Flyers
With the Flyers schedule now featuring longer breaks between games, there was more time to speculate on the Flyers situation heading into next week’s trade deadline. Yes, the NHL Trade Deadline is just one week away from today. So what do the Flyers do?
As February starts to wind down, the race for the playoffs in the minor leagues and juniors is starting to heat up. Here is the latest look at how the Flyers prospects are faring in their respective leagues.
There were plenty of reasons the Flyers turned things around to get two crucial points, but it’s only the beginning for a team that still needs a big push for a playoff berth. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Canucks.
It’s a wonderful feat for an undrafted rookie to make it to the NHL. It would be icing on the cake if he were to record a point and get on the scoresheet in his first NHL game. Being called up from Springfield of the AHL, Al Hill was about to make is NHL debut and also Flyers history.
When Flyers rookie forward Travis Konecny was injured there was immediate speculation as to who would get the call up from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Many fans were pleased to hear Jordan Weal was getting the call and would have his chance to make an impression on the Flyers brass.
It’s hard to determine just what rock bottom would be for this Flyers team, but Thursday night’s game may have been it. The Flyers scored three goals for the first time since Feb. 2, but that was hardly enough in a 6-3 loss to the Oilers at Rogers Place.
Fresh off another loss that hurt their playoff chances, the Flyers return to the ice in a virtual must-win game against the Edmonton Oilers. The opening face-off is set for 9 p.m.
As the Flyers season continues to see-saw between playoffs and not, the Flyers prospects continue to keep hope high within the organization. Here’s a look at some of the prospects and their performances from the last week.
The Flyers sat Shayne Gostisbehere for three games after a 5-1 drubbing to the Hurricanes in their first game back from the All-Star break. For eight days, Gostisbehere got extra time to work on things in practice and observe games and his mature approach to the situation has things back on track so to speak.
On Feb. 9, 1995, the Flyers traded winger Mark Recchi and a 1995 third-round pick to the Montreal Canadiens for defenseman Eric Desjardins, along with forwards John LeClair and Gilbert Dionne.
