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The Philadelphia Flyers blue line is still incomplete to start the season and it looks like it will remain that way for quite some time. According to The Athletic’s Kevin Kurz, both defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Oliver Bonk are approximately five to six weeks away from being back in game action. Kurz also adds that that is the timeline as long as there are no setbacks to … [Read more...] about Flyers’ Ristolainen, Bonk out for at least 5 more weeks, according to report

Emil Andrae is back with the Phantoms, he’s been given a significant role to work with, and he’s taking it all in stride. From the get-go, Andrae was given the expected high volume of minutes at even strength, as well as deployment on their top power play unit, but along with that, as something of a newer development, he’s been getting some work on the penalty kill. A lot of … [Read more...] about Emil Andrae defying Flyers’ concerns in AHL shorthanded role

Philadelphia Flyers winger Owen Tippett has never been considered much of a bruiser. Although he measures in at a sturdy 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, the 26-year-old’s game has primarily been predicated on speed and skill as opposed to physical dominance. Well, that appears to be changing. Now in the midst of an impressive hot streak, Tippett is not only doing what he does … [Read more...] about Owen Tippett’s physical edge fuels hot streak for Flyers

When you think of Owen Tippett’s career thus far as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers, there are a handful of highlights. There’s the end to end rush against Montreal where he blew by everyone and nearly scored the game-winning goal. And then there’s the razzle dazzle play against Dallas that had most of the league taking notice. But a lot of times the biggest question has … [Read more...] about Rick Tocchet sees shades of Mikko Rantanen in Flyers’ Owen Tippett

In what was a busy night for the Flyers’ organization, their 6th overall pick from this past summer’s draft picked up his first real collegiate goal. Now, as we might recall, he had previously scored on his first shift with the Spartans back in this month’s opening weekend in their game against Windsor, but that was an exhibition game, and the murky grey area before the true … [Read more...] about Porter Martone scores, Shane Vansaghi plays hero as Michigan State completes weekend sweep