By Jenny Masters Chuck Fletcher was named GM in December of 2018, and they have only made the playoffs once during Fletcher’s tenure, which resulted in a round two elimination. The Flyers are in a rebuild under new head coach John Tortorella, and they have a record of 24-30-11, third worst in the Eastern Conference. […]Read More
By Jenny Masters One day after the trade deadline, James van Riemsdyk is still a Flyer. There were reports that JVR was being traded to the Red Wings. But no. Instead, he’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer. According to Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher, the two teams had agreed on a trade that would […]Read More
By Jenny Masters Alex Ovechkin scored two empty-net goals, and the Washington Capitals defeated the Flyers 4-1. Ovechkin netted his 50th and 51st career empty-net goals and is five away from Gretzky, who has the all-time lead in that category. Kevin Hayes scored for Philly, which has lost 13 of 15 games. Carter Hart made 23 stops. […]Read More
COLLEGE BASKETBALL TIME ET TV Penn State vs. Furman 11:30am ESPNU Colorado vs. UMass 1:30pm ESPNU Virginia Tech vs. Old Dominion 2:00pm ESPN2 Texas A&M vs. Murray State 4:00pm ESPN2 Colorado State vs. South Carolina 5:00pm ESPNU Nebraska at St. John’s 6:30pm FS1 Saint Francis U at Butler 6:30pm FS2 Kansas City at Kansas State […]Read More
By Jenny Masters Joe Pavelski scored a goal and added two assists and Jake Oettinger recorded 37 saves to lead the Dallas Stars to a 5-1 win over the slumping Flyers. Matej Blumel, Esa Lindell, Luke Glendening and Jason Robertson all scored for Dallas, which snapped a two-game losing streak in the first game of a three-game Eastern Conference road swing. Travis Konecny recorded his […]Read More
By Jenny Masters Carter Verhaeghe scored twice, Rudolfs Balcers and Josh Mahura each had third-period goals and the Florida Panthers held on to beat the Flyers 4-3. Balcers’ goal, his first with Florida after signing in the offseason, put the Panthers on top for good. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots for the Panthers, who have […]Read More
By Jenny Masters The Flyers open the 2022-23 season Thursday night at the Wells against the Jersey Devils. Philly was awful last season, and even with new coach John Tortorella, it seems they’ll be just as bad on the ice as last year. If not worse. And ESPN seems to agree: 30. Flyers Last season: 25-46-11 (61 […]Read More
By Jenny Masters Cam York, a 21-year-old defenseman with a sky-high upside, was sent to AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley on Wednesday. To the expert or non-expert eye, this move is a subtle sign to Flyers fans that this season is meaningless. In other words, these Flyers may be worse than last year’s woeful bunch. After […]Read More
By Jenny Masters Flyers defenseman Ryan Ellis will miss the entire 2022-23 season with a multilayered injury in his pelvic region. And GM Chuck Fletcher did not rule out the potential of Ellis’ injury to be career-ending. “Certainly that’s a possibility,” he said today at the start of Flyers training camp. “I’ll just say that […]Read More
By Jenny Masters The Flyers’ 2022-23 regular-season opener against the Devils on Thursday, Oct. 13, will be available to watch exclusively on live stream via ESPN+/Hulu. The Flyers will have 13 of their games featured on national broadcasts. Five will be on TNT (four exclusively), four on ESPN+, three on ESPN and one on ABC. […]Read More
By Jenny Masters The Flyers are on a mission to get better. And they have made some moves, including cutting Oskar Lindblom and acquiring Tony DeAngelo. But there is much more to do, and here’s The Athletic’s take on their cap space: 2022-23 salaries: $82,381,440 RFAs estimate: $3.8 million Dead money deals: None Notable unsigned UFAs: […]Read More