Flyers Acquire Newbury
The Flyers and New York Rangers made a minor trade yesterday. Philadelphia sent veteran AHL defenseman Danny Syvret to the New York organization in exchange for veteran forward Kris Newbury.
A power forward at the AHL level, where he has been a decent scorer as well as a player who drops the gloves, the 31-year-old Newbury’s lone NHL role is as a reserve enforcer and
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I do not believe in passing judgment on the quality of any team’s group of selections at a particular NHL Draft until several years have passed. However, it is tough not to form first impressions and to have certain prospects whom you prefer to others chosen at particular spots in the Draft order.
Having had a night to sleep on it, I am OK with the Flyers’ selection of Samuel Morin in the firs
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I will be in Newark, NJ today to cover the 2013 NHL Draft for HockeyBuzz along with Julie Robenhymer. Throughout the day, I will post news and commentary on this blog space whenever the Flyers make a Draft selection or a trade.
The Flyers have been in the middle of a host of trade rumors — particularly Braydon Coburn to Edmonton and as well as several goalie-related possibili
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Safe Picks vs. Highest Upside
There is always an element of risk involved in the NHL Draft. Projecting the future development of teenage players is an imperfect science and true “can’t miss” prospects are not very easy to find.
Most every Draft, however, has a handful of prospects who are considered “safe” picks. These are players whose frames have already filled out and/or whose games have
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The Best and Worst Drafts in Flyers History
The NHL Draft is an annual rite of speculation, debate and optimism for hockey fans. On Draft day, every high-round selection is a potential NHL star, every mid-round pick has a chance to someday become a regular starter and every low-end pick is a possible sleeper. In reality, it not until about five years have gone by that teams can gauge the real
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Homer Talks Draft
Yesterday, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren held his annual pre-Draft media availability session. No general manager ever willfully tips his hand about which prospects his team covets. Holmgren wasn’t about to go into specifics.
Holmgren reiterated several times that anything is possible, including potentially moving up or down from the 11th pick. He also would not pub
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Flyers Cap Space and Luongo
As soon as the Flyers file compliance buyout paperwork today to eliminate the contracts of Danny Briere and Ilya Bryzgalov from their salary cap figure, the club can officially announce the signing of Mark Streit. At that point, the team will have $4,181,478 of open cap space. This does not include the team’s ability to use an in-season long-term injured reserve allo
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Flyers Buy Out Bryzgalov
According to numerous reports, the Philadelphia Flyers have elected to use a compliance buy out on goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov. The move itself is not a surprise, both for salary cap management and off-ice reasons, but I had thought the Flyers might wait until the very end of the buyout period to make a final decision on the player.
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Toronto Outbid Flyers for Bernier
When push came to shove, the Philadelphia Flyers were not the right trade fit for the Los Angeles Kings to deal highly regarded young goaltender Jonathan Bernier. Although Matt Read is a skilled and versatile two-way player who could have provided comparable or superior value to Los Angeles as Matt Frattin, it was the weight of the entire package that the Toron
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Keeping things short and sweet today. I am working on a Flyers draft-related blog to run late tonight or tomorrow morning. I have already weighed in on the assorted trade rumors swirling around the Flyers right now. It would be interesting to see what direction the readers would like to see the Flyers go right now at the NHL level.
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