Ron Hextall
View image | gettyimages.com After spending 72 hours in limbo, Sam Gagner has found a home for the 2015-16 season with the Flyers. The 25-year-old forward, who turns 26 in August, comes in with motivation. This is his fourth NHL team in eight NHL seasons. "I feel like I have a lot to prove," […]
In just a little more than four months, Flyers GM Ron Hextall has gone from your average, ordinary general manager to a magician at work. He traded 40-year-old veteran Kimmo Timonen, who had not played all season and had two months left in his playing career, for Chicago’s second-round pick. He turned Braydon Coburn into […]
Over the course of the Philadelphia Flyers' franchise history, most of the best defensemen the team has ever had have been players acquired from outside the organization: Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Mark Howe leads the list, followed by the likes of Eric Desjardins, Kimmo Timonen and for all-too-brief periods of time Bob "the Count" […]
Upon the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, Flyers GM Ron Hextall had a checklist of items. Find a new head coach to take his visions and blueprints of the roster and make them work on the ice. Check. Dave Hakstol makes the jump from the NCAA to the NHL in 2015-16. Acquire a stud defenseman. Check. […]
The Draft may have ended, but Ron Hextall was far from finished on Saturday. He made seven picks in Day 2 of the Draft, hired a goalie coach and now, he has made a trade. The Flyers traded defenseman Nick Grossmann to the Arizona Coyotes for forward Sam Gagner and a future draft pick – […]
The Flyers had a void in the coaching staff since Jeff Reese left the team suddenly in March. This week, they found the replacement. The Flyers have hired former Kings goalie coach Kim Dillabaugh to join the coaching staff next season.
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers made the move from 29 to 24 to snag Travis Konecny, a forward from the Ottawa 67's in the OHL. I profiled Konecny earlier in the offseason as part of our draft prospect profile series here, but here is a more extended scouting report.
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers made a late switch and traded up for the 24th overall pick, sending the 29th pick and the 61st pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the 24th pick, the Flyers selected center/right wing Travis Konecny.
View image | gettyimages.com With the seventh overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, the Flyers bolstered the blue line by getting their top target, defenseman Ivan Provorov. I profiled Provorov earlier this offseason here, but we take a much closer look in this scouting report. Provorov is 6’0” and 201 pounds and played […]
View image | gettyimages.com It’s been a long journey getting to today, draft day, in the NHL. Starting on April 23, I began profiling draft prospects throughout the college and junior ranks. Overall, 26 players were profiled – not including the obvious top two picks tonight – which essentially equates to the first round. […]
