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The pins in the doll that Ed Snider jokes have denied the Flyers another Stanley Cup since 1975 struck down Bernie Parent and Rick MacLeish in 1976, Jimmy Watson on 1980, Tim Kerr in 1985 and 1987, and prematurely took out Eric Lindros, Keith Prim…
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TOP FIVE HARD-LUCK FLYERS PROSPECTS
For all the intensive scouting and careful preparation that teams do, there is an element of luck involved — at least beyond the first round — in whether the players selected pan out as future NHL players. The biggest variable, of course, is injury.
Even under ideal circumstances, teams are going to have more Draft-day misses than hits, at least beyond
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Just because Bob Clarke admits he had no full idea of what he was getting in the best trade he ever made, doesn’t mean that he wasn’t thinking big.
“Eric Lindros was playing with Brett Fedyk,” recalls Clarke. “Every huge defenseman was going af…
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MASON SUSTAINS BROKEN PINKY FINGER
As first reported by TFP’s David Strehle and confirmed by the Flyers, goaltender Steve Mason sustained a broken right pinky finger in a ball hockey game last Sunday. The injury to his right (glove) hand will keep him off the ice for two weeks. In the meantime, Mason will continue off-ice workouts.
With about seven weeks to go before the start of Flyers trai
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Flyers general manager Ron Hextall gave the following injury update on goaltender Steve Mason
“Steve Mason broke his right pinky finger playing hockey in Oakville, Ontario on Sunday, July 27. Mason will miss approximately two (2) weeks of on-ic…
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Hard to believe Harry, but the last time the Flyers had their own Hall of Fame induction was 2009 when The Hammer went in.
Dave Schultz. Before that? Ron Hextall in 2008.
This season, the Flyers have a bonanza going with today’s announcement of John LeClair, Eric Lindros and Eric Desjardins.
LeClair and Lindros will go in on NOv. 20 when the Flyers host Minnesota. Desjardins will be ind
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A collection of photos of the newest members of the Flyers Hall of Fame
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The Philadelphia Flyers will induct Eric Lindros, John LeClair and Eric Desjardins into the Flyers Hall of Fame during the 2014-15 season, according to team president Paul Holmgren. Lindros and LeClair will be inducted on Thursday, November 20 pri…
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THURSDAY QUICK HITS
* In his most recent article for ESPN Insider, Craig Custance polled a panel of a dozen people currently working in the NHL. Four are team executives (general managers or assistant GMs), four are head coaches, one is an assistant coach, two are players and one is a former general manager.
The panel was asked the following question: If you were starting a franchise from s
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HEXTALL ON THE POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS OF ANALYTICS
On the day he was announced as the Flyers new general manager, Ron Hextall explained his philosophy on the proper place for using analytics in today’s NHL. In a nutshell, Hextall said that he felt data can be mined to determine areas where the team can hone in on specific areas of strength and weakness. He also cautioned that he did not beli
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