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Rick Tocchet talks about ‘band-aid’ solutions for Flyers’ power play struggles
The Philadelphia Flyers have needed to work on the power play for a very long time, and head coach Rick Tocchet knows that. So, he’s trying out some temporary solutions. On Sunday against Boston, the Flyers had a 5-on-3 for nearly two minutes in overtime. It was a very low-risk option, but Philadelphia head coach Rick Tocchet went with five forwards for that power play. The collection of Christian Dvorak, Porter Martone, Travis Konecny, Trevor Zegras, and Tyson Foerster took the ice to go...
Sam Ersson is playing for his job over the Flyers’ final stretch
A whole lot has been made of the goaltending for the Philadelphia Flyers. Somehow, this team has found a solution to their ongoing problem in Dan Vladar, and even if it’s a short-term one that we have no idea how it is going to look year-to-year, for the time being he’s the solidifier in between the pipes. Vladar’s arrival has made us all look and see what this roster can do with someone capable of saving more than 90 percent of the shots that they face and it’s frankly been absurdly too ...
Tuesday Morning Fly By: Keep that wagon rolling
*It’s (rightfully) all Porter, all the time in the Flyers Cinematic Universe, mostly because it’s clear that this kid was exactly what the Flyers needed to turn this season around. [ BSH ] *And boy are people noticing! The Flyers are fun again and we aren’t the only ones realizing it. [ BSH ] *It’s not very often that a kid leaves college, joins his team, and immediately makes the kind of impact we’ve seen from Porter Martone over these first few games. If you ask him what he thinks ...
Report: Flyers interested in top KHL free agent Vitali Pinchuk
The Philadelphia Flyers need a centerman with some skill more than anything in the world, and one could be available for completely free this summer. Thankfully, it has been reported that the Flyers are interested. Vitali Pinchuk is getting a whole lot of attention. The 24-year-old is wrapping up an incredibly impressive campaign in the KHL with Dinamo Minsk, who just last week, swept Dynamo Moskow in the first round are currently waiting for their second round opponent. The 6-foot-3, 203...
Porter Martone is the Flyers’ biggest late-season addition in over 15 seasons
Flyers winger Porter Martone is averaging five shots a game, has a game-winning overtime goal to his credit, and two assists. The Flyers are 2-2-0 since he’s entered the lineup, and find themselves (for the time being) sitting in third place in the Metropolitan Division. The NCAA Frozen Four — where Martone was generally considered to be headed along with his Michigan State Spartan teammates — is still three days away in Las Vegas. Martone shouldn’t be here, yet here he is. However, as big of ...
Playoffs or not, this season is a developmental success for the Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers sit in playoff position in April. We wrote them off , and they didn’t write back. There’s still time for things to go sideways, but if we’re to believe our eyes, the rest of the teams in the hunt are out of gas. Philadelphia has gotten a huge boost from adding two young, healthy top-six forwards when other teams are firing their coaches. Turning back the clock, we remember that the goal of the season was to get the young players in “meaningful games” late in the season....
Porter Martone’s big first week for Flyers is turning heads
Porter Martone’s arrival in Philadelphia has made for little short of a revelation. Since signing his entry-level deal and joining the Flyers just a week ago, he’s stepped up to make an immediate and significant impact — Martone has jumped right in and flourished within the increased pace of play, and brought a confidence in playmaking that’s given the team’s offense an undeniable boost when they’ve needed it most. He’s been buzzing since his arrival, but he put just about as big of an ex...
Flyers prospect Jack Berglund wants to stay in SHL next season
As the Philadelphia Flyers make an incredible push to get to the non-pandemic playoffs for the first time since 2018, an eye is on what potential prospects are doing around the hockey world. And one prospect that was rumored to potentially be on his way over to North America, might not want to stay in Sweden instead. Jack Berglund has impressed mightily this season. While some consternation about the initial pick was warranted, as none of the major public scouting services placed him anyw...
Porter Martone is everything the Flyers needed this season
Whatever narratives you can make about this Flyers season thus far, you would have to admit that they have caught fire at the right time. Their dramatic 2-1 win against the Bruins on April 5th allowed them to leapfrog the Islanders for the final Metropolitan division playoff spot, as the regular season winds to a close and the playoff race starts to thin out. And as they have started to really fine-tune Rick Tocchet style hockey, they may have gotten the biggest boost of all in the ...
Monday Morning Fly By: In Porter we trust
*It’s been a busy weekend around here, folks! The Flyers kicked it off with a big win on the road over the Islanders on Friday. In case you missed it, you can relive it with us here. [ BSH ] *It was a big win, as we said, but it was a particularly emphatic showing that Matvei Michkov delivered on a more individual level. [ BSH ] *The Flyers kicked off the weekend on a high note, and they closed it out on one too! They came away with a hard-fought win over the Bruins in overtime last ...
Flyers GM Danny Briere keeping the trade deadline quiet proved to be a genius move
On March 6, the Flyers found themselves six points out of a wildcard spot, and eight points back of the Islanders with two games in hand. Detroit were 10 points ahead of them. With just 67 points, Philadelphia had to overtake Washington, Columbus, and Ottawa just to get to the second wildcard position. They were a meddling 4-4-2 over their previous 10 games. And had Florida, Toronto, and New Jersey just two to three points back. At the time, many hoped the Flyers would end up sinking further, ...
Takeaways: Porter Martone scores his first in OT, Flyers move into playoff spot beating Bruins 2-1
It was a storybook ending Sunday afternoon. After a tight-checking, low-scoring battle, Porter Martone scored his first National Hockey League goal in overtime, leading the Flyers to a 2-1 win and moving into the third seed of the Metropolitan Division. The basics First period: 4:19- Christian Dvorak (Porter Martone, Rasmus Ristolainen) Second period: No scoring Third period: 0:35- Pavel Zacha (Casey Mittelstadt, David Pastrnak) (PPG) Overtime: 2:31- Porter Martone (Christian Dvorak,...
Flyers vs. Bruins: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
Thanks to a whole bunch of teams around the Flyers in the standings, there is a very important hockey game in Philadelphia this afternoon. With a win today, the Flyers can leapfrog the Islanders and claim third in the division, giving them a well-deserved playoff spot. All they have to do is beat the Bruins. Puck drop: 3:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: TNT 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading In the Flyers’ big win on Friday night over the Islanders, in a crucial do-or-die gam...
Flyers’ Matvei Michkov made the most of what he was given to silence critics
It has not been a great sophomore season for Matvei Michkov — it’s undeniable at this point. But as the Philadelphia Flyers continue to push hard to stay and finish on top of the playoff race, the 21-year-old full of boundless potential that has had some growing pains came up big in the most important game of the Flyers’ season. On Friday night, with anyone with any inkling of what is going on in the Eastern Conference race, had all their attention drawn to the New York Islanders hosting ...
Takeaways: Flyers weather storm, come away with 4-1 win over Islanders
The Flyers closed out their back-to-back on the road on Long Island, facing off against the Islanders in a must-win game to keep their playoff push alive. It wasn’t a perfect showing, but the Flyers came up with a largely commanding effort, and came away with a hard-fought win to put themselves within reach of a playoff spot. The basics First period: 13:54- Owen Tippett (Sanheim), 15:01- Alex Bump (Michkov, Cates) Second period: 2:52- Matvei Michkov (unassisted), 15:37- Jean-Gabriel ...
Flyers @ Islanders: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
Would you look at that, it’s game day again! After taking a tough loss to the Red Wings on home ice last night, the Flyers are back in action tonight, taking a quick trip up to Long Island to close out their season series against the Islanders. It’s do or die time for the Flyers’ playoff push, and we’ll see soon how they’re able to rise to this occasion. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 93.3 WMMR Pregame reading In case you missed it, the Flyers lost las...
Flyers face do-or-die game with playoffs on the line
The Philadelphia Flyers are making a playoff push that everyone is on board with — well, at this point they are. They’ve been too good to wish for losses to improve the draft pick by a significant amount, so they might as well try to win and get a possibly brief playoff appearance that would give one of the youngest teams in the NHL a beneficial experience. But, with the 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night they are now in a place where Saturday night while hosting the New Yo...
Flyers coach Rick Tocchet impressed with Porter Martone and Tyson Foerster despite loss
The end result was a loss, and one that might come back to haunt them in the next 11 days. But despite losing to Detroit 4-2 Thursday night at home, the Flyers can take solace in the fact that their two recent additions to the roster have shown something the rest of the roster have had ample problems with all year: getting shots on goal. After the game Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet said he was extremely impressed with the amount of activity the Flyers had offensively, but was still irrit...
Friday Morning Fly By: On to the next
*The Flyers had a pretty major matchup on deck last night, as the Red Wings came to town and the Flyers had a chance to rebound and put a dent in their climb up the standings, but in the face of that big moment, they fell flat. And as they say, there’s a lot to unpack from this one: We’ve got our own in-house recap. [ BSH ] Some instant reactions [ PHLY ] And then some more takeaways. [ NBCSP ] And even more takeaways! [ Inquirer ] *But it’s not all bad news around...
Takeaways: Foerster and Martone shine but Flyers still foiled 4-2 by Detroit
Tyson Foerster and Porter Martone basically put the Flyers on their back Thursday night. But despite Foerster scoring in his first game in four months, and Martone getting the primary assist on another, Philadelphia lost to Detroit 4-2 on Thursday night. The loss dealt a huge blow to the Flyers playoff hopes. The basics First period: 18:49- Alex DeBrincat (Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider) (PPG) Second period: 0:31- Tyson Foerster (Owen Tippett, Trevor Zegras), 18:29- Lucas Raymond (J.T C...
Flyers vs. Red Wings: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
The Philadelphia Flyers are playing the biggest game of their season, again. Really, every game from here on out is as crucial as the last one right up until they can possibly clinch the playoffs. They’re facing a Detroit Red Wings team that they are directly in contention with for those final few available spots in the postseason, but thankfully they have a trick up their sleeve: Tyson Foerster is back. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic ...
Instant gratification or not, Flyers making the playoffs would be fun
We live in a non-stop war for your attention span: It’s estimated that 518,000 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube, over 23 million videos are uploaded to TikTok per day and and over two billion people use Facebook and Instagram per month. The point being, there is a lot going on out there in the world trying to capture your interest in hopes of eventually selling you something. One of the natural recourses to buffering said struggle, and I’m speaking from experience here, is to delay y...
Rick Tocchet explains what Tyson Foerster’s return means for Flyers
It’s been 49 long games since Philadelphia Flyers winger Tyson Foerster last played, after injuring himself in the middle of a game back in December. But with news that Foerster returns to the lineup tonight against the visiting Detroit Red Wings, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet said it’s another big boost to the lineup. Tocchet went on to describe just how much the team has been missing a player like Foerster and what he brings to the table. “There’s a lot of things,” Tocchet said af...
Report: Flyers’ Dean Lombardi interested in Maple Leafs GM job
The Toronto Maple Leafs are making headlines despite having a typically horrendous season, all because they have fired their general manager. Brad Treliving is out of a job after ruining that team up north for a whole lot of years (thank you for the first-round draft pick, Brad) and now the highly coveted position of running the team at the center of the hockey universe is up for grabs. And a member of the Philadelphia Flyers front office reportedly wants it. Flyers executive Dean Lo...
Flyers get unexpected boost as Tyson Foerster returns to lineup
Tyson Foerster was supposed to miss the rest of the season. The Philadelphia Flyers were fully expecting to be without one of their best wingers for multiple months and resigned with the fact that they will just try it all again next season, with him ready to go again at training camp this fall, after he suffered a brutal injury during a game all the way back in December. Well, they’re completely wrong and Foerster is now making a shockingly early return to the Flyers lineup in the middle...
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