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The top prospects for the 2014 NHL Draft have had a full season to state their case for why they should be considered among the game’s next stars.
However, all a highly talented bunch has done is muddy the field NHL teams have to wade through t…
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In a year when projecting the best player eligible for the 2014 NHL Draft might be as stern a challenge as it’s ever been, Kingston Frontenacs center Samuel Bennett was the desired choice from start to finish in the minds of the gurus at NHL Centr…
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WEDNESDAY QUICK HITS
* Swedish newspaper Expressen reported yesterday that the Flyers, among other teams, are scouting forward Dennis Rasmussen at the IIHF World Championships. I blogged about the team’s interest in the player in late March. At the time, the Flyers had two scouts watching Rasmussen during the SHL playoff semifinals. According to the Expressen report by Mattias Ek, the Vancouver
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TUESDAY QUICK HITS
* Flyers prospect Taylor Leier had an assist in a losing cause as the Portland Winterhawks dropped the seventh and deciding game of the Western Hockey League finals last night to the Edmonton Oil Kings by a 4-2 score. Leier assisted on Brendan Leipzic’s third period power play goal that brought the Hawks back within two goals. The key turning point of the game came when Curti
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A dramatic comeback by the Portland Winterhawks against the Edmonton Oil Kings in Game Six on Sunday sets the stage for Game Seven of the Western Hockey League Finals on Monday and right to play in the Memorial Cup Tournament of Canadian Major Jun…
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ASSESSING HARTNELL’S 2013-14 season
Flyers left winger Scott Hartnell has simultaneously been one of the team’s most popular and yet divisive players over the course of his seven seasons in Philadelphia. He has always been a streaky player offensively and, in other aspects of the game, can be rather unpredictable.
Following Hartnell’s career year in 2011-12, the Flyers signed him to a six-y
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SUNDAY QUICK HITS
* Three Flyers-affiliated players will be in action today at the 2014 IIHF World Championships in Minsk Belarus. In one of today’s two matches featuring likely medal round teams, Flyers defenseman Erik Gustafsson and the rest of defending gold medalist Tre Kronor will take on former Flyers right winger Jaromir Jagr and the Czech Republic. Phantoms forward Marcel Noebels and Te
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All Flyers players at the 2014 World Championships in Belarus will be in action today. In yesterday’s tournament-opening games:
FRANCE 3 – CANADA 2 (SO)
Last year, France pulled off a monumental upset by beating Russia in a preliminary round game. Yesterday, the French team came back from a 2-1 deficit in the third period to force overtime and prevail via shootout against highly favored Cana
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As far as the Flyers came in 2013-14, they still have a distance to go. The draft, which Ron Hextall has declared his primary MO moving forward, is not likely to make them a contender next season. So to be better than just a first-round team in 2…
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