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As the Flyers keep their head above water in the tightly-packed Metropolitan Division, a lot of the defensive play has centered on a new concept. Namely, not blocking every shot every shift which former coach John Tortorella preached ad nauseam. Rick Tocchet still wants players to block shots, but it’s not the end all and be all of the team’s success in their own end. It … [Read more...] about Nick Seeler deserves his flowers for efforts on improved Flyers blue line

The Philadelphia Flyers have an uncanny ability to make every single game a roller coaster ride. That remained true Saturday afternoon in their matinee tilt against the Ottawa Senators at Xfinity Mobile Arena. After a rough start, the Flyers battled back to force overtime, but ultimately fell to the Senators by a score of 3-2 in OT. The Basics First period: 5:14 — Tim … [Read more...] about Takeaways: Flyers fall to Senators in overtime after another slow start

The Philadelphia Flyers were able to overcome a fairly bad game by their standards and still sneak out with the full two points against the Nashville Predators in Thursday night’s 3-1 win on the road. It was sunshine and rainbows for the visitors — Matvei Michkov scored his first goal in 10 games, Travis Konecny got on the stat sheet, Cam York and Noah Cates continued their … [Read more...] about Flyers make Ryan O’Reilly question his life choices

There is no other prospect in the Philadelphia Flyers system that needed to show that they belonged than Denver Barkey. The winger with all the motor in the world was able to play a prominent role on a dominant London Knights team in the OHL, but that was junior hockey. Barkey needed to make himself known within the first few weeks of turning pro and lacing up for the Lehigh … [Read more...] about Denver Barkey proves doubters wrong in breakout game for Phantoms