The game: 6:00 PM, ESPN, 97.5 The Fanatic Welcome back, folks! The Flyers, after dropping their home opener against the Canucks on Saturday in both bad and boring fashion, are right back at it again tonight, kicking off their back-to-back, home-and-home series with the Capitals. The Flyers will be looking to get back on track with this one, as they’re coming off of a five-game … [Read more...] about Flyers kick off home-and-home series against Capitals
Flyers’ home opener loss was a much needed contextualizer
With Saturday’s loss to the Canucks, the Flyers are officially starting the season 1-3-1 through the first five games. And this was an especially tough loss — the energy felt low at times, the skaters looked out of sync, and there was just nothing going on for them, probably their worst showing of the season, to date — made tougher by the fact that it came in front of a full … [Read more...] about Flyers’ home opener loss was a much needed contextualizer
NHL Fantasy Week 3: You, me, and another week of hockey
We’re back with the third week of Fantasy Hockey! How’re your teams doing so far this season? Any savvy pickups? Total duds? Let us know in the comments! This week’s a weird one when it comes to light days, as the NHL is doing that “every team playing staggered start times in a single day” thing again on Tuesday—an NHL version of Redzone is fun to watch, but it has a negative … [Read more...] about NHL Fantasy Week 3: You, me, and another week of hockey
Flyers ideally show something in home opener
The game: 7 p.m. Eastern, NBCSP, The Fanatic 97.5 The Flyers come off the road following a lengthy, arduous trek that started promising, had a mediocre middle and ended with a clunker of sorts in Seattle. The highlights came from a functional power play (5 goals in 4 games) Matvei Michkov, Sam Ersson in the opener and Scott Laughton in the closer. The lowlights were seeing some … [Read more...] about Flyers ideally show something in home opener
The Flyers need Nic Deslauriers in the lineup
The first four games of the Flyers season wrapped up with a 1-2-1 record, some great work on the power play, some exciting rushes and some questionable goaltending. But one of the underlying factors from the West Coast trek that became quite apparent the longer it went was how the Flyers dealt (or didn’t deal) with some liberties taken against some of their better … [Read more...] about The Flyers need Nic Deslauriers in the lineup