Braydon Coburn
Here is it: game No. 1 of 82. It is only the beginning for the Flyers, and for now, they start with the rest of the NHL’s 30 teams. They have a clean slate after a few forgettable seasons that saw them miss the playoffs twice and fall out in the first round in the […]
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In just a little more than four months, Flyers GM Ron Hextall has gone from your average, ordinary general manager to a magician at work. He traded 40-year-old veteran Kimmo Timonen, who had not played all season and had two months left in his playing career, for Chicago’s second-round pick. He turned Braydon Coburn into […]
View image | gettyimages.com Tonight is the night. It is draft night for 30 young players waiting for the call to join an NHL franchise. The preparation and anticipation has been endless. This is one of the most highly-profiled draft classes in recent memory, and a historic night is in store. As part of […]
It has already been an eventful offseason for the Flyers and the offseason is only really just beginning. True to their word, the Flyers and GM Ron Hextall sent Craig Berube packing not long after the conclusion of the season and made the new hire official prior to the NHL Draft. Enter Dave Hakstol, the […]
View image | gettyimages.com Regardless of who came away with the Stanley Cup, this year’s Final featured two teams that were built from the bottom up. The Chicago Blackhawks, now a dynasty with three Stanley Cup wins in the last six years, are where the Flyers hope to be. The Flyers and Blackhawks were […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Stanley Cup Final begins on Wednesday night as the Chicago Blackhawks face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning for hockey's top prize. It has been a wild ride to the Final in this year's quest for Lord Stanley's Cup and another exciting series awaits between these two teams. You […]
View image | gettyimages.com So much is to be debated about what the Flyers do with the seventh overall pick. As you've seen here over the past few weeks, there will be plenty of Top 10 options that will still be available when the Flyers pick, even if they miss out on some of […]
When looking at the broad landscape of Philadelphia sports, and at all four teams, who can you trust to lead them? The NFL is preparing for its annual draft and a rock star named Chip Kelly continues to make noise day in and day out. But he seems to have the trust of the fan […]
View image | gettyimages.com When Ron Hextall was introduced as the Flyers new general manager, it was clear from the beginning he had a plan. Of course, there were going to be obstacles along the way. Carry-over contracts from Paul Holmgren's tenure as GM forced Hextall to be creative in the ways he was […]
