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View image | gettyimages.com Friday we took a look at what the Eastern Conference playoff matchups would be like if they started right now. Today we are going to take a look out west. There is at least one surprise team currently holding down a playoff spot, but if they can stay there is […]
Another week has come and gone and for the Flyers, there were many contributors. This week, our player of the week is Sean Couturier. Couturier has points in his last six games, but really elevated his play this week, scoring two goals and adding two assists for four points in three games. Our play of […]
View image | gettyimages.com This offseason has been filled with trade chatter about Phillies ace pitcher Cole Hamels. Hamels has been linked at one point or another to the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, and the Houston Astros. Hamels himself has really said nothing. That is, […]
The Flyers were looking to do two things with a trade on this day. One was to ‘get the old gang back together’ and secondly, rectify a mistake. The first was to possibly reunite winger Mikael Renberg with his “Legion of Doom” linemates Eric Lindros and John LeClair. This trio had a magical run through […]
At the annual Winter Meetings, we saw Jon Lester sign with the Chicago Cubs, and the Boston Red Sox accumulate starting pitchers left and right. Some have argued that the Phillies ran out of suitors. While many argue the Red Sox badly need an ace, the team seems to have cooled on giving up talent […]
This Sunday, the fourteenth of December, would represent the eight-month anniversary since the Philadelphia 76ers won a game on their home court. Holding an 18-point lead with about seven minutes remaining, it looked like they would end the drought. The Wells Fargo Center was rocking, fans were smiling (even the woman that had beer drenched […]
The Flyers won by a healthy margin this afternoon in a balanced team attack with all lines creating chances. Lets take a deeper look into the eye of the storm with some of today's numbers.
Last night the Sixers traveled to Brooklyn and squandered an opportunity for a win verses a struggling Nets bunch. The Sixers found themselves in another close game after three quarters, only trailing the Nets by three, 63-60, but poor shooting in the fourth quarter plagued any chances the team had to win the game. Any […]
The Sixers hung close with the Nets for 36 minutes, but were outscored 25-10 in the final quarter while shooting 4-15 en route to a 88-70 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in NYC on Friday night. The Sixers fall to 2-20 on the season while the Nets sit in 8th place in the Eastern Conference […]
Matt Swartz from Hardball Times wrote a comprehensive piece that seeks to answer a question: What went wrong with the Phillies? The headline is, "Extending Ryan Howard is Not What Killed the Phillies". But this piece is much, much more. Swartz notes, even if the deal went well, the Phillies were still doomed: The Phillies […]
