Philadelphia Flyers
Chuck Fletcher got aggressive early and traded for the rights to free-agent forward Kevin Hayes. Should Hayes sign with the Flyers, this will not be the last new addition. It may not be the last trade. It’s only the beginning of Fletcher’s aggressive approach to the offseason.
The Flyers have acquired forward Kevin Hayes from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a fifth-round pick, GM Chuck Fletcher announced on Monday night.
Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher faces a critical first offseason and plans to attack it head-on. “I think we’re going to be very aggressive in the trade and free agent markets in the sense of looking into every possible situation that can help us,” Fletcher said.
Finland is on top of the hockey world again after a 3-1 win over Canada in the Gold Medal Game at World Championships.
Team Canada advanced to the Gold Medal Game on Sunday with a 3-0 win over Czech Republic. They will face Finland in the title game on Sunday.
A magical season for Isaac Ratcliffe and the Guelph Storm came to an end on Friday night in the semi-final game of the Memorial Cup in a 6-4 loss to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
Eight Flyers players participated in the quarterfinals of the World Championships held on Thursday. In the first two games, nearly half of the group was eliminated. That was before Canada got a miracle.
With plenty of pressure already on him from injuries and only scoring 30 and 31 points in his first two seasons in Philadelphia, Nolan Patrick has much to prove in the upcoming 2019-20 season.
Isaac Ratcliffe and the Guelph Storm are trying to claim the Memorial Cup and through Round Robin play, Guelph came away with two wins in the three games to continue playing as the weekend hits at the Memorial Cup.
Eight of the Flyers nine participants in World Championships are advancing to the tournament round. Here’s how the players on each team have fared so far.
