Oilers Steal One Late; Emery Extention Looming?
February 4, 2010
Last night’s game was in no way a poor showing by the Flyers. They did another good job of keeping the puck away from Michael Leighton who got his first start in a while last night. They mustered 33 shots on goal while keeping the Oilers to 27, and it was their last
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The curse of Potulny lives on!
February 4, 2010
Did you know that when former Flyers forward Ryan Potulny scored the game-winning goal with 17 seconds remaining in the Edmonton Oilers' 1-0 win over the Flyers on Wednesday night he was sticking a knife in the heart of Michael Leighton for the second time? Leighton, who was in goal for the Flyers in Edmonton, was Albany’s goaltender in the legendary five-overtime Game 5 of the 2008 Calder Cup division semifinals against the Phantoms. The Phantoms recorded 101 shots in that game, the final one coming off the stick of Potulny, who beat Leighton with the game winner early in the fifth overtime.
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Phantoms Maroon Needs to Keep Plugging Away
February 4, 2010
It had already been a rough year for Phantom sophomore Patrick Maroon. From October 16th through December 26th, 24 games, he didn't' score a single goal. Over two full months. After putting up a very impressive line his rookie season with the Phantoms in 2008-09 with 23 goals and 31 assist in 80 games it looked like only a matter of time until the 6'4 Maroon would be standing in front of the net on the Flyers 2nd powerplay unit, doing what Scott Hartnell should be doing and Mike Knuble used to. But he now found himself in the proverbial slump. For Maroon to see any time with the Flyers this season he would have most likely needed to be on a 40 goal pace with the Phantoms, if not 50. But he kept working and playing hard and was actually still getting in on scoring chances, with assists filling the void where some of his goals should have been. But a guy like him needs goals, not Jared Ross numbers.
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Kovy not likely to land in Philly
February 4, 2010
Atlanta Thrashers sniper Ilya Kovalchuk is going to be wearing a new NHL uniform soon, but don’t expect it to be Orange and Black. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren admitted to having conversations with Atlanta general manager Don Waddell lately, but he’s made it clear the price for the talented Russian winger is too high, both in terms of salary and player compensation. The Thrashers are looking to hit a home run with Kovalchuk and are believed to have asked the Flyers for a package starting with Jeff Carter. The Flyers scuttled that request and the Thrashers likely went to Claude Giroux on their pecking list, followed by James van Riemsdyk and/or Matt Carle. The Flyers are at a severe disadvantage because they have little room under the salary cap, they have little chance of signing Kovalchuk in the offseason and they do not have a first-round draft pick this year or next. Instead, look for the Flyers to make a push for Carolina forward Ray Whitney, who could replace Darroll Powe on the second line. The Flyers have very little to give, but would part with Powe, Riley Cote and perhaps defensive prospects Oskars Bartulis or Kevin Marshall. OILERS 1, FLYERS 0 A questionable Darroll Powe high sticking penalty on Edmonton’s Sam Gagner with 50 seconds remaining in regulation led to former Flyer Ryan Potulny scoring the game-winner with 17 ticks remaining in regulation, giving the Oilers the win and ripping at least one point out of the Flyers’ hands
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Broad Street Daisies
February 4, 2010
The Flyers have decided to change their logo. Moving away from the intimidating brand of hockey that has characterized Philadelphia for the past nearly 40 years - the Broad Street Bullies - the team is looking to move towards a kinder, gentler approach. They are now the Broad Street Daisies. "It was tough a few years ago when we were at the bottom of the standings all year long," explained Flyers GM Paul Holmgren. "We know what that's like and we wanted to throw Edmonton a bone." Though Laviolette was not around during the dark year of '06, he was willing to acquiesce to management in order to 'throttle back' and let the guys take a night off. "You know, people will look at that replay where Richie completely missed a wide open net in the first period and think, 'Man, how could that happen?' Well, it was a designed play to show Quinn and his band of misfits that we're not really here to win," stated the Flyers coach
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Potulny Literally Tucks Me In a Dutch Oven
February 4, 2010
I'm seeing all these reports this morning that Ryan Potulny scored a truly back-breaking goal with 17 seconds left in the game last night, but no where am I seeing a report that says Ryan Potulny scored at 11:58 Eastern Standard Time and I wish I would have been in bed at 8:30 Eastern Standard Time. That must have been enjoyable for him. If the NHL had decided to award points on successful offensive zone cycles in last night's game the Flyers would have won 37-4. But instead the league was afraid to break from tradition and stuck to their orthodox points-for-goals system. The Flyers just couldn't get any real scoring chances. Which is a shame because even just casting the puck at the net led to two posts and a number of open net misses. They weren't 'taking it to the house' as Trick Daddy would say
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Coach Laviolette runs clinic
February 4, 2010
Peter Laviolette helps to run a clinic for kids in the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation.
Flyers Falter in Final Seconds, Lose to Lowly Oilers
February 4, 2010
2/3/10 1-0 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 0 0 0 - - 0 EDM 0 0 1 - - 1 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 14 12 7 - - 33 EDM 11 10 6 - - 27 *** PostGame Interviews & Coach’s Press Conference *** _______________________________________________________________________________ Edmonton, AB (Sports Network) – Ryan Potulny’s power-play goal with 16.1 seconds left in regulation lifted Edmonton over Philadelphia, 1-0, at Rexall Place. “We need luck, every one needs some luck. I think hard work
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Emery Extension Talks Begin In March
February 4, 2010
EDMONTON _ I think Ray Emery has played very well this season and shown he deserves to be back in the NHL. I think he has earned a contract extension. However, we still have a couple months of hockey left and the playoffs and I want to see how Emery does in both. Which is why I would wait until the summer to make a decision on re-signing him. The FLyers, however, are going to open n
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