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The Flyers opened the offseason with the expected move of buying out R.J. Umberger. Ron Hextall addressed the media on Thursday afternoon with more on the Umberger buyout.
Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia It's a move everyone could see coming, even the player himself. The NHL’s compliance buyout period opened on Wednesday and the Flyers are in the process of buying out R.J. Umberger’s contract, GM Ron Hextall announced on Thursday. Umberger was in the midst of a five-year, $23 million contract and had three seasons remaining, […]
Embed from Getty Images In 2012, the Flyers drafted Shayne Gostisbehere in the third round of the NHL Draft. In 2014, when the Flyers held the 17th overall pick, they took Travis Sanheim. Both defensemen will be linked to our next prospect looking for a home in the 2016 NHL Draft. Let's try to […]
The Flyers have drafted a defenseman in the first round of the NHL Draft in each of the last three drafts. To this point, with the Flyers looking to add size and scoring to the forward group, our prospect profile series has focused on the forwards in the draft. But for the next couple of days, […]
Embed from Getty Images In a time when Philly sports are still stuck in a rut and the Flyers are still looking more to a bright future than a greater presence in the present, Sunday night was certainly not for the faint of heart. The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup, their fourth in […]
Embed from Getty Images In two weeks, the Flyers will select the next piece of the pipeline as they pick 18th overall in the NHL Draft. So far, we've profiled four potential prospects, all with a common theme. Each prospect profiled so far has been a scoring winger that fits the mold of what […]
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 […]
Embed from Getty Images It is one of the moments that will live forever in Flyers history. It is the night when Patrick Kane's shot went between the legs of Michael Leighton and the Chicago Blackhawks claimed the Stanley Cup on the Flyers home ice. It has been six years since that disappointing night and the […]
Embed from Getty Images In just three weeks, the first round of the NHL Draft will be complete and the Flyers will have added a new piece to the organization's pipeline of prospects. In preparation, we have started taking a closer look at prospects that could be targets for the Flyers with the 18th […]
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 […]
