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Bruins smoke Flyers

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Bruins smoke Flyers

The carousel goes ‘round and ‘round. Philadelphia’s up and down postseason continued, following a 7-3 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal match-up at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday afternoon. The Flyers are 15-20 when losing the first game of a seven-game series, including the Quarterfinals win over [...]

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Flyers’ Troubling Home Statistics Against Playoff Clubs

By David Strehle “We’ve never talked about clinching a playoff berth.  We’ve always talked about home ice, all rounds, starting in our building.” – Peter Laviolette on March 21st, speaking before his team was about to embark on a three-game span against elite East clubs. For much of the stretch run, Philadelphia Flyers’ coach Peter [...]

Flyers’ Struggling Offense Could Use Zherdev

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Flyers’ Struggling Offense Could Use Zherdev

By Dave Strehle Last night’s 1-0 shutout loss to Ryan Miller and the Buffalo Sabres was yet another frustrating loss when the Philadelphia Flyers’ dominated a game, only to fizzle out in the end.  There have been too many of these games for the Flyers, especially over the last three months of the 2010-11 regular season. It [...]

What About Bob?

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What About Bob?

Dustin Leed broke down for the Intelligencer Journal why no matter what the result: Sergei Bobrovsky has already exceeded expectations. When opportunity knocked, all Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren had to do was make the investment. “It came up last year, the opportunity to sign (Sergei Bobrovsky) as a free agent. One of our [...]

Dazed and Confused

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Dazed and Confused

Either I’m a smart man or one of the dumbest in the greater Philadelphia region. Either I’m relaxed or easily deceived. Either I understand the situation pretty well, or I’m one big Philadelphia Flyers homer. Dazed and confused. It pretty much sums up how the Flyers have been playing over the last quarter of the [...]