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The clock is ticking. Just under 199 days until #WCH2016 pic.twitter.com/Ku0iSJ6G93 — NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016 Wednesday marked the deadline for teams to submit their preliminary 16-player rosters for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, set to take place starting on Sept. 17 and run as late as Oct. 1. Five Flyers players were selected to […]
Embed from Getty Images March 7, 2015: that was the day the Flyers playoff hopes really ended. Trying to hold a 2-1 lead in Boston, a late penalty call went against them, and the Bruins scored to tie the game with 15 seconds remaining to force overtime, where Boston would later win. Seconds from […]
Embed from Getty Images The nearly three-month wait is over. The Eagles have decided to go with Sam Bradford at quarterback…for the next two years anyway. The new deal for Bradford is far from a marriage. It's almost an engagement or a dating agreement, albeit an expensive one. Still, the Eagles ended up playing […]
Embed from Getty Images The biggest question of the Eagles offseason finally has an answer. The Eagles have re-signed quarterback Sam Bradford to a two-year deal, the team announced on Tuesday afternoon. The deal is worth $36 million with $26 million guaranteed according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Bradford had a 65 percent completion rating and […]
J.P. Arencibia rounds third after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of @VSPC via Twitter The first game of spring training is all about first impressions. For a few Phillies, it was certainly a good first impression — see J.P. Arencibia and David Hernandez. Of course, the other side […]
Monday was a tense day for the Flyers. When you're a team hovering the line between playoff contention and playing the role of seller again, any amount of players can be up for grabs. The Flyers had their share of candidates, but ultimately decided to hold onto everyone and were quiet at the deadline. GM […]
Embed from Getty Images As the Eagles step up their push to potentially re-sign Sam Bradford and provide an answer to the biggest question, you can’t help but notice the timing. In one sense, the Eagles certainly have options. Why not target a temporary replacement or look among the candidates in the Draft to […]
Flyers top line heeds Hextall's call Embed from Getty Images Even in the best case scenario, the news was not welcome. Jake Voracek would be out for two weeks with a lower-body injury. Ron Hextall spoke prior to Monday's game of the team playing without Voracek in the same sense as when they were […]
Embed from Getty Images In addition to awaiting the Flyers pending trade deadline moves, of which there weren't any, Monday was an important day to Jake Voracek's future for this season as well. The Flyers forward, who has 10 goals and 38 assists for 48 points this season, will miss his second straight game […]
The Flyers were not short on potential trade candidates as deadline day approached and finally hit on Monday. That made the morning skate prior to Monday’s night game against Calgary a little uneasy. Among the Flyers patiently awaiting word on their fate, Sam Gagner and Mark Streit. Ultimately, both were safe in the end as […]