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Friday Morning Fly By: On the up and up
*The Flyers came home for their penultimate game of the preseason last night, and would you believe it, with closer to their full NHL lineup against a less stacked Bruins squad, they picked up their first exhibition win of the year! [ BSH ] *It was quite a good game across the board, but there’s no doubt that Matvei Michkov was the biggest star of the show. [ NBCSP ] *The second biggest star was… Trevor Zegras’s jersey? Which was tucked twice? Which is… well has long been a ...
Takeaways: Joseph Woll shuts out Bruins as Matvei Michkov shines in Flyers’ 2-0 win
The Philadelphia Flyers earned their first win of the four-game exhibition season Thursday night at home, defeating the Boston Bruins 2-0 thanks to a 28-save effort by Joseph Woll. Oh, and Matvei Michkov was great too. The basics First period: 4:02- Matvei Michkov (Porter Martone, Helge Grans) Second period: No scoring Third period: 2:57- Cole Knuble (Jacob Gaucher, Jett Luchanko) SOG: 28 (PHI) – 28 (BOS) Some takeaways First proper dress rehearsal Although the entire ...
David Jiricek has the inside track in Flyers’ blue line battle
The Philadelphia Flyers are largely returning most of last year’s roster that made the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but there are roster battles on the fringes here in the shortened training camp. Not only are there a handful of young forwards fighting for a spot or two in the bottom six, but there’s a battle on the blue line at the bottom of the depth chart as well. Jamie Drysdale, Travis Sanheim, Cam York, Rasmus Ristolainen, and Nick Seeler are going to be five of the...
Flyers vs. Bruins: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
The Philadelphia Flyers are back in action once again to play in their penultimate preseason game. It’s going to feel so much real. They have gone ahead and made a whole lot of roster cuts and we’ll actually see a lineup tonight that looks closer to what they’re going to start the season with. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading As mentioned, the Flyers did a whole lot of cuts. That includes waiving a total of six ...
Flyers officially announce their EBUG for next season
The Philadelphia Flyers announced additional personnel to the organization , including naming Daniel Spencer the team’s Emergency Backup Goaltender (EBUG). Under the new CBA, every single NHL team has to name an EBUG to travel with the team. Prior to this, each arena just had one goalie to serve as both team’s emergency backups in case a scenario would ever come up. The Flyers had until Sept. 28 to make the announcement official (or 48 hours before dropping the puck against Pittsburg...
Thursday Morning Fly By: Cuts, cuts, and more cuts
*The Philadelphia Flyers got busy on Wednesday as they did their second round of cuts at training camp. Players that were unlikely to make the final roster to begin with were sent down to the AHL, or sent back to their junior teams. Now, everyone remaining at Flyers camp has a real shot of making the team if things go in their favor. This is where we can have fun conversations. [BSH] *It’s the first prospect report of the season! It’s all about Cole Knuble’s rapid ascent up the Flyers dep...
Rick Tocchet is overhauling the Flyers’ power play with youth — and a new approach
The last few days, aside from avoiding a catastrophe with goaltender Dan Vladar , the Philadelphia Flyers have been focused on primarily one thing: making the power play look like a power play. It’s something that’s been discussed in detail earlier this week , with the different combinations for the different units seemingly showing some semblance of chemistry, however early it might be. And ideally, hoping to get the team in a position where a power play isn’t essentially stifling any momentu...
Flyers waive 6 players, assign 6 to AHL as training camp cuts continue
The Philadelphia Flyers are trimming down their roster and reportedly have waived several players to send down to the AHL. According to PuckPedia, the Flyers have waived a total of six players as part of their next round of cuts at training camp. Forwards Zach Aston-Reese, Nolan Foote, Danila Klimovich, and Carl Grundstrom, and defenseman Cam Dineen have all been placed on the waiver wire. 34 players placed on waivers today. @PuckPedia https://t.co/SEwCuzihn1 pic.twitter.com/xSIFvi...
Flyers prospect report: Knuble makes his case, Zavragin gets settled
It’s a brand new season, but the same old prospect is back again. It’s still been a relatively quiet week around here, with only some teams and leagues getting rolling this early, but in these early starters, the Flyers have already seen some of their key prospects stepping up in big ways. The News of the Week While the Flyers did open up their training camp with an expanded roster, they quickly trimmed it back down again before they got into the real game action this week. On Saturd...
Flyers get encouraging news about Dan Vladar’s injury, avoid nightmare scenario
The Philadelphia Flyers appear to have avoided disaster with goaltender Dan Vladar. Vladar left Tuesday night’s preseason game in Boston early in the first period with an apparent arm injury. It was the goalie’s first action of the year after signing a five-year, $27.5 million contract extension in the summer. However, the Flyers dodged a bullet with their goalie, according to the update provided by head coach Rick Tocchet on Wednesday afternoon. Vladar is day to day, per Tocche...
Flyers’ latest lineup reveals some big clues about opening night
Opening night for the Philadelphia Flyers is inching closer and closer. We are now just a week away until the Flyers host the archrival Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 1 of their 2026-27 season — and we have what could be a season-opening lineup. At Flyers training camp on Wednesday morning, the team really solidified who was making the final roster (or is still in the race) and who is certainly not. For the past week, the groups were mainly a mix of prospects, young AHLers, veterans, farmha...
Player Preview: The young Flyers defensemen that will be leaned on
After looking over some of the Flyers defensemen on the bubble earlier on this week, it’s time to move onto a couple of more concrete roster staples in Cam York and Jamie Drysdale. Both players had seasons filled with positive moments, and scored goals that served as a bookend to a memorable Flyers series win against the Penguins in round one, with Drysdale scoring the first goal of the series, and York potting the last, (the Flyers beat Pittsburgh in Game 6, if you didn’t remember). He...
In loss to Bruins, Flyers learning to play through fatigue
The Flyers closed out a tough back-to-back to open up the preseason Tuesday night in Boston, and though they began it with some promising play, ultimately fell into another third period meltdown, matching the trajectory of their opener in Hershey against the Capitals the night before. This matchup against the Bruins was always going to be a challenging one for them, with the Flyers bringing in a lineup heavy with not only prospects and NHL bubble players, but also with players who skated ...
Wednesday Morning Fly By: Melting down
*We are back into the swing of things in a big way, folks! Before we get into this most recent game’s happenings, let’s go deep on that preseason opener out in Hershey. To begin, we have our own recap of the action and our big takeaways. [ BSH ] And then Charlie has his own expanded observations. [ PHLY ] How about some more takeaways? [ Inquirer ] And, would you look at that, even more! [ NBCSP ] *That game, notably, saw Denver Barkey leave with injury, but we got...
3 ways the Flyers could replace Dan Vladar if he misses significant time
The Philadelphia Flyers were dealt a significant blow on Tuesday night. Maybe the worst news they could possibly get. Goaltender Dan Vladar suffered an injury and it’s unknown just how long he might be out for. During what seemed like an everyday collision between opposing player and Flyers goalie, Vladar suffered some sort of potential upper-body injury and had to leave the game. He did not return, of course, and now the Flyers are facing a reality where they could be without last year’s...
Takeaways: Flyers fizzle out, drop preseason matchup with Bruins 5-1
The Flyers closed out their preseason opening back-to-back on the road up in Boston, and despite a strong enough start, things ended up going sideways on the Flyers in a big way — losing their starting goaltender to injury late in the first period, and ultimately falling into a four-goal third period meltdown, going out in this one with a whimper. The Basics First period: 13:31 – Michael Eyssimont (Brunet, Jeannot), 18:06 – Jacob Gaucher (Luchanko, Seeler) Second period: No scoring T...
Dan Vladar leaves Flyers preseason game with apparent injury
The Philadelphia Flyers are two games into their four-game exhibition season, and already they’re dealing with some ailments. After forward Denver Barkey was listed as day-to-day following Monday’s game against Washington, Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar left Tuesday’s game against the host Bruins with an apparent injury. Lineup update: Goaltender Aleksei Kolosov takes over in net for Dan Vladar at 13:31. #PHIvsBOS pic.twitter.com/KNcNt88O2e — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) September...
Flyers @ Bruins: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
We didn’t have hockey for months and now we get two games 24 hours apart? Wow, lucky us! The Philadelphia Flyers are back in preseason action after their unfortunate 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals on Monday night. Now, they get to travel to Boston to go ahead and face the Bruins. We will try not to panic if they end up losing this one by multiple goals, too. Just kidding, it’s the preseason. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame re...
Flyers unveil a potential new top power-play unit at practice
There have been a few consistent issues for the Philadelphia Flyers for the last few years (or decades) no matter who is in charge. One of them is goaltending, which they may have solved with Dan Vladar and Joseph Woll, but the more pressing problem has been the power play. After finishing dead last in the league with a 15.7% success rate last season, Rick Tocchet wanted his coaches to think outside the box to come up with ideas for the power play. It can’t get worse, right? Tocchet ...
Flyers prospect Cole Knuble making big impression in camp
The Flyers kicked off their four-game slate of preseason action last night on the road in Hershey, and while that opener didn’t end up going as smoothly for them as they might have liked, they saw some momentum undoubtedly being picked up in some corners of the lineup. Things started off well enough for them, as they jumped out to an early lead with a power play goal from new depth forward Jack Studnicka, but the Capitals’ greater firepower began to take over from there, as they picked up...
Player Preview: The Flyers forwards that need to move the needle
Last week we previewed the depth options within the Flyers forward corps, both veteran and up-and-coming . As we move closer to the start of the 2026-27 Flyers season, we start to take a look at the core of the team. Today we have a trio of young(er) core forwards in Tyson Foerster, Owen Tippett, and Noah Cates. All three players showed flashes of offensive breakouts last year, and all three suffered injuries of varying degrees. Can we expect them all to build on last season? Could their injur...
Tuesday Morning Fly By: Not a great start
*The Philadelphia Flyers started their preseason out with a little bit of a whimper in what was a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals in the somewhat neutral site of Hershey, PA. It wasn’t a great showing overall but some young prospects like Cole Knuble got noticed and is suddenly in the conversation. Check out all the takeaways from the first preseason bout. [BSH] *But more important than any result in the preseason, Denver Barkey got banged up in the first period of the first exhibitio...
Takeaways: Flyers drop preseason opener to Capitals 5-2
The Philadelphia Flyers started their four-game exhibition season on Monday night with a 5-2 loss against the Capitals at the GIANT Center in Hershey. Although Cole Knuble had a multi-point game, the contest might have been more detrimental due to center Denver Barkey leaving the game after taking a big hit in the first. The Basics First period: 2:42- Jack Studnicka (Cole Knuble, Jett Luchanko) (PPG), 9:39- Aliaksei Protas (Dylan Strome, Jon McDonald) (PPG), 19:18 – Ryan Leonard (Rya...
Denver Barkey injured during Flyers’ first preseason game
It’s not a great start for the Philadelphia Flyers this season. In the middle of their first preseason game — their very first bit of actual game action — they have lost a fairly important young player to injury. Denver Barkey has suffered a lower-body injury during this 2026-27 preseason debut against the Washington Capitals in Hershey, PA, and as announced by the Flyers, he will not return to the game. Injury update: Flyers forward Denver Barkey (lower-body) will not return to #P...
Flyers @ Capitals: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
Things are finally starting to pick up around here, as the Flyers are kicking off their run of preseason games this evening in Hershey tonight. It’s a thinner lineup on both sides, but the door is open for some key players on the bubble through this exhibition slate to continue building their cases for a spot on the opening night roster. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading First, the news. In case you missed it, the...
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