Luke Schenn
Seven shots. That was all the Flyers had to show for 40 minutes of play against the Carolina Hurricanes. No one would blame you if you had already chalked this up as the ninth loss in 10 games for the Flyers, with more on the way. But the Flyers still had a chance, down one […]
View image | gettyimages.com The circumstances in which Luke Schenn and Radko Gudas came to the Philadelphia Flyers are very different. Schenn came with a good deal of expectation — a top draft choice — and the trade return when the Flyers shipped away talented but inconsistent young scorer James Van Riemsdyk. Gudas, on […]
As the Philadelphia Flyers crawled out of their six-game losing streak with a win against the Winnipeg Jets, fans can finally be hopeful. With improving power-play action, offense hopefully getting fire under their skates and scoring and defense carrying pucks with no turnovers, one may dream of improvements. Dream of quick improvements. Here are three […]
View image | gettyimages.com Take in these stats. Defenseman Mark Streit leads the team in points with seven in 10 games. Defenseman Luke Schenn has more goals, one, and more points, four, than Jake Voracek — no goals and three points — and Schenn has been a healthy scratch for four games. Expected secondary scorers are […]
Prior to last season, forward Vincent Lecavalier had never been a healthy scratch in his NHL career. The potential Hall-of-Famer sat 17 times last year and has been in the press box for the first eight contests of the 2015-16 campaign. In lieu of Pierre-Edouard Bellemare’s lower body injury, Lecavalier will be inserted into the […]
On Thursday night, when the Flyers skated off the ice following a 3-2 overtime loss, there were many positives about the effort and how it could beat many teams. That was against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the defending Eastern Conference Champions and easily a pick to be in the Stanley Cup hunt again this season. […]
New Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol is presented with an instant challenge. The purpose behind his hiring for Ron Hextall was to be the coach that could instill a winning system and lead the Orange and Black back to the playoffs and beyond. That challenge begins on Thursday night as the Flyers open their season […]
When the Flyers signed little-known defenseman Evgeny Medvedev from the KHL in the offseason, there were many questions surrounding the move. The 33-year-old defenseman was going to make the transition from the international game to the North American game. At that age, who knew how he would adjust? I had my doubts. It screamed depth […]
After two weeks of camp practices and preseason games, the Flyers final roster has been set. Here are the 23 players to make the team.
With the news that Andrew MacDonald would be placed on waivers, the Flyers final roster was solidified. That right there locked 21-year-old Scott Laughton and 25-year-old Brandon Manning onto the opening night roster. But it was really more than that. In practices on both Saturday and Monday, Laughton and Manning were not extras. They are […]
