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The greatest Flyers in franchise history, from A to Z (Part 1)
The draft is done, free agency is done, the offer sheet is history (at least for Leo Carlsson) and there are a few upcoming contracts (or arbitration cases) that need to be resolved either through a contract extension, or the harder, more acrimonious way. But with some down time, what better way to celebrate the greatness of the Flyers franchise than to go in alphabetical order (surnames only) and laud the greatness of 26 (well a few more than that with ties and honorable mentions) of various ...
Porter Martone ranked as one of the NHL’s top prospects
Fans of the Philadelphia Flyers are extremely high on 19-year-old forward Porter Martone, and for good reason. The Peterborough native and childhood Flyers fan made an immediate impact in the NHL following a stellar campaign at Michigan State University, and he’s now being viewed as the crown jewel of the franchise’s young core. The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler also appears to be a major Martone believer. Porter Martone praised as one of the best young players in the entire NHL ...
‘I’m not even supposed to be here today’: Ranking every Kevin Smith movie
Kevin Smith was a groundbreaking filmmaker 30 years ago and has quite the unique catalogue. They are not all hits and the latter part of his career has waned into the “well passed his prime” territory. There is no mistaking that Smith spoke to a certain generation and has found a new audience to discover his early films as each new generation comes of that age. If you can’t come out of his early films with scenes and quotes you don’t think about forever, I don’t know what to tell you. 15....
Tuesday Morning Fly By: It’s a waiting game
*Can’t imagine much is going to happen here in the Flyers Cinematic Universe between now and Jamie Drysdale and Trevor Zegras signing their new contracts, whether that happens with an arbiter or it happens before they get there. So we’re all going to be hanging out and waiting. While we wait, let’s think about some possible home runs (get it? derby day and such) Danny Briere can still hit before heading up to the cottage. [ BSH ] *New Guy Noel Acciari is already pandering to us — as he sh...
Leo Carlsson’s agents reveal why the Flyers’ offer sheet was impossible to refuse
It wasn’t a scene from The Godfather , but Flyers general manager Danny Briere will never resemble the fictional character Don Vito Corleone more than he did last week. That’s according to hockey agents Matt and Ryan Keator, the agents representing Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson. In a special Tuesday evening edition of 32 Thoughts , Elliotte Friedman interviewed both Matt Keator, a veteran agent, and his son Ryan, who is a 27-year-old hockey agent in his second year. After some brief i...
3 home run swings Danny Briere can still take for Flyers this offseason
Philadelphia has been at the center of the sports world for most of the summer. Philadelphia Stadium hosted several World Cup games to kick things off, and the MLB All-Star Game and Home Run Derby are at Citizens Bank Park this week. Add in the 76ers trading for Jaylen Brown and the Flyers’ offer sheet to Leo Carlsson, and there has been no shortage of things to talk about in Philadelphia over the last several weeks. Danny Briere took a big swing with the Carlsson offer sheet that ha...
Morgan Rielly may be the Flyers’ last chance to upgrade the blue line
The Philadelphia Flyers have run out of obvious options to make their blue line better, but there is someone on the Toronto Maple Leafs that could be perfect.
Monday Morning Fly By: Time to pivot
*The Flyers lost out in that offer sheet bid for Leo Carlsson. We more or less expected it, but it’s still a bummer. But we’re accepting it begrudgingly and we are moving on. But also like, what now? [ Inquirer ] *The last time something like this happened for the Flyers does provide a pretty perfect example of what not to do after having one’s offer sheet matched. [ BSH ] *On a lighter note, Cole Knuble’s set to make the full time jump to the pros in the fall, and there’s a lot to b...
Flyers have one week to sign Jamie Drysdale and Trevor Zegras before arbitration
While the Philadelphia Flyers could get plenty busy wheeling and dealing for the rest of the summer, as they try to maybe recover from not getting Leo Carlsson despite their historic offer sheet, the main piece of business they have to do is get a couple of restricted free agents signed. And now we know that they have just over a week to really get their business done. Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale are two fairly high-profile restricted free agents for the Flyers, who should get sizeab...
Cole Knuble is building a reliable pro game
This season was a long one for Flyers prospect Cole Knuble. It saw him bring his three-year college career to a close — in a season which was challenging at times, as he had to work through some cold spells in production and saw himself moved over to play the wing for stretches to wake his game back up — and jump right into meaningful action with the Phantoms after signing his entry level deal in the spring, joining them for seven games in the heat of their stretch run attempt to get into...
Danny Briere can’t make same mistakes Paul Holmgren did after Flyers’ failed offer sheet
After a week of cautious optimism and hoping that the Anaheim Ducks would let Leo Carlsson fly the coop, the Philadelphia Flyers are right back where they were a week ago. Danny Briere ruffled some feathers with his offer sheet, and the Flyers are once again being talked about in NHL circles, but Philadelphia still lacks the first-line center that it desperately needs. The Flyers were being talked about in terms of offer sheets a few days before sending one to Carlsson, though, as th...
Friday Morning Fly By: Way she goes
*Well, I personally assumed we’d be waiting until later today to learn our collective fate, but turned out we only had to wait until around lunchtimes yesterday. And, disappointingly, the news was bad. The Ducks matched. Real bummer. [ BSH ] *You’ll never believe this, but the Leo Carlsson news was all anyone was writing about yesterday. (Except us, of course. There’s a reason this is the best website ever.) Here’s what the Inky had to say. [ Inquirer ] *How about our pal Jordan over...
Leo Carlsson wanted the Ducks to match the Flyers’ offer sheet
Leo Carlsson will not be joining the Philadelphia Flyers, as the Anaheim Ducks matched the five-year, $18 million offer sheet on Thursday. It was a hopeful week for those in Philadelphia, and the hockey world had its eyes on Anaheim ahead of the Ducks’ decision. While the Ducks took nearly the full seven days to decide to match, they quickly got the $90 million man in front of the cameras for a media availability on Thursday afternoon. Carlsson explains why he signed Flyers’ offer sh...
Missing out on Leo Carlsson doesn’t ruin the Flyers’ offseason
Although the final decision might not have been expected until July 10, the dreams of Leo Carlsson being Philadelphia’s first-line center were foiled Thursday afternoon. Anaheim matched the five-year, $90 million offer sheet the Flyers extended to Carlsson on July 3. Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek and the team’s ownership painted a rosy picture on the outcome, as if they were over the moon realizing they’ve put themselves in cap hell for a little while for a negotiation they screwed up comp...
Phantoms announce 2026-27 regular season schedule
While it looks like we’ll still be waiting around for a while longer for the much-anticipated drop of the NHL regular season schedule, we at least now have an early opportunity to begin working out the edges of our hockey related schedules. Everyone’s autumns are beginning to come into focus and we can begin to make our plans for any and all visits down the farm. That is, the Phantoms’ 2026-27 schedule is here! The PPL Center will get a bit of a warmup in September, with the pair of ...
3 things the Flyers can still do this offseason after not getting Leo Carlsson
The dream has been slaughtered by the Anaheim Ducks. Leo Carlsson is not coming to the Philadelphia Flyers after the Ducks decided to match the offer sheet that Danny Briere tendered less than a week ago. At least we know a little bit earlier than expected and we aren’t going to experience another day of torture, waiting for the team to make their decision. Now, the Flyers can move on with their business. The NHL offseason is just a couple weeks old and it would be surprising if the ...
Ducks match Leo Carlsson offer sheet from Flyers
Well, it was fun while it lasted. We had the opportunity to dream of a bona fide No. 1 center playing for the Orange and Black for several days but it all now comes crashing down. The Anaheim Ducks have announced that they have matched the offer sheet of Leo Carlsson from the Philadelphia Flyers. The Ducks didn’t take all seven days they were allowed to, but instead allowed us to have a normal Friday and not spend it all day just waiting for the news to break. As announced by the team and...
Report: Ducks are trying to trade players to make room for Leo Carlsson
As we wait for the Anaheim Ducks and general manager Pat Verbeek to make their decision on the Philadelphia Flyers’ offer sheet to Leo Carlsson — we are slowly dying and losing the sense of what seven days means to our life, please rescue us from this hellscape and bring us to a new life where we know the result of this single transaction — little teensy tiny rumors are percolating through various people in the know around the NHL. And now, we know that the Ducks are at least possibly making m...
Thursday Morning Fly By: It’s almost tomorrow
*We’ve about 36 hours to wait until Pat Verbeek tells us in which way Danny Briere will have screwed him over — because you know it’ll be like, 7:57 p.m. when he makes the call. Men are so petty. Anyway, what if Verbeek got a little spicy and picked up the phone a little earlier to propose a trade? [ BSH ] *So where do things stand right now? No one knows, of course, but that won’t stop these two guys from confidently speculating. [ The Athletic ] *We should probably all enjoy this… ...
Win or lose, this could be Danny Briere’s last offer sheet for years
It’s July 8, and two days from now the landscape for the Philadelphia Flyers will be a lot clearer. Right now things are in an antsy holding pattern. The offer sheet to Leo Carlsson might have pushed Claude Giroux’s possible signing off the table, while kicking the extensions to Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale down the road a bit. If Anaheim Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek and his owner agree to bite the bullet and pay the 21-year-old center a whack of coin over the next 12 months, then he’...
What the Leo Carlsson offer sheet reveals about the Flyers’ future
In case you somehow haven’t heard by now, the Philadelphia Flyers have signed Leo Carlsson to a massive offer sheet . News broke last Friday that Carlsson agreed to the Flyers’ offer: a five-year contract carrying an $18 million AAV. If the Anaheim Ducks don’t match, the Flyers will land Carlsson, but it’ll cost them their next four first-round picks. Four first-round picks might sound like an enormous price to pay. And for a rebuilding team, it would be. But the Flyers are no longer in t...
Would you rather have Leo Carlsson or these 4 players?
The Philadelphia Flyers are completely frozen until they get word whether or not the Anaheim Ducks will match their offer sheet to star center Leo Carlsson. Nothing can be done without knowing if the 21-year-old Swede is going to be coming to Philadelphia along with his $18-million AAV that could make them pinch a whole lot of pennies for the rest of the offseason. Anaheim has until Friday afternoon to make their decision and we’re just waiting here, thinking of various reasons why the Du...
Another Flyers-Ducks trade could solve the Leo Carlsson offer sheet
It has been eerily quiet around the NHL since the Philadelphia Flyers tendered an offer sheet to Leo Carlsson on Friday. Pat Verbeek and the Anaheim Ducks are in the second half of the seven-day period they have to decide whether or not to match the five-year, $90 million contract for their 21-year-old restricted free agent. Of course, that contract is heavily front-loaded with signing bonuses to boot, as the Flyers wanted to add even more pressure to Anaheim’s ownership. While the d...
Did The Bear give us a great final meal? Yes, chef!
The Bear wrapped up its fifth and final season on FX on Hulu / Disney+ or something or other. Wherever the heck it was technically streaming, the show has brought us culinary chaos for the past five years in a fashion different than anything else on television. Now that the show has wrapped up, Jason and I want to give our thoughts on the final season and the show as a whole. Note: Spoilers below for the entirety of The Bear . Steve : People really got hyped on The Bear after its beautifu...
Wednesday Morning Fly By: You’ve got three days
*We’re more than halfway through this infernal waiting period, since you just know that Verbeek, the world’s pettiest man, will be making us wait ’til the last minute. And when is the last minute, you ask? 8 p.m. on Friday night. That and answers to some other questions you might have about the Carlsson offer sheet found here. [ Inquirer ] *In case you missed it, the Claude Giroux dream is dead. For this season, anyway. Dave Pagnotta you will not see heaven . [ BSH ] *There’s nothing...
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