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Flyers fans rate team's active deadline on range from ‘meh' to ‘ugh'
Flyers general manager Ron Hextall had a relatively active trade deadline day Wednesday, re-signing two players and trading a third. We went to Twitter to get a sense of the fan response to the departure of Mark Streit, addition of Valtteri Filppula and re-signing of Michal Neuvirth and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. The results are in, and the grades … well, they’re…
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Sarah Baicker: I don't skate like a man, just a darn good woman
In late December, I was invited to play in a pick-up hockey game with some other members of the local sports media community. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I was one of only two women there that day. Even now, female ice hockey players aren’t exactly common. After the game, a reporter I’ve known a while — a...
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Flyers hoping to keep RFA Radko Gudas and his physical presence
In mid-February, Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas had few fans — both around the league and right here in Philadelphia. There was the three-game suspension he received for a violent and unnecessary hit on Mika Zibanejad of the Ottawa Senators on Dec. 1. There were the questionable hits on Buffalo’s David Catenacci, Montreal’s Lucas Lessio and New Jersey’s Bobby Farnham...
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Shayne Gostisbehere a better player after taste of playoffs
The NHL playoffs continue, but Shayne Gostisbehere won’t be watching. He’s had enough hockey for a while and needs a little time to reflect. Who can blame him? “Right now, there’s still a sour taste in our mouth,” Gostisbehere said at the Flyers‘ locker cleanout day earlier this week. “Not happy about it. Gotta move on, take the positives...
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Despite playoffs, Flyers aren't ahead of schedule
Now that the players have packed their bags and left the team’s practice facility for the last time this season, we can all remember that the Flyers‘ playoff run was an unexpected bonus. Yes, the team put up a fight against the Washington Capitals. Yes, they went on a tear toward the end of the season to climb in...
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Credit Ed Snider for Bobby Clarke and hockey in Philly
Of the hundreds of players who have suited up for the Flyers over the years, likely none is as grateful for team founder Ed Snider as Bobby Clarke. Without Snider, who died early Monday morning at the age of 83, Clarke would never have pulled a Flyers sweater over his head. And without Clarke, the Flyers might not ever have…
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Playoffs or not, this Flyers season is a success
Friday on Breakfast on Broad, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Rob Rossi phoned in to discuss, among other topics, the Penguins’ loss of forward Evgeni Malkin. Malkin, as even casual hockey fans know, is a future Hall of Famer — a guy whose absence (he’ll be out up to eight weeks with an upper-body injury) will be felt. It might not have…
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10 observations on the hiring of Dave Hakstol
Ten random thoughts on the Flyers’ hiring of Dave Hakstol, the 19th coach in franchise history … 1. Everyone talks about Sam Hinkie and the Sixers’ plan for the future, but the Flyers have a plan too — and the hiring on Monday of Hakstol is perfectly in line with it. Since the first day he took over as GM,…
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Flyers Notes: Hextall denies Gostisbehere shut down
Despite reports to the contrary, Flyers prospect Shayne Gostisbehere has not been shut down for the season. Not yet, anyway, general manager Ron Hextall said after the Flyers’ 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues (see game recap). “A decision has not been made,” Hextall said. “I know it’s been released up in Allentown there, but there’s a process...
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Flyers use 3-goal 3rd to beat Blues for ‘huge' win
BOX SCORE For almost any NHL team, trailing the St. Louis Blues in the third period would be a big problem. The Blues, one of hockey’s strongest clubs, are adept at holding on to late-game leads. It’s just one of the many reasons they’re so dangerous. But somehow, it wasn’t an issue for the Flyers. The hometown team that’s...