Philadelphia Flyers

By Greg Wyshynski • Good news for the Flyers: Defensemen Randy Jones and Ryan Parent are on their way back, and on track for a December return. [Philly.com] • The Toronto Maple Leafs are bracing for the wholesale changes one assumes Brian Burke will make when he finally takes over the franchise. [Globe & Ma...

By Greg Wyshynski • Philadelphia Flyers prospect James vanRiemsdyk will wake up this morning and discover that he's featured on Deadspin, shirtless and with a penis drawn on his face. And he will remember that he is, in fact, from Jersey. [Deadspin, and thanks to Puck Daddy reader Sunny for the tip.]

Update 2:59pm ET: At the Globe & Mail, Eric Duhatschek provides some analysis of the commentary in this press conference. Today, the NHL hosted a press teleconference call featuring four general managers of the NHL.  They can be heard on the audio player below, or downloaded here. Plea...

Today I had a chance to chat with Keith Jones—“Jonesy”—about his 8 year NHL career with the Washington Capitals, the Colorado Avalanche and Philadelphia Flyers.  Jonesy was good enough to share the story of his unusual journey to the NHL, as well as his media work these days with Versus.

Daniel Briere, the skilled but undersized forward signed an eightyear, 52 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday, becoming the top player signed on the first day of the NHLs free agency period and leaving the Buffalo Sabres.

In this enhanced podcast, we're sad about Martin Havlat, blow a raspberry at the Philadelphia Flyers organization, and salute the Charles B. Wang Ice Hockey Project Hope.  It's a great project that will benefit hockey worldwide eventually... hey, if you can get 1.3 billion people in China mot...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) Flyers play good hockey again this week winning 2 of 3 games including a shutout over the Florida Panthers.Flyers penalty killing unit continues to struggle. With a struggling PK unit, the team must cut back on penalties. We look at the number of and type of penalties the Flyers commited this...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) Flyers make two deals at the trading deadline on Thursday. We take a look at the players the Flyers picked up for a few draft picks.A look at the Pittsburgh and Buffalo losses. There was also great hockey played against the Hurricanes and Canadiens. We take a look at all of these games with focus o...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) Reactions from other Flyers on Keith Primeau's announcement. We also look into what Keith has brought to this franchise in previous years.A look back at the games this week. We also focus on the penalty killing unit for the Flyers which needs to improve.An injury report and week in preview.All...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) Flyers continue to struggle and lose players. A turning point may have been Saturday's loss against the Rangers. We look at what the players had to say following the loss to the Rangers on Saturday February 4.We also look into coach Hitchcock's comments on the current struggles at home and on...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) Coach Hitchcock has changed the front line around moving Mike Knuble and R.J. Umberger. We'll talk about the effect of this line change.Penalty Killing has been much better for the Flyers during the first part of this road trip. We'll talk about the PK stats over the past week.Flyers get the job d...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) A trade this week between the Flyers and the Blackhawks sending Patrick Sharp and Eric Meloche out west in exchange for Matt Ellison and a 3rd round pick in the 2006 Entry Draft. We'll run down the plus and minus of the trade.Peter Forsberg has returned to the lineup and his presence was felt in...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) The youngsters continue to light the lamp in the Flyers organization. Patrick Sharp had a great week, we offer some of coach Hitchcock's comments on the young players also where they fit in during the absence of ForsbergThe defense has played better this week, we'll look at what the Flyers...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) Flyers were at the West Point Military Academy this week for a team building event. We'll talk about Hitchcock's thoughts on the team building also his comments on the games last weekend against the Pens and Islanders.An injury report highlighting the recent injury to Turner Stevenson.A r...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) A new feature on the show is Hitchcocks Corner. Each week we look into quotes from coach Hitchcock to the media. This week we looked at the Flyers lines and what Hitch is doing to change things up.We also discussed what Hitch has said regarding the unproductive special teams. The Flyers are curr...

By flyersweekly@gmail.com (Beyond Media East Broadcasting) Introduction of the host of Flyers Weekly, Chris Smith.A review of the new NHL rules and regulations for the year.A Flyers team preview. We take a look at a the new faces in the Flyers organization this year, we also look at the veteran players and what they can bring to the table.An injury report...