After Howard Eskin released on Twitter that defenseman Andrej Meszaros would need surgery to repair a disk fragment in his back, the Flyers reluctantly acknowledged the same, less tha three hours after saying his status had remained unchanged. Strangely, Meszaros, who has missed the last 9 games, was seen bouncing around the facility one day, then limping badly the next within the past two we

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Max Talbot and Andreas Lilja are OUT Sunday vs. Penguins. The FLyers are listing both as day-to-day. Lilja was struck in the throat Saturday at BOSTON with a deflected puck; Talbot fell on his right shoulder during a fight with Johnny Boychuk.

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If the last two Flyer games didn’t whet your appetite for playoff hockey, you’re need to convert to the NBA. Today’s 3-2 Flyers overtime win against Pittsburgh was one of those “Can’t wait till April” games if these two clubs meet in the playoffs. Just a fabulous game. Scott Hartnell’s offense and physical play coupled with Kris Letang’s outstanding defensive and physical play for Pittsbu

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BOSTON – The Flyers didn’t win a shootout in the afternoon – they can’t win in the afternoon period _ but they picked up a valuable point in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Bruins. And they had to do it without Max Talbot and Andreas Lilja, both of whom were injured. Talbot has a right shoulder injury and we believe Lilja was struck in the throat off a deflected shot. Both are questionable for

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The end of a drought couldn’t come soon enough for Danny Briere. How fortunate for him to be on the ice with almost five minutes left when the Devils pulled goalie Marty Brodeur. I didn’t think Briere played well enough Sunday in New Jersey to void his slump, but I felt over the month of March, as a whole, he had done the right things but kept hitting iron or opponent’s sticks off blocks.

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Kimmo Timonen, whose back is better but not 100 percent, will return to the Flyers lineup tonight. Also coming back is Jakub Voracek (concussion). In an effort to get Danny Briere going, coach Peter Laviolette will put Eric Wellwood and Voracek on a new line with Briere. Timonen is expected to work with Matt Carle on the blue line as Lavy seemed reluctant to split Braydon Coburn from Nick

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Bryz. Bryzard of Oz. Bryzly Bear. Or how about … the “old” Bryz is back? You know, the one who played so well in giving the Phoenix Coyotes a chance to win every night last season

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You never know what you’re going to get on a particular day when you walk into a dressing room. After watching Ilya Bryzgalov over the last several weeks, I feel he has gotten his act together since coming back from the flu. Yeah, he had a couple gaffes in giving up the first goal on the first shot, but his game seems to be getting better

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On Tuesday, Mark Howe’s jersey will be retired prior to the game against Detroit. Here is the transcript from his availability last night during the Flyers 6-3 win over the Islanders, courtesy of the Flyers: Mark Howe – First Intermission availability Q: What does it mean for the day to finally come when your name will finally go up there? “I don’t know if it is a long time comin

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Here is Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren’s conference call transcript from today regarding the trade deadline, courtesy of the Flyers: Q: Did you have any interest in Paul Gaustad today? He was a player that we talked about prior to making any the moves that we made with acquiring our defensemen. He’s a guy that I think had a lot of interest around the league and you saw the pric

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