It hasn’t been easy writing about Chris Pronger when A) we never see him; B) we never hear from him. Today, Pronger dropped by Skate Zone unexpectedly to see teammates for the first time since the club’s Christmas Party. From the players I talked to, the visit was therapeutic for themselves, as well as Pronger. He did not speak to the media. What I found interesting was that most players

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Ilya Bryzgalov pretty much has resigned himself that even when he does something good, something bad happens. Pitch your25th career shutout and still lose a game, 1-0 because Evgeni Nabokov was simply unconscious at the other end. When people look back on his first year in Philly, these are some of the things they’ll remember. Here’s what the players had to say after the 1-0 shootout l

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Danny Briere is back in the lineup tonight against the Isles. – more comking –

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Amid all the good things the Flyers did against Nashville: – power play scores for 5th straight game – penalty kill has a momentum changing appearance – Wayne Simmonds scores 2 goals and is within 1 of his career-high (16) – rookie Matt Read turns defense into offense into a goal Amid all that … did you notice that beleaguered goalie Ilya Bryzgalov gave up just 1 goal for the 4th time

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Straka-Hrdina-Jagr. That was one of two units Jaromir Jagr played on in 2000-01 when he last won the Art Rosst Trophy. The other had Kip Miller replacing Straka. Hartnell-Giroux-Jagr.

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I asked Claude Giroux after the SuperSkills competition on Saturday if there was anything that happened that blew him away. He was quick to respond.

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You don’t always get “news” out of an All-Star Game, but we got some today from Nashville’s Ryan Suter. Myself, Pierre Lebrun and Nick Cotsonika interviewed Ryan Suter about his intentions on re-signing before the trade deadline and for the first time, he spelled them out. He’s going to WAIT until the summer before signing with any team. As a result, I think it might be off the market to eve

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I remember that playoff series against Pittsburgh in 2009 when Ed Snider walked into the Flyers dressing room afterward. The FLyers chairman wasn’t happy with the playoff loss but he said the future really looked bright and pointed to Claude Giroux as the team’s next super star. A few years later, Giroux has emerged as the face of the franchise, a player who is loved throughout the organiz

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When the Flyers made all their off-season moves last summer, including the remake in free agency, most fans felt they had thrown up their hands and all but said it would be a rebuilding year, not retooling. Who would have thought at the All-Star break that they would be on course for a 107-point season? “It’s been great,” Scott Hartnell said. “There’s a lot of excitement in this dressi

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So who’s fault is it that the Flyers lost their third shootout on Sunday? Is it Peter Laviolette’s fault because he almost never practices the shootout like some clubs do? Is it is shooters’ fault because they seem to freeze up on the ice when confronted with having to stand at center ice, collect themselves, then break in on the goalie? Or is it Ilya Bryzgalov’s fault because he

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