Disappointment is the first word that comes to mind when you think about the 2014-2015 Flyers season. The center of this disappointment stemmed from the underachieving offense. The Flyers scored a total of 215 goals last season, ranking them 22 out of the 30 NHL teams. No offense to Steve Mason, but unless Carey Price is your goaltender, 2.62 goals …
The Flyers have needs, and the lack of wiggle room in the salary cap has put a damper on how much GM Ron Hextall can do in terms of signing talent. This offseason, he has begun to take steps towards undoing messy contracts and allow for re-signing of core players such as Jakub Voracek and Sean Couturier. In a trade …
Ron Hextall is a magician. Under “Hexy,” the Flyers had one of their best drafts in years, landing defensive stud Ivan Provorov at pick seven, trading up for Travis Konecny at 24 and restocking the goaltending pool in the later rounds. He also managed to move dead weight in trading Zac Rinaldo, Nicklas Grossman, and Chris Pronger’s contract, freeing up …
The Hockey Hall of Fame is announcing its inductees today. Four Flyers (for a part of their careers) are on the ballot. Here’s a rundown of the four Flyers on the ballot. Chris Pronger. Tallied 698 points in 1,167 career games, was one of the most intimidating players of his era as an elite shut-down defenseman. The only defenseman since …
News that didn’t really make much noise at the NHL Draft this weekend–given the Flyers successful draft and the trade of Grossman and Pronger’s contract on the closing day of the draft–is the the hiring of Kim Dillabaugh as the Flyers new goaltending coach. An official announcement from the Flyers is expected this week. Dillabaugh, most recently the director of goaltending development …
Ron Hextall was able to get some much needed cap relief on Saturday by dealing D Nicklas Grossman and the contract of Chris Pronger to Arizona for C Sam Gagner and a conditional pick in either 2016 or 2017. Yes, you heard that right. The Flyers were able to deal Grossman and the contract of Pronger, who has not been …
With the 2015 NHL Draft fast approaching, everyone is anticipating where some of the top prospects will land. After researching countless expert mock drafts and assessing each team’s needs, here is a prediction of how the first round will play out. 1. Edmonton Oilers – Connor McDavid, C Erie (OHL) Dubbed as the best prospect of the last decade, Edmonton has themselves …
While the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning do battle for Lord Stanley’s cup, the Flyers are looking ahead to next season. This offseason is one GM Ron Hextall hopes to use free agency to compliment the talent that is already on the current roster in order to build a sustainable contender. The Flyers have glaringly obvious needs, such as defense, …
Despite a list of potential head coach candidates that included big names like Mike Babcock and Todd McLellan, the Flyers have hired Dave Hakstol. This has definitely left some of us with the response of, “Who?.” Apparently, there is a reason to be optimistic. Hakstol comes to the Flyers organization with a winning record of 289-143-43 after 11 seasons behind the bench at …
In the 2013 offseason, the Flyers signed Vincent Lecavalier to a five year, $22.5 million contract. Peter Laviolette was still behind the bench at the time. Lecavalier made it clear that it was Laviolette, along with former GM Paul Holmgren, that peaked his interest in coming to Philadelphia. When Lavi was shown the door in favor of Craig Berube, the excitement …
