, has already notched four victories in six tries. Despite a lackluster home defeat to lowly San Jose in their most recent outing, none could deny that the Flyers have …
All indications going into the NHLâs 2022 free agency period suggested that the Flyers would take a swing at Johnny Gaudreau, the top player hitting the market. Gaudreau, a native of New Jersey and a Flyers fan, notched 115 points during 2021-2022. Though it would probably take a player in the MacKinnon/McDavid tier to give the Flyers the juice to …
It was all going so well for the Flyers during their unofficial start to the 2022-2023 season at the NHL Entry Draft. Though their lottery bad luck cost them a chance at top-OHL prospect Shane Wright, they seemed to strike gold at 5th overall with Cutter Gauthier. The future BC Eagle has been compared to Mark Scheifele and Max Pacioretty …
The Flyers are in a sad state and indeed have been for some time. While the 2021-2022 season has represented a unique nadir for the historically successful franchise, it has been a decade since a consistent, balanced roster took the ice at the Wells Fargo Center. Alain Vigneaultâs successful debut season was an outlier rather than a trendsetter, and Dave …
After 15 years and 1,000 games, the Flyers and their fans have said their tearful goodbyes to Claude Giroux. The longest-tenured captain in Flyers history, an entire generation of Flyers fans (myself included) grew up with Claude Giroux as the face of the Flyers. Now, as he chases his ever-elusive first Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers, the Flyers have …
With the NHLâs Trade Deadline Day having come and gone, many and I mean MANY Philadelphia Flyers fans are really displeased (okay, theyâre pissed) with the actions, or lack thereof, from GM Chuck Fletcher. Some fans wanted the team to be buyers and trade for Taylor Hall or Mattias Ekholm or any big-name player, while other fans wanted them to …
With the Flyers struggling at the mid point of their season, Chuck Fletcher's comments shed some light on the problems plaguing the Flyers.
Soon after the shortened 2021 NHL season plans were released, I wrote that no team could afford to fall into a slump if they have any intention of making the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Twenty-six fewer games is a massive discrepancy when compared to the standard 82-game schedule. As a result, I sit here today with a very negative outlook for …
The Philadelphia Flyers 2020-21 season is just about halfway done, and after a strong start to the season, the team is currently reeling with a 2-5-0 record in their last 7 games. What makes matters worse is that those 5 losses come at the Washington Capitals’ hands (3 times) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (twice), all in regulation, meaning the Flyers …
