Tag: Philadelphia Flyers

Rumors I: Tanking, Kessel, Dubnyk, PHI-PIT, Burke, O’Connor and Vesey

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: A league executive on 'tanking.' “It’s embarrassing,” a league executive said. “You can’t blame the teams involved because there is a reward for failure and that’s the highest odds in the lottery,” said the…

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Rumors I: Lecavalier, Jagr, Roy and the Blackhawks

Randy Miller of NJ.com: The Flyers were close to trading Vincent Lecavalier last summer, once to the Panthers in June and to the Predators twice in July according to source. Source saying that ownership of the Panthers and Predators called…

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Rumors II: Coaching Changes Could Be On The Way For Many Teams

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Todd McLellan may pay the price in San Jose as it's looking like they will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2002-03. The Maple Leafs would be among the many teams interested if he…

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Injuries: Simmonds, Malkin, Shattenkirk, Cole, Pearson and More

Frank Servalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: Flyers Wayne Simmonds and Andrew MacDonald are done for the season after suffering fractures. Simmonds suffered a left leg injury and MacDonald was hit in the right hand with a shot. Josh Yohe:…

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Video: Nightly NHL Recap for March 25th 2015

Highlights from last night’s action – three games were on the schedule. Flyers 4 - Blackhawks 1 Oilers 4 - Avalanche 3 Stars 4 - Flames 3 SO

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Quick Hits: Hearing for Boll, Lundqvist, Malkin, Benn and Line Combos

NHL player safety: Blue Jackets Jared Boll will have a hearing for his illegal check to the head of Ducks Patrick Maroon. Aaron Portzline: There was no penalty called on the play and Maroon remained in the game, but there…

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Rumors and Video: Kings, Cap, Flyers, Senators and Sabres

Craig Custance of ESPN: Kings GM Dean Lombardi is having contract extension talks with Martin Jones and Tanner Pearson. With Lombardi's past, they'll most likely get done sooner than later. Contract talks for pending UFAs Justin Williams and Jarret Stoll…

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Rumors IV: Buyout Candidates, Williams, Flyers and Rozsival

Lyle Richardson of Bleacher Report: Top 10 players that are most likely be bought out this summer: 1. Mike Richards (LA) 2. Cody Hodgson (BUF) 3. Niklas Backstrom (MIN) 4. Colin Greening (OTT) 5. Viktor Stalberg (NSH) 6. R.J. Umberger…

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NHL Draft Lottery Standings and Remaining Schedules – Mar. 24th

A daily look at the teams that are currently outside the playoffs and that would be apart of the NHL draft lottery. Included are their point totals, odds of winning the draft lottery, games played and their remaining schedule.

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NHL Draft Lottery Standings and Remaining Schedules – Mar. 23rd

A daily look at the teams that are currently outside the playoffs and that would be apart of the NHL draft lottery. Included are their point totals, odds of winning the draft lottery, games played and their remaining schedule.

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Rumors: Flyers, Stars, Oilers, Richards, Baun and Strome or Marner

Sam Carchidi of Philadelphia Inquirer: Flyers president Paul Holmgren on if the Flyers will make an significant moves this offseason. "That's Ron's responsibility," he said. "I think we have a good group of players we can move forward with." The…

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Rumors: Rangers, Sharks, Blues, Wild, Leafs and Pending UFAs

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: One league executive on Connor McDavid. "He's not physically dominant but he's skilled and fast as hell," said a league executive Saturday. "You never know how somebody is going to hold up physically when…

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