FLYERS STILL PONDERING FINAL MOVES ON ROSTER DAY

With a 5 p.m. deadline today to become compliant with the salary cap ceiling and file their opening night roster with the NHL, the Flyers still have several decisions to make. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren told CSN Philly/HockeyBuzz writer Tim Panaccio that the club will carry 23 players on opening night but that the combination could stil

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FLYERS REDUCE ROSTER

The Flyers further reduced their roster yesterday, in preparation for submitting their opening night roster to the NHL on Monday.

The team released Chris VandeVelde from his NHL tryout and assigned the AHL-contracted player to the Adirondack Phantoms. VandeVelde put in a good showing early in camp but faded as the preseason progressed. The former Edmonton Oiler’s fate w

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Flyers Preseason Ends How It Started

In the Flyers’ preseason opener in London, Ont. against Toronto on Sept. 15, Philly rallied all the way back from a 3-0 deficit only to give up the next goal and lose in regulation, 4-3. In the Flyers’ preseason finale in DC against the Washington Capitals last night, Philly rallied all the
way back from a 3-0 deficit only to give up the next goal — and

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PREVIEW 6:30 AM

The only good thing that can be said about the 2013 Flyers preseason is that ends tonight and none of the results count in the standings. With just one shootout win to show for six matches to date, the Flyers head to Washington to wrap up the exhibition slate with a game against the Capitals.

Taken individually, it is easy to come up with built-in excuses for why the Flyers

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GAME PREVIEW (2:30 AM EDT)

The Flyers will look for their second win in six preseason games when they head to Newark tonight to take on the New Jersey Devils. The Devils prevailed, 2-1, when the clubs faced off in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Game time is 7 p.m. There is no television broadcast of the game but a radio broadcast will be available on 97.5 The Fanatic.

Steve Mason is expected to st

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FAMILIAR SCRIPT IN PRESEASON LOSS TO NEW JERSEY

Ordinarily, there is no cause for concern over how a team plays in the preseason. It is also common for teams to struggle in the opening period of their first match after a lengthy stretch of days without a game. Teams can have intense practices for days on end, especially at this stage of training camp, but there is still no substitute for game a

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PREVIEW 11:40 PM (9/22/13)

Playing their first preseason game action in a week, the Philadelphia Flyers return to the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night to take on the New Jersey Devils. Game time is 7 p.m. EDT. The game will be broadcast locally on The Comcast Network and nationally on NHL Network.

The Flyers enter this game with a 1-2-1 mark in the preseason. The Devils, who lost 3-2 in

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Monday Quick Hits

* On the first day of Flyers training camp in Philadelphia, I was sitting near the ice with several other hockey writers. As the players skated, I mentioned offhand that the Flyers had signed Chris VandeVelde to a minor league contract with the Adirondack Phantoms but that arrangement might be temporary with the team maxed out at 50 NHL contracts. The contracts of Taylor Leier

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BRAYDEN SCHENN NEXT IN LINE FOR EXTENSION

Over the course of the last two off-seasons and the 2013 pre-season, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren has systematically gotten contract extensions done for the team’s major prospective free agent forwards. If you are keeping score at home, the Flyers have locked up seven of their top eight forwards for multiple years beyond the 2013-14 season

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SATURDAY QUICK HITS

* The Flyers announced yesterday that they have signed Matt Read to a four-year contract extension. The deal is worth $14.5 million, with an annual cap hit of $3.625 million. Basically, Read received in the neighborhood of what his market value would have been as an unrestricted free agent this summer. Having UFA leverage drives a player’s cost higher than a comparable restr

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