Flyers re-sign goaltender Ray Emery

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The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have re-signed goaltender Ray Emery to a one-year contract and signed goaltender Rob Zepp to a one-year, two-way contract, according to general manager Ron Hextall.

Emery, 31 (9/28/1982) went 9-12-2 w…

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Flyers issue Qualifying Offers

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The Philadelphia Flyers have sent qualifying offers to the following players: Jason Akeson, Erik Gustafsson, Brandon Manning & Tye McGinn, according to general manager Ron Hextall.

Akeson, 23 (6/3/1990), appeared in all seven games for the Flye…

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FAN VOTE: Brayden Schenn or Mark Streit?

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POLLS ARE OPEN: This week’s vote looks at the bottom half of the “Best OT goal” side of the bracket with Giroux’s last second winner vs. Chicago advancing last week.

Fans are now asked to complete the OT section of the bracket and choose eithe…

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Greenberg: What the draft picks have in common

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Even if Ron Hextall didn’t draft any more distant relatives of his on Saturday, a former sixth-round draft choice turned NHL general manager essentially is a blood brother of every longshot.

“You look at the history of the draft, the kids who d…

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Flyers Select Lindblom, Fazleev and Pettersson in Rounds 5-7

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After taking defensemen with two of their first three picks, the Flyers shifted focus on their next two, going with a Swedish-born winger and Russian center, who like First Round pick Travis Sanheim, played for the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Ho…

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Flyers select forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel 48th overall

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The Flyers kicked off day two of this year’s draft with the selection of forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel, the 48th overall pick.

A native of Alberta, Aube-Kubel spent the last two season playing for Val-d’Or Foreurs of the QMJHL. This past season al…

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Flyers select defenseman Mark Friedman 86th overall

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After selecting a forward in the second round, the Flyers moved back to their defensive mindset, selecting blueliner Mark Friedman with the 86th pick.

Friedman just concluded his second season with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL. He playe…

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Sanheim pick continues Flyers’ focus on defense

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PHILADELPHIA — Travis Sanheim got his first taste of how loud Philadelphia Flyers fans can be Friday night, and he liked what he heard.

After the “Let’s go Flyers!” chants had subsided, Flyers general manager Ron Hextall called Sanheim’s name …

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Sanheim’s journey lands him in Philadelphia

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Merely three days ago, Ron Hextall voiced his draft opinions to the media. The GM explained that in his mind, defensemen are the most valuable players in the game, which is a theory the Flyers stuck with when selecting Travis Sanheim with the 17th…

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Flyers select (D) Travis Sanheim 17th overall

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The Philadelphia Flyers on Friday selected 6-3, 189-lb defenseman Travis Sanheim of the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen with the 17th overall selection in the first round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held at the Wells Fargo Center.

Sanh…

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