Luke Schenn
Monday was a tense day for the Flyers. When you're a team hovering the line between playoff contention and playing the role of seller again, any amount of players can be up for grabs. The Flyers had their share of candidates, but ultimately decided to hold onto everyone and were quiet at the deadline. GM […]
Embed from Getty Images Less than an hour before the Flyers take on the New Jersey Devils, the Flyers announced yet another injury. Jordan Weal, the 23-year-old forward acquired in the trade that sent Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings, will be out a minimum of three weeks with an […]
Since the Luke Schenn trade three weeks ago, the Philadelphia Flyers defense has finally found some stability. Where they previously had too many bodies to handle, Shayne Gostisbehere, Mark Streit, Nick Schultz, and Radko Gudas all have clearly established roles on the team. About the only remaining uncertainty on the blue line lies between Evgeny […]
Embed from Getty Images Slated for Leap Day 2016, the NHL trade deadline is just one month away as the game schedule hits its All-Star Break hiatus. While the Philadelphia Flyers are not hopelessly out of the race to earn a playoff spot – five points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins (with one game in hand) […]
Embed from Getty Images The Flyers used the trade of Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to create cap space so they could make essentially any move they wanted. They have made one of the moves previously not possible due to their tight salary cap woes. GM Ron Hextall announced that forward Sam Gagner has been […]
Embed from Getty Images In the opening minutes of Sunday night's game between the Flyers and Red Wings, Ryan White laid a high hit on Tomas Jurco. White was given a five-minute major for targeting the head and ejected from the game. The Flyers went on to kill the penalty and win the game, […]
Nick Schultz and Mark Streit are the old men of the Flyers defense. At 33 and 38 respectively, they are much older than most of a defense that is under 25. Thus far this season, that experience has not paid off for the duo.
The first half of the season has come and gone for the Flyers and they are both in a good spot and still in some trouble. On the positive side, the Flyers do not have a steep climb to the final playoff spot, sitting just two points back of the Boston Bruins after Wednesday's win […]
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 […]
