Articles by Kevin Durso (5321)
The NFL offseason is in full swing as the Eagles join the rest of the NFL at the Combine in Indianapolis this week. Eagles head coach Doug Pederson and executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman addressed the media on Wednesday, discussing everything from their offseason decisions so far to a pending decision regarding […]
Embed from Getty Images It was bound to end at some point. Shayne Gostisbehere's impressive streak of points in 15 straight games never made it to 16 as the Carolina Hurricanes downed the Flyers, 3-1, snapping the streak. You could say Gostisbehere was already on borrowed time with the streak. In four of the […]
Despite good effort, no silver lining from Flyers latest loss The Flyers did everything but score. They fired 37 shots on Cam Ward. One slippery shot along the ice by Scott Laughton made it through. That was it. The 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes brings on an extra dose of somberness. Not only did […]
Embed from Getty Images Back in 2014, prior to the June Draft held in Philadelphia, the Flyers were struggling to find a blue line staple. Before Shayne Gostisbehere was ready to make the leap to the NHL, before the Flyers drafted Travis Sanheim and Ivan Provorov, and with Sam Morin still several years away […]
Embed from Getty Images The Eagles offseason has been one storyline after another regarding the quarterback. It is justified, seeing as there is no more important position to the offense. But the saga of Sam Bradford, the mere possibility of actually trying to reacquire Nick Foles and the rest of the scenarios centered around […]
Embed from Getty Images The Eagles have spent the first portion of the offseason shoring up their existing roster. Another piece was secured on Monday. The Eagles have agreed to a five-year contract extension with safety Malcolm Jenkins. The deal will keep him with the Eagles through 2020. The deal is worth $40.5 million.
Embed from Getty Images Flyers GM Ron Hextall certainly had a long list of injuries to go through on Sunday as the Flyers prepare to wrap up a five-game road trip on Tuesday night in Carolina. Still, as Hextall provided an update on Sunday, the news was generally positive.
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The team the Phantoms were chasing in the standings paid a visit to the PPL Center on Saturday night and had them facing a two-goal deficit early in the third. After a gritty win on Friday, the momentum just didn't seem to carry over. Taylor Leier took care of that almost single-handedly. […]
Ghost delivers winner in wild affair with Leafs Embed from Getty Images The Flyers absolutely could not let the second point slip away this time, so they turned to their overtime specialist. Just 29 seconds into overtime, Shayne Gostisbehere struck again. The Flyers got the much-needed second point. In a wild game that featured […]
Embed from Getty Images If losing out on the final point wasn't enough, the Flyers will now have to battle the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday without their captain. Claude Giroux is out for Saturday's game with an upper-body injury and listed as day-to-day, GM Ron Hextall announced.