I have often felt that Jeff Carter gets held to on-ice standards that he is not capable of meeting. He is not a franchise player and probably never will be, but he's among the players in the NHL who rank in the next tier down from the megastars in the league. My primary issue with Carter over the years has been his offensive streakiness
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No one knows how the Flyers are going to go out and get themselves another goalie this summer. Will it be through free agency or a trade? Would it be better to trade for a goalie and lose salary?
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There were many things that went wrong for the Flyers during the 2011 playoffs. One of the things that went right was the play of James van Riemsdyk. The 22-year-old, who was a healthy scratch in a pair of November games, was downright dominant for much of the team's 11-game run
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In the age of the salary cap, it has become vitally important for contending teams to have a couple bargain players who perform at a much higher level than their cap hit would indicate the player is worth. Ever since the Flyers acquired Ville Leino from Detroit -- or, more accurate, ever since he was finally able to get into Peter Laviolette's lineup as a regular -- he has been one of those great
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By CHUCK GORMLEY Courier-Post Staff Are you ready to sing “Take me out to the hockey game?†The 2012 NHL Winter Classic is coming to Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and is expected to match the Flyers against the New York Rangers, the Courier-Post learned late Thursday night. The game is expected to be played on Monday, Jan. 2 and highlight a week of hockey activity that will include high school and college hockey games on the infield of the Phillies’ seven-year-old ballpark. An announcement confirming Philadelphia as the site of next season’s Winter Classic is still weeks away but Flyers president Peter Luukko has been working with the NHL for years to land the midseason classic and said he believes it would be the perfect climax to New Year’s Day weekend. “If we are chosen to host the NHL Winter Classic, with our fans and the excitement of New Year’s Eve, the atmosphere would be fabulous,†Luukko said
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Text from Flyers GM Paul Holmgren Pronger – surgery went very well. A disc fragment that was pressing up against a nerve was removed. Chris will begin a walking rehab in a few days. At week 6 post surgery will begin core strengthening. A full recovery is anticipated
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James van Riemsdyk and the rest of Team USA were stymied, 4-0, by the undefeated Czech Republic in the medal round quarterfinals at the World Championships in Slovakia. The game was evenly played for the first 30 minutes or so but the Americans were unable to solve Atlanta Thrashers' goalie Ondrej Pavelec (the subject of this week's Across the Pond at NHL.com), and Jaromir Jagr's hat trick was too
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Surgery updates involving Flyers: 1- Mike Richards - left wrist, torn cartilage; rehab in 4 weeks 2- Andrej Meszaros - right wrist, torn cartilage/ligaments 3- Blair Betts - left pinky finger; rehab 4 weeks 4- Michael Leighton - torn labrum, hip 5- Chris Pronger - surgery THUR in NYC to remove herniated disk My one comment? How did Meszaros have such a strong shot from the poi
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Pronger: will have surgery tomorrow in New York. The procedure is called a discectomy and will be performed by Dr. Frank Cammisa at The Hospital for Special Surgery. Betts- left pinkie finger repaired, will begin rehab in 4 weeks Richards – successful surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left wrist
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Whether they know it or not, James van Riemsdyk and Claude Giroux seem to have a game of follow-the-leader going. After all, besides being close friends, the two now seem to be pushing each other to be dominating hockey players and an emerging ...
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