Meltzer’s Musings: 7/10/11

Most of the people who question the Flyers' offseason moves this summer focus on how the club will make up for the combined 101 regular season goals (out of 259 for the entire team) that Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, Ville Leino, Kiris Versteeg and Nikolay Zherdev scored for Philadelphia this past season. Even in a best-case scenario, the team is likely to score fewer goals in 2011-12 than last sea

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Meltzer’s Musings: Simmonds, Bacashihua

The play of Wayne Simmonds next season will quietly be one the key elements that determine if the Flyers will compete for a top spot in the Eastern Conference after all the moves they have made since the end of the 2011 playoffs. Now that Simmonds has a two-year, $1.75 M per season contract in hand, discussion can shift from the contract negotiations to his likely role on the team. For the Flye

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Prospect Camp Ramblings

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Courtesy: csnphilly.com So here’s the roster for the prospect camp that the Flyers are holding this week. A few names are familiar, but I don’t really know anyone on this list. I don’t follow the junior leagues, college hockey, or any other level outside of the NHL.  So therefore, I really don’t know much about any of these guys and what style they have and what their strengths are.

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