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Dan Heaning

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Articles by Dan Heaning (79)

Flyers Prospects are a Need, Not a Trade Luxury

Some fans may want general manager Ron Hextall to bypass his patient process, trade for a quality player who would aid a playoff run now, in order to go for it this season, but such a decision would be a grave mistake.

Dan Heaning  •  31 Dec 2016
Hakstol’s ‘Odd’ Moves are Paying Off for Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol has received a fair amount of criticism for many of his coaching decisions this season. However, many of those choices have paid off for the team.

Dan Heaning  •  17 Dec 2016
It’s Time to Stop Incentivizing Overtime

No rule in hockey — and some might say sports — is more asinine than that of the so-called “loser” point which awards the defeated club by simply making it to overtime with a point. So with the league looking to improve upon the shootout by changing how many times a team’s star can shoot, it should also look to improve the overall game by ceasing to incentivize overtime.

Dan Heaning  •  12 Dec 2016
What Are Flyers Forward Options Without Sean Couturier?

The Philadelphia Flyers may be without second line center, Sean Couturier for some time. How long should you expect the center to be gone and what options do the Flyers have to fill the void?

Dan Heaning  •  23 Nov 2016
Despite Mason’s Effort, Flyers Fall to Senators

Despite receiving some solid play from goaltender Steve Mason, the Philadelphia Flyers fell to the Ottawa Senators in a shootout by a 3-2 score.

Dan Heaning  •  15 Nov 2016
Hextall Not Pushing Panic Button on Flyers Goalie Woes

With the Philadelphia Flyers goaltending struggling, should general manager Ron Hextall pursue the Tampa Bay Lightning’s goaltender, Ben Bishop?

Dan Heaning  •  14 Nov 2016
Michael Del Zotto Gives Flyers Needed Defensive Aid

Michael Del Zotto is set to return to the Philadelphia Flyers lineup and give the team some much-needed defensive help over Nick Schultz and Andrew MacDonald.

Dan Heaning  •  05 Nov 2016
Should Pierre-Edouard Bellemare be Flyers 3rd-Line Center?

Should Pierre-Edouard Bellemare be centering a line that should be expected to produce offensively or should he be playing where everyone expected him to be on the fourth line, where the offensive production isn’t as necessary as it is with the third?

Dan Heaning  •  22 Oct 2016
Claude Giroux’s Leadership his Most Valuable Trait

Flyers fans may not have had much to cheer about in the last four years with only two postseason appearances, both of which ending in the opening round, but one thing the fans can always count on as a blessing is the franchise’s current captain.

Dan Heaning  •  15 Oct 2016
Flyers Lineup Becomes Clearer with Injuries

The Philadelphia Flyers will play in their last preseason contest when they face off against the Boston Bruins on Saturday in the TD Garden. They will be hoping to make it out of this final exhibition tilt without any more injuries.

Dan Heaning  •  08 Oct 2016