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Kevin Durso

Sports Editor

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Kevin have been writing for Sports Talk Philly since 2011. Currently editor and lead writer of Philadelphia Flyers coverage. He is also Flyers insider for 97.3 ESPN-FM in South Jersey, a Flyers writer for Last Word On Hockey, and the host of the Flyers Files Podcast on BFA Live Sports. Kevin graduated from Cabrini University in 2014.

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Flyers sign C Andy Miele to one-year, one-way deal

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers have also added another forward to provide depth within the organization. The Flyers have signed center Andy Miele to a one-year, one-way deal. The deal is worth $600,000.

Kevin Durso  •  01 Jul 2016
Flyers sign Dale Weise to 4-year deal

Embed from Getty Images   The first hour of free agency were a frenzy for some teams as the money went flying. The Flyers were quiet for those 30 minutes, but have made their first signing of the free-agent period, adding forward Dale Weise on a four-year deal. The deal is worth $9.4 million, an […]

Kevin Durso  •  01 Jul 2016
NHL Free Agency Preview: Possible Targets for Flyers

Embed from Getty Images   Free agency officially opens in just a few hours as the NHL world will bid for the best available players. For the Flyers, it is a time when they may not be active players when it comes to outside players, but more about retaining their own. There will be two […]

Kevin Durso  •  01 Jul 2016
Don’t Expect Flyers to be big Players in Free Agency

Free agency begins around the NHL on Friday afternoon at noon. While the draft has been Ron Hextall's bread and butter in recent years, free agency has been a period that has forced the Flyers to be more wary of finances than to take chances or be aggressive in signing a proven commodity. When free […]

Kevin Durso  •  30 Jun 2016
NHL Scout on Team with Best Draft: ‘Hands down, Philadelphia’

Embed from Getty Images   On Tuesday, you may have seen some of the positive reviews coming in on Ron Hextall’s third year as Flyers GM at the NHL Draft. But the rave reviews continued on Wednesday, as ESPN’s Craig Custance reported in an Insider piece on ESPN.com. When Custance asked one scout for which team […]

Kevin Durso  •  30 Jun 2016
Around the NHL: Free Agent Frenzy Begins 2 Days Early

Embed from Getty Images   Free agency doesn't officially open until noon on Friday, but at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the powder keg exploded big time with three major moves, including a trade for the ages, dropping at almost the same time.

Kevin Durso  •  29 Jun 2016
Flyers Announce Development Camp Schedule, Participants

Kevin Durso/Flyerdelphia The first chance to see some of the Flyers newest draft picks will come in just a couple of weeks. The Flyers announced their annual development schedule on Wednesday and the 34 participants.

Kevin Durso  •  29 Jun 2016
Why the Flyers Focused on two-way Forwards Instead of Scorers

Embed from Getty Images   When the Flyers were on the clock with the 18th overall pick on Friday night at the NHL Draft, they seemingly had the answer to all their goal scoring problems at their fingertips. Kieffer Bellows, who scored 50 goals for the US U-18 team last season, was on the board. […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Jun 2016
Flyers GM Hextall gets good grades from 2016 Draft

Embed from Getty Images   With Draft weekend now in the books, the early evaluation of picks made by teams around the league have started to filter in. Ron Hextall added 10 players on Draft weekend to the Flyers organization and the general perception is that once again, Hextall fared well on Draft weekend. Here are […]

Kevin Durso  •  28 Jun 2016
Flyers Make Qualifying Offers to RFAs Schenn, Cousins, 3 others

Embed from Getty Images   With free agency set to begin, the Flyers have started to work on finalizing deals with some of their own players due for new contracts. Last Thursday, Radko Gudas signed a four-year extension, one of four unrestricted free-agents the team had. On Monday, the Flyers announced that qualifying offers had […]

Kevin Durso  •  27 Jun 2016