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Could Denver Barkey be the missing piece to the Flyers’ puzzling start?
The Flyers have played six periods (and one overtime session) over two games. They would probably like to forget the first three periods they played against Pittsburgh (as would anyone else remotely associated or interested in the club). The game Thursday night against New Jersey had a slightly different outcome . They earned a point thanks to a solid Philadelphia debut by Joseph Woll, who swallowed up shots like crazy, controlled rebounds perfectly, and kept the Flyers from coming away empty-...
Flyers feel ‘lucky’ to have Joseph Woll after he saved them from a nightmare
It feels weird to say after the Philadelphia Flyers just played back-to-back games to start the season where they looked like they had their feet lodged in cinderblocks and thrown into the Delaware, scrambling to try and swim to the surface as they keep on sinking towards the bottom, their lungs filling with water — but it could have been just so much worse. After suffering the incredibly embarrassing result of losing 7-0 in your season opener to your archrival, the Flyers were looking to...
Friday Morning Fly By: Another heartbreaker
*In case you missed it, the Flyers opened up their regular season on Wednesday night with a loss to the Penguins which all of us and the coaching staff alike can agree was downright embarrassing. [ BSH ] *It was embarrassing! What more can you say! [ The Athletic ] *We have a lot of questions about how exactly that could have gone so sideways for the Flyers, but the Flyers themselves are still sort of looking around for answers. [ PHLY ] *If nothing else, this was a good reminde...
Takeaways: Flyers close out back-to-back with 3-2 overtime loss to Devils
The Flyers closed out their season opening back-to-back on the road against the Devils, and while they were hoping to find a productive response to a gutting loss to the Penguins to open the season, the Flyers couldn’t push their game enough to claw their way to a win. Kept in it well enough to hang around for overtime by some pretty spectacular goaltending from Joseph Woll, things broke again in the wrong way for the Flyers on the way to another disappointing loss. The Basics First ...
Flyers swap forward prospects in trade with the Kraken
To all of the fans yelling at the Flyers to do something at Wednesday night’s game, Danny Briere heard you. Well, maybe. The Philadelphia Flyers announced a swap of two AHL forwards on Thursday afternoon, sending Devin Kaplan to the Seattle Kraken for David Goyette. TRADE ALERT: We have acquired forward David Goyette from Seattle in exchange for forward Devin Kaplan. — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) October 1, 2026 The Flyers drafted Kaplan in the third round (69th o...
Flyers @ Devils: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
The Philadelphia Flyers are playing hockey again (threatening). Just 24 hours after getting embarrassed so badly that you almost have to laugh about it, they are traveling up to New Jersey to face the Devils in a season-opening back-to-back. It is the perfect chance to wipe away that disgusting result against the Penguins and start to maybe get some hope instilled in us again. If they look good tonight, we’ll be willing to never think about 7-0 again. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to wat...
The Flyers proved their biggest fear was justified on opening night
Complacency (noun): a calm sense of well-being and security: the quality or state of being satisfied. That was one of the buzzwords used time and time again by the Philadelphia Flyers in the offseason and training camp. From the top down, general manager Danny Briere and head coach Rick Tocchet were worried about the players showing some complacency after last season — or rather weren’t worried, given how hungry this team is. But if there was one word to describe the team’s effort in...
The Flyers just got a brutal reminder that last season means nothing now
The Philadelphia Flyers started off with a bang last night. Sadly, the only fireworks were during the player introductions before the opening faceoff. After looking marginally okay in the opening shifts, and a heavy hit from Rasmus Ristolainen on Sidney Crosby got the crowd into the proceedings, things started to break down a bit. Then a lot. By the end of the evening, the Penguins destroyed the Flyers in every conceivable eye test and analytic . Flyers captain Sean Couturier said the club nee...
Thursday Morning Fly By: Welp
*Hey, so there was this Philadelphia Flyers season opener that happened last night. Oh, how did it go? Well, the thing about that is that you really shouldn’t even pay attention to what happened in the season opener. Because it doesn’t really matter, right? It’s just Game 1 of 84 and the score might not really matter in the end so we really shouldn’t even think about it. Okay, fine. [BSH] *After the game, Flyers coach Rick Tocchet called out his team. He said a whole lot about how no batt...
Rick Tocchet calls out Flyers after disastrous season opener
The Philadelphia Flyers were hoping to start their season off with a bang, to prove to everyone that last year wasn’t an anomaly and they could very well be destined for back-to-back playoff appearances. Unfortunately, they came out with a whimper of a whimper, getting blown out at home 7-0 against the rival Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a result that was as shocking as embarrassing and Flyers coach Rick Tocchet really had no explanation as to why it happened the way it did. “I honestl...
Takeaways: Flyers sleepwalk through season opener, trounced by Penguins 7-0
If Philadelphia read too much of their own press over the summer, and the hype that was to begin 2026-27, the Pittsburgh Penguins brought them back down to earth. In a hurry. The Pens dominated the Flyers, resulting in an ugly, almost tedious 7-0 loss on Wednesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The basics First period: 7:26 – Nicholas Robertson (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby). 15:44 – Ville Koivunen (Samuel Girard, Kaedan Korczak) Second period: 5:03 – Evgeni Malkin (Hendrix LaPierre, T...
3 centers the Flyers could target after the Leo Carlsson saga
For six days in July, Danny Briere held the league hostage. On July 3, the Flyers tendered Leo Carlsson a five-year, $90 million offer sheet whose $18 million cap hit edged past Kirill Kaprizov’s $17 million as the richest in NHL history, with roughly $85 million arriving in front-loaded, buyout-proof signing bonuses. Decline, and Anaheim would collect four first-round picks for its franchise center. Leo Carlsson remains in Anaheim Pat Verbeek never blinked. “Leo is viewed as a top p...
Flyers vs. Penguins: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
And we’re off! After an abbreviated, but still somehow too long, run through the preseason, the regular season is finally set to kick off tonight for the Flyers. It’s a big matchup on deck, a playoff rematch against the Penguins, and it’s sure to be an exciting one to get us rolling. Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: TNT 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading There’s no better way to prepare for the season opener than to look back at some of the very best performances...
Oddsmakers expect breakout seasons from the Flyers’ young stars
The Philadelphia Flyers’ 2026-27 season gets underway on Wednesday night, and the spotlight is going to be on Matvei Michkov and Porter Martone. Michkov is looking to bounce back from an admittedly down sophomore years, while Martone is hoping to pick up where he left off after joining the Flyers late last season. Is a bounce-back season in the cards for Matvei Michkov? Matvei Michkov is entering his third full season with the Flyers. He came over a few years earlier than expect...
The 3 best season openers in Flyers history
The Flyers are about to embark on another season, this one 84 games long but sure to be as interesting as last year was. Over their franchise history, Philadelphia has lost some opening games, won some opening games, and tied a few (yes, in ancient folklore, games ended in ties, with no three-point games in existence). The team didn’t win their first season-opener until October 10, 1970, a 2-1 win over Minnesota (the North Stars, not the Wild). Bobby Clarke scored the game-winner late in the o...
Player Preview: Matvei Michkov can have the bounceback season we’re dreaming of
As we wrap up our season preview series, it’s time to talk about the most polarizing, most talented, and most important player on the Flyers roster, Matvei Michkov. The 21-year old Russian enters his third full NHL season with something to prove after taking a bit of a step back in year two after his emergent rookie campaign put his name on the lips of every NHL commentator, both around Philadelphia, and the league at large. What did we see from Michkov Michkov last season? Mi...
Is Christian Dvorak good enough to help the Flyers succeed?
The Philadelphia Flyers veteran center had a career year last year, but there was some of the good, bad, and ugly to his game. Is he really good enough to be a pivotal piece on a team wanting to make the playoffs?
Wednesday Morning Fly By: And we’re off
*It’s finally here folks! It’s the first day of the regular season for the Flyers! We’ll be getting underway later this evening, but ahead of that, the Flyers made some tweaks to their lineup in practice yesterday, giving us a bit of a hint about what we might see for them tonight. [ BSH ] *Huge news from practice: Dan Vladar is officially good to go for opening night after taking an injury in preseason. [ Inquirer ] *Porter Martone’s made his proper introduction to the city, and we ...
Flyers reportedly tried to land Kirill Marchenko before Leafs trade
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets pulled off a sizeable blockbuster deal right before the first puck dropped for the 2026-27 NHL season, swapping star wingers Kirill Marchenko and Matthew Knies for each other. And while we never heard even a whisper of their involvement, the Philadelphia Flyers were one of the teams ringing up the Blue Jackets asking what it would take to get the 26-year-old Russian winger off their hands. According to Daily Faceoff’s Anthony Di Marco , th...
Flyers shake up forward lines at final practice before season opener
The Philadelphia Flyers open the regular season on Wednesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Due to the shortened training camp and only four preseason games, the Flyers don’t have their lineup set in stone as of yet. Add in an injury to Denver Barkey, as well as banged-up Nikita Grebenkin, and there are a few more questions. PHLY’s Charlie O’Connor shared the Flyers’ lines and pairs at Tuesday’s practice. Let’s take a look at them one by one. Flyers’ forward lines in flu...
Flyperblog: Trevor Zegras is putting his Flyers housemates to work
(NOTE: Nothing in this post is serious or real except for the fact that a bunch of dudes are living with Trevor Zegras) Philadelphia Flyers forward Trevor Zegras has been a uniting force in the team’s locker room since they acquired him last year. His friendship with defensemen Cam York and Jamie Drysdale has been well-documented. On top of that, Zegras has been letting some of the Flyers stay with him in his home. In a recent Instagram video , Zegras confirmed that forwards Denver Barkey...
NHL experts make their predictions for the Flyers’ 2026-27 season
The Philadelphia Flyers surprised a lot of people last year with their playoff spot and a first-round victory. This year, some are expecting them to match those expectations, but a few others are expecting them to fall backwards. Or off a cliff in some instances. But they are predictions or projections, and the games are not won on paper. Here then are a roundup of various outlets and where they are predicting the Flyers end up at the conclusion of 2026-27. And with some outlooks on where Port...
5 bold predictions for Flyers’ 2026-27 season
The leaves are changing colors. The morning air has shifted from balmy to slightly chilly. That coffee shop down the street has officially begun serving pumpkin spice lattes. That can all mean one thing and one thing only — hockey season is so absolutely back. With the Philadelphia Flyers just one day away from playing in their season opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, it’s time to get sick in the head and start making some irrational (or perhaps quite rational!) season predicti...
Predicting every Flyers player’s goal total this season
It’s an inexact science. A lot of it depends on luck, being in the right place, fortunate bounces, and hot streaks. And, of course, injuries. So, while nobody knows how each Flyer will perform this coming 2026-27, it doesn’t stop BroadStreetHockey from taking guesses as to how many tallies the likes of everyone from Simon Benoit to Porter Martone will get over the 84-game schedule. Here then, in order from the net out, are the predictions for each Flyer skater. Goaltenders (yes, we probab...
Tuesday Morning Fly By: Season opener eve
*You can feel it in the air. The 2026-27 NHL season is starting tonight and the Philadelphia Flyers will open their season on Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. It’s a perfect time of year. To celebrate it, the Flyers announced their 2026-27 season opening roster and it has a few interesting wrinkle. Garrett Wilson is sticking around to be an enforcer, and Carl Grundstrom is here while Denver Barkey starts the season on IR. [BSH] *Furthermore, the Flyers did get some positive inju...
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