It feels more likely than ever that the Philadelphia Flyers are going to be trading veteran defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. The stars are aligning before the March 6 trade deadline for this team to cash in on the hulking rearguard and move on while also opening up a roster spot for a younger player. A classic rebuilding move.
But, unfortunately to make a trade you also need a second team to agree to it, and the Flyers just lost one potential option that was reportedly interested in Ristola...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are wallowing down in the mushy middle of the standings and this is the week where we care less about the games and just want to see transactions pop up before Friday’s trade deadline. Naturally, they’re visiting the Maple Leafs in Toronto so a whole lot of eyes will be on them.
Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP, Amazon Prime 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Sean Couturier finally scored a goal after going almost three months withou...
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Keep an eye on the Buffalo Sabres before Friday's trade deadline, as they'll be buying this season. The Sabres have finally turned the corner and appear headed for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and management is going to make a couple of upgrades to try and give the team the boost they need to make some noise. One team to watch - Philadelphia Flyers, and specifically, defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen. The Sabres want to add to the right side of their blueline, and a reunion with Ristolainen appears t...
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It’s likely the final home game as a Leaf for several players in this Monday night matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 p.m. EST, Amazon Prime). Game Day Quotes Bobby McMann on what the organization has meant to him, ahead of possibly his final home game as a Leaf: It is hard to put into […]
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There’s still four days to go before the Philadelphia Flyers get their hands dirty in NHL trade deadline activity, and between now and then there will be plenty of speculation as to who will be going where, who will be heading back in return, and what teams will be all in for some of the bigger names available.
There’s not enough bandwidth to discuss who might and who might not be traded in the coming days, but we do know there have been some busier trade deadlines for the Flyers than oth...
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The Boston Bruins refuse to quit one name as the deadline gets closer: Owen Tippett. According to Daily Faceoff’s Anthony Di Marco , Boston has checked in on the Philadelphia Flyers winger multiple times this season, and while Philadelphia is not trying to move him, they are at least willing to listen if the offer hits a serious level. Anthony Di Marco: One name the Bruins have checked in on several times this season is winger Owen Tippett; The Flyers aren’t looking to move [him] by any ...
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The Flyers' trade for Boris Katchouk could be just the boost the Phantoms need for their stretch run.
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Muddy middle battle.
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*It was a reasonably quiet weekend for the Flyers as far as games on the schedule goes, but it was still an exciting one. They returned to home ice on Saturday and picked up a huge win over the Bruins in their matinee. [ BSH ]
*Charlie has his own takeaways from that win herein. [ PHLY ]
*Dan Vladar came up with a huge performance for the Flyers in that win. [ NBCSP ]
*And there’s been a lot to like about what he’s been doing for his team, both on and off the ice, this season. [...
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The Philadelphia Flyers made a trade Sunday night. It didn’t move the needle much, but hey, a trade is a trade. The deal sent defenseman Roman Schmidt, who had been playing with Lehigh Valley, to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for left winger Boris Katchouk.
TRADE ALERT: We’ve acquired forward Boris Katchouk from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenseman Roman Schmidt. Katchouk will report to the @LVPhantoms (AHL). https://t.co/gR5The0rWn — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) March...
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Although the club hasn’t yet made it official, it appears that the Flyers are in the process of calling up defenseman Adam Ginning from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The news was revealed by Phantoms communications director and broadcaster Bob Rotruck in a tweet earlier Sunday afternoon, ahead of their game against Hartford.
Lineup Info: Devin Kaplan upper-body injury will sit out. Sawyer Boulton remains injured. Adam Ginning recalled to Flyers. Vincent Sevigny joins from Reading and in lin...
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With the Flyers up 2-1 and trying to hang on for a regulation win against the Boston Bruins on Saturday, Flyers captain Sean Couturier had the puck in the neutral zone. There was just over a minute to go, and Couturier could’ve simply taken a shot at the wide open net and, hopefully, hit the twine and finally score a goal. Fortunately for the team, the veteran skated the extra few strides, got over the red line and fired it toward the Bruins net. If he missed it was not the end of the world, i...
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The Flyers came into yesterday afternoon’s game riding high. They had closed out their road back-to-back, which marked their return from the Olympic break, with a massive overtime win over the Rangers on Thursday, and after a difficult run before the break, there was, doubtless, a feeling that their fortunes might be shifting, and this could be the win that helped springboard them into a more successful run down the stretch.
But even in that simmering optimism was a knowledge that yesterd...
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A lot has been made of how this current Philadelphia Flyers team might be lacking some conditioning. Youngster Matvei Michkov has been at the center of all of it, of course, but with the likes of Sean Couturier slowing down and more veterans taking a step back, it’s become an underdiscussed and underlying theme to this season.
Well, the team seems to be addressing that issue.
According to New Orleans Pelicans reporter Shamit Dua, the NBA team’s director of performance and sports scie...
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Jamie Drysdale, Travis Konecny, and Christian Dvorak were all in on the Flyers first two goals. But they were only there thanks to the sensational start Dan Vladar had in a 3-1 Philadelphia win. The win was capped off by an empty net goal from Sean Couturier, ending a lengthy slump.
The basics
First period: No scoring Second period: No scoring Third period: 3:40- Travis Konecny (Christian Dvorak, Jamie Drysdale), 11:55- Jamie Drysdale (Travis Konecny, Christian Dvorak), 13:03- Charli...
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The Montreal Canadiens are sitting in a spot where it might finally be time to make a real deadline buying push again. Montreal is currently sitting in the first Wild Card spot in the East with 73 points, four points ahead of the Washington Capitals , who are looking in. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman says the Canadiens have poked around Nashville Predators center Ryan O’Reilly, and RG.org’s Marco D’Amico adds they’ve also made a quick call on Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen.&...
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And for the first time since returning from the break, the Flyers are back at home for a bit of matinee action. Coming off of a huge overtime win over the Rangers on the road on Thursday, the Flyers will be looking to keep that positive momentum rolling in this matchup against a much tougher Bruins squad.
Puck drop: 3:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: ABC 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
With the deadline about a week away now, there’s no shortage of trade talk to ...
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The NHL trade deadline is coming hot and fast and by Friday afternoon, every single team will need to have wrapped up all their mid-season business as they get ready to move onto the offseason. For the Philadelphia Flyers, this means taking advantage of some teams eyeing up their players as they are set to miss the playoffs for the sixth year in a row, and others are pushing towards the Stanley Cup.
One player that could certainly be on the move, is veteran defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. ...
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With a 3 PM start, you’re getting the rare “Preview/Public Skate” combo! Hold onto this post, it may be worth money someday. Prior to today’s game, here are the basics: I say “3ish” for the start time, as these ABC national games always seem to kind of just start whenever they want. 3:01, 3:12, 3:99…you […]
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With the trade deadline looming, and all the rampant speculation that emerges in the days leading up to it, may we present another little interesting tidbit. Perhaps it’s nothing more than a coach and a player he coached last season catching up on life and family, but according to Vancouver Canucks insider and sports radio host Rick Dhaliwal, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet and Canucks center Elias Pettersson had a rather lengthy discussion during the Olympics.
Tocchet, who was one of Team...
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Looking at the numbers and what they say about the potential offense for the Philadelphia Flyers. Are they bad or is the process just not there?
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The Philadelphia Flyers aren’t projected to be a team that will be very busy before the trade deadline next Friday — aside from potentially trading veteran defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen — but according to a recent report, there are teams sniffing around some players as long-term fits for their problems.
One of the main talking points surrounding absolute any trade rumor or trade chatter involving the Flyers is that this team just has so many wingers — too many wingers to even put on the t...
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The Flyers ended last season with an .879 team save percentage. This was nearly 10 points below the San Jose Sharks — a team who was openly tanking — for the worst team save percentage in the NHL. It’s comfortably the worst mark since the turn of the century, though this year’s Ottawa Senators (.873) are giving it a real run. The front office then came to the logical conclusion that the roster simply can’t be evaluated correctly if they’re spending their time fishing the puck out of their own ...
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Vincent Trocheck survived, Igor Shesterkin did everything he could, and the Rangers still lost—because of course they did.
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The Philadelphia Flyers are approaching this trade deadline from a unique angle. While most other teams who are several points out of a playoff spot, are gearing up to sell off their pending free agents or possibly move on from some core pieces, the Flyers don’t really have much of that. No bounty of veterans who they can get a heaping pile of draft picks for to help their rebuild, it’s just going to largely be status quo.
That is except one specific player.
Rasmus Ristolainen is the...
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