Articles by Dan Heaning (79)
The future of the Philadelphia Flyers goaltending looks bright. However, with an expansion draft looming and all four goalies set to become free agents, this season will determine who belongs in that future.
After this week’s disastrous end to the World Cup of Hockey for Team USA, the American upper brass must look to the young stars of North America to regain prominence.
Embed from Getty Images By Dan Heaning, Sports Talk Philly staff writer Hockey fans got an early Christmas gift this year with the return of the international tournament, the World Cup of Hockey. For the past two weeks, the World Cup has been in exhibition mode and games have been largely relegated to ESPN3. […]
Photo by Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia Out of all the Philadelphia Flyers potential unrestricted free agents, only one seems to be universally accepted as worth bringing back for next season and oddly enough it’s the agitator of the group, Ryan White. The team’s other two UFAs are Evgeny Medvedev and Sam Gagner. While Gagner may return if he takes […]
Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia One injury can make a lot of difference. For Mark Streit, one injury may have sealed his fate in the Orange and Black while another kept him in the city for just a little bit longer. When Streit was sidelined with a detached pubic plate, it allowed Shayne Gostisbehere to join the Philadelphia Flyers in […]
Photo by Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia After multiple decent seasons that never quite lived up to the hype surrounding Brayden Schenn, the young center turned winger put together his best outing in the NHL during the 2015-16 campaign. With such a great performance, Schenn showed he is turning a corner. However, the time has come for the Philadelphia […]
Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia Before the start of the 2014-15 season, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall brought in Nick Schultz to add depth to the defensive core. At the time, it seemed like a mundane move. The journeyman defenseman has become a staple for the back end. The pairing of Mark Streit and Schultz was the top […]
Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia The 2015-16 NHL season was hardly kind to Matt Read. The veteran forward for the Philadelphia Flyers had his worst season as a professional in terms of production, beating out last year which was previously considered his worst. This begs the question, is Matt Read trending down and should the Flyers pursue dealing him while […]
Embed from Getty Images This week the NHL officially named the three candidates for the Calder Trophy. To absolutely no one’s surprise, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere was selected as a finalist giving the team its best shot at producing a rookie of the year for the first time in franchise history. But in typical […]
Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia With the Philadelphia Flyers season at an end, there are a variety of questions surrounding the future of many players. Possibly the most interesting fate revolves around defenseman Andrew MacDonald. After losing de facto No. 1 defenseman Michael Del Zotto to a season-ending wrist injury in February, he was replaced by MacDonald. Reviews of […]