*Hockey is a ridiculous game. Last night’s was a perfect example. You gotta love it. RECAP !
*You may have noticed that without Tyson Foerster available, Rick Tocchet got a little wacky with the lines last night. [ BSH ]
*It was a bit of a homecoming for Christian Dvorak last night, as he is apparently remembered fondly by his former teammates. That’s nice. [ Inquirer ]
*Back to Dvo’s current team, though… if Tyson Foerster is going to miss some real time these are three players...
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It was a great first period and a terrible second, but the Flyers rallied showed some character and defeated the host Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout Tuesday night.
The basics
First period: 1:56- Bobby Brink (Travis Sanheim, Cam York), 7:07- Cam York (Trevor Zegras, Travis Konecny) (PPG), 7:50- Bobby Brink (Noah Cates, Trevor Zegras) (PPG) Second period: 3:11- Kirby Dach (Noah Dobson, Brendan Gallagher), 4:15- Nick Suzuki (Ivan Demidov, Cole Caulfield) (PPG), 13:28- Kirby Dach (...
2 months ago
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The Flyers didn’t fare so well over their weekend back-to-back against the Leafs and the Flames, picking up a pair of pretty uninspiring losses (and looking, truly, perhaps the worst they have all season on Sunday). They’re in a bit of a spiral here, looking for answers as their process has broken down a bit, and they’re looking to stop the bleeding and get things back on track in short order, taking advantage of the opportunity for a reset that a trip up to Montreal can offer them.
Puck ...
2 months ago
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It is the most obvious hole on the Philadelphia Flyers lineup and it’s something that general manager Danny Briere clearly wants to address, and now might be the perfect time to do so.
Scrolling down the lineup for the Flyers, their third defensive pairing on the blue line sticks out like the sorest of sore thumbs. Glowing red with the word “Yee-ouch!” animated over it, a rotating cast of characters like Noah Juulsen, Adam Ginning, Egor Zamula, and not until recently Emil Andrae, gives li...
2 months ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers open up a quick two-game road trip up in Montreal on Tuesday night, and they’re doing so without Tyson Foerster. The Flyers placed the winger on injured reserve prior to Sunday night’s loss to the Calgary Flames.
Without Foerster, Rick Tocchet tried to keep the magic of the Noah Cates line together with Owen Tippett joining Bobby Brink on the wing, but that was short-lived as the lines were thrown into the blender for the third period.
Flyers lineup vs. Canadi...
2 months ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers were riding high and off to a better-than-expected start to their 2025-26 season. They were winning hockey games, some key players were scoring timely goals, and everything seemed fine. Then a double dose of misfortunes hit Philadelphia: A weekend with two big losses that sunk them down to the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and winger Tyson Foerster going down with a fluke lower-body injury thanks to him blocking a shot.
Foerster was placed on injured reserve ba...
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Dating back to February of last season, Konecny's level has significantly dropped off from where it was at the time of his extension.
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The Philadelphia Flyers’ power play were comically inept in the previous three seasons before 2025-26. John Tortorella stood by Rocky Thompson, and Thompson stood by what was nothing short of a gong show with the man advantage. It was surprising officials didn’t call gross misconducts on Philadelphia as the power play was that ugly to watch. But with a new coach in Rick Tocchet, and a new acquisition in Trevor Zegras, the Flyers power play has been decent 12 games into the season. It still nee...
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*The Flyers wrapped up at home this weekend and kick off a little two-game road trip tonight up in Montreal. They will not have Tyson Foerster. But they WILL have Emil Andrae. [ BSH ]
*After that stinker against the Flames, Rick Tocchet (and I, and also probably you, dear reader) wants to see his team shooting the puck more. A lot more, preferably. [ Inquirer ]
*Ricky Taco had quite a lot to say about his team’s lackluster performance on Sunday night, actually. [ BSH ]
*You get ...
2 months ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers made a pair of transactions that should leave fans completely neutral — one player that they will gladly see on the ice again, while also receiving news that it might be a little bit longer until we see one of the best players on this team.
On Monday afternoon, the team announced that they have recalled defenseman Emil Andrae up from the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms after a brief visit down in the minors due to some roster re-construction. Additionally, they have p...
2 months ago
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Last night’s game against the Flames was for the Flyers, in many ways, a doozy. An uninspired effort from the skaters, which amounted to a meager 18 shots generated (and only nine between the first two periods) on the way to a 2-1 loss and resulted in some largely measured but still pretty pointed criticism from their head coach, the Flyers put together a game which was, it feels fair to say, probably their worst of the season. And on the other side of that, they had Aleksei Kolosov, up from t...
2 months ago
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You can only try to come up with so many different ways to say the same thing, but maybe it’s the best to make it extremely simple: The Philadelphia Flyers had a very bad weekend and head coach Rick Tocchet is asking some questions of his roster.
After losing a disheartening game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, the very next day the Flyers hosted the NHL’s worst team in the Calgary Flames. And they applied almost zero offensive pressure in the 2-1 loss — a performance that is...
2 months ago
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The last week was something of a roller coaster for the Philadelphia Flyers. It started off with a thrilling shootout win over the stupid and dumb Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, followed by a 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators Thursday night to secure their third consecutive win.
Since then, though, the vibes have not been immaculate. The Flyers have dropped two straight games, including 5-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night and a 2-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Sund...
2 months ago
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*That sure was a weekend of Flyers hockey, huh? The way it wrapped up last night with the world’s most boring loss to the worst team in the league? Classic. Loved it. Great times all around. RECAP !
*Head over to Charlie’s website to ask yourself, what if the players on my hockey team took shots? On goal? [ PHLY ]
*We got to see our old pals Morgan and Joel! Good time to revisit what ended up being a nice little trade for Danny Briere. [ Inquirer ]
*Found out ahead of last night...
2 months ago
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In what was the worst performance of the season so far, the Flyers closed out their five game homestand with a sleepy 2-1 loss to the league-worst Calgary Flames at the Xfinity Mobile Center.
The basics
First period: No scoring
Second period: 2:15 – Jonathan Huberdeau (Yegor Sharangovich, Brayden Pachal)
Third period: 7:06 – Huberdeau (Joel Hanley, MacKenzie Weegar), 14:20 – Travis Konecny (Noah Cates)
SOG: 21 (CGY) – 18 (PHI)
Lines jumbled x2&n...
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After Tyson Foerster blocked an Auston Matthews shot in Saturday night’s loss to the Maple Leafs, he hobbled down the tunnel, but returned back a few shifts later and played the remainder of the game, and it looked like the Flyers might have just averted a crisis.
Well, it appears Foerster might have felt the effects of the blocked shot more than initially thought. Prior to Sunday’s game against Calgary, the Flyers announced that Foerster would miss some time with a lower-body injury and ...
2 months ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers face another Canadian team for their second game of a back-to-back. A loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night and now, facing the NHL-worst Calgary Flames. Maybe, there’s some hope to bounce back quickly.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Alex Bump might just have five points in his first 10 AHL games this season, but he’s making an impact to the overall team’s offense in a ...
2 months ago
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Coming into Philadelphia Flyers training camp there was an underlying excitement beyond the typical feeling of finally having hockey back. One of the reasons for that feeling might not be with the Flyers right now, but he’s making a loud enough noise down in the AHL that is starting to draw some attention.
Alex Bump was projected as one of the few young players that could end up making the Flyers out of camp. He had an impressive showing with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms after his collegiat...
2 months ago
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The Flyers are at the 11-game mark, and already they have been looking pretty good at times. They’re 6-4-1 and had a 5-game winning streak at home, their first such streak since the pandemic. The goaltending thus far has been above what fans saw last year, but then again, could it get much lower? Outside of the Toronto performance, Dan Vladar is holding the Flyers in games and has been fantastic! Heading into Sunday’s games Vladar was sixth in goals-against average (2.11) and save percentage (...
2 months ago
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The Flyers and Leafs played hockey Saturday night. Or attempted to. But an extremely slow, choppy, and at times chippy contest resulted in a 5-2 win for Toronto, and the first subpar effort of the season from Philadelphia goaltender Dan Vladar.
The basics
First period: 1:09 – Christian Dvorak (Nikita Grebenkin, Travis Konecny), 6:16 – Auston Matthews (Morgan Rielly, Nick Robertson) Second period: 8:14 – Jake McCabe (Chris Tanev, Matias Maccelli), 17:34 – Nick Robertson (Matthew Knies...
2 months ago
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The Flyers are kicking off a weekend back-to-back this evening, as the first of their visitors from the Great White North visit, and the Maple Leafs come to town. It’s been a wild week already, but the Flyers will be looking to keep the good vibes rolling into this busy weekend.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
The saga of Where In The World Is Emil Andrae continues, as after getting in for one game on Thursday, ...
2 months ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers have made a roster move that not many fans will agree with and it involves young defenseman Emil Andrae.
Announced by the team on Friday afternoon, the Flyers have sent Andrae back down to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Andrae played just one game since his recall a few days ago, where he played over 15 minutes against the Nashville Predators in a fairly solid win for the team.
In addition to the Andrae news, the Flyers have recalled center Jacob Gaucher fr...
2 months ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers are officially 10 games into the 2025-26 campaign. For those who enjoy numbers, that means about 12.2% of the regular season is already in the rearview.
With 10 games in the books, the Flyers have provided enough of a sample size for one to reasonably gauge what they are (and could become) as a hockey team.
So far, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is the Flyers still have a ways to go before becoming a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. The good new...
2 months ago
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It’s Halloween and you know what that means – horror movies! I thought it would be fun to assign a horror or Halloween movie to each Flyer. Well, most of the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s a lot to pick stuff for guys like Rodrigo Abols and Noah Juulsen!
Rick Tocchet – The Faculty
The 1998 sci-fi horror flick The Faculty is all about defying authority figures, as a group of high school students see their teachers replaced by aliens. Now I am not remotely accusing Rick Tocchet and his coh...
2 months ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers are riding high with a 6-3-1 record to start their season but that doesn’t prevent them from having eyes on the future and more specifically what is the future in the crease. According to a report, the Flyers are eyeing a certain disgruntled goalie prospect in the Buffalo Sabres organization.
Devon Levi was once the hottest goalie prospect in the world. The centerpiece of the return for the Sabres in the trade that sent Sam Reinhart to the Florida Panthers in 2021,...
2 months ago
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