James van Riemsdyk
After six seasons in Toronto, what does James van Riemsdyk bring the Flyers in his return to Philadelphia through free agency?
Embed from Getty Images When you’re gone, it’s what you leave behind that can define a legacy. Ed Snider has certainly left behind quite a legacy. A franchise turning 50 years old next season. Two Stanley Cups and six other trips to the Stanley Cup Final. A host of players that are legends in […]
No Philadelphia Flyers rookie has ever won the Calder Trophy. It is not that they have not had their share of viable candidates over the years. They've had a few top-end finishers in the balloting and their fair share who've earned NHL All-Rookie Team selection honors after the season but never an NHL rookie of […]
Embed from Getty Images It's been a week since Ron Hextall completed his fifth trade on the path to freeing up cap space and starting to help the Flyers turn the corner from building the future to watching it progress to the NHL and form what is hoped to become a contender. But in […]
On Wednesday, the Flyers traded impending unrestricted free agent defenseman Luke Schenn and seldom-used veteran forward Vincent Lecavalier to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2016 third-round draft pick and 23-year-old center Jordan Weal. The Flyers agreed to retain 50 percent of both Lecavalier's ($4.5 million cap hit) and Schenn's ($3.6 million) contracts. The arrangement of this […]
It has been no secret that Ron Hextall has been looking to unload salary and sizable contracts. On Wednesday, he did both. The Flyers traded Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Jordan Weal and a 2016 third-round pick.
The Philadelphia Flyers (21-22-7) look to win their fourth straight game and get back to .500 on the season as they play host to the Toronto Maple Leafs (22-24-4) tonight at the Wells Fargo Center. This is the second of three meetings between the two clubs and the lone game in Philadelphia. Game time is 7:00.
The Flyers pick of Claude Giroux with the 22nd overall pick in the 2006 NHL Draft was comical – then GM Bobby Clarke couldn't remember his name. Now it's synonymous with Flyers hockey. From a very early point in the now 27-year-old center's career, you could tell this was a special player and captain material. […]
View image | gettyimages.com Toronto scored two early goals. The Couturier line got them back in it. From there, it was the Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek show. The Flyers would score five straight goals after falling behind 3-2 and Philadelphia blasted Toronto 7-4 Saturday night in Toronto.
Steve Mason allowed four goals and made 28 saves in the Flyers 3-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The Flyers only play eight preseason games before the regular season begins on Oct. 8 in Boston. By Thursday night, half of the preseason schedule will be complete. The third […]
