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Alex Bump is off to a scorching start with Phantoms
Before the biggest challenges even began to snowball on the Flyers in this stretch to start the season, a logjam of forwards forced them to make some difficult decisions in terms of how they wanted to fill out their lineup up front. Facing his own struggles through those early goings, Alex Bump was left as something of the odd man out, and loaned back to the Phantoms to continue to work on his game and clear up some space on the NHL roster. Though a demotion, no matter the reason, can ope...
The Flyers are full of complementary players without a player to complement
As the Flyers continue to scuffle along throughout an early season stretch that has snowballed into their worst in over a decade, the struggles they’ve had on offense have started to take center stage. Philadelphia’s expected goals percentage at 5-on-5 sits at just 34.54% through nine games, a number that plunged once again after their nondescript 2-1 defeat to the struggling Red Wings, and is last in the NHL by a wide margin. They have failed to score more than two goals in a game ...
Travis Konecny is far from the Flyers’ biggest problem — and trading him won’t help
There are a lot of problems with the Philadelphia Flyers right now. From top to bottom, you can point to nearly every member of the organization and assign blame. Travis Konecny is not one of those problems. And if you think he is, he’s toward the bottom of the list. The team’s leading scorer for the last five seasons is tied for the team lead with three points through the Flyers’ nine games so far this season. Konecny has only played in five of them before hitting the shelf with a l...
The Flyers are failing Matvei Michkov and Porter Martone
Back in 2010, Flyers youngster Claude Giroux was playing his 126th National Hockey League game. And none were more important than this one. He was called upon in a shootout against the New York Rangers, with the season essentially hanging in the balance. Score against the imposing and dominating Henrik Lundqvist, and it would be up to Brian Boucher to stop Olle Jokinen to ensure the Flyers got the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Choke, and it might be a missed chance he may never ...
Does Danny Briere regret the trades the Flyers didn’t make?
This summer was all about taking the next step forward for the Philadelphia Flyers. What they actually did was a lean forward instead of the leap that they wanted. Does the team, and more specifically general manager Danny Briere, have any major regrets for not being able to pull it off? Years ago, the summer of 2026 was seen as the specific moment that the Flyers could feasibly go out and get a star so that they can have a leader up top with a whole lot of young talent and very good play...
Friday Morning Fly By: Something’s gotta give
*Folks. What else is there to say. The Flyers lost to the Red Wings last night. It’s now nine losses for the Flyers to start the season. [ BSH ] *It’s been uninspiring to watch, and also kind of boring, as the scoring has continued to look pretty anemic. [ NBCSP ] *It’s the same old, same old, really. Backsliding and still looking around for answers. [ Inquirer ] *There’s a lot that we’d like to see them doing better right now, but there’s specifically more that could be done to...
Takeaways: Flyers’ streak stretches to 9 with 2-1 loss to Red Wings
Another Flyers gameday, another loss to dig into. Despite putting together a nice but of momentum in Tuesday’s game against the Kraken, the Flyers once again showed an inability to build and capitalize on their positives pulled together — meeting with a struggling Red Wings team, they took another step back and let this one get away with them. And the winless streak stretches to nine games. The Basics First period: 17:32 – Matvei Michkov (unassisted) Second period: 4:31 – Anton Johan...
Flyers @ Red Wings: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
The Flyers are heading out on the road again, and are still looking to nab their very first win of the season. They came close (so close!) on Tuesday against the Kraken, but fell short in the end. Still, their process looked much improved, and they’ll be hoping that they can build up some momentum off of that and find a little bit more success against a Red Wings team that’s only struggling a little bit less than the Flyers themselves. Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: ESPN+, ...
Porter Martone is struggling, but the Flyers aren’t helping him
Matvei Michkov just missed the Calder trophy a couple seasons ago. Martone could see the same fate.
Elliotte Friedman weighs in on Travis Konecny drama and Flyers trade rumors
Things are spiraling out of control for the Philadelphia Flyers, and when that happens, trade rumors start to spin up. The Flyers have yet to make any real impactful moves, instead opting to sign veteran free agent Michael Bunting and swapping depth forwards to call up Jack Studnicka for Carl Grundstrom. A trade could be in the cards, with Danny Briere reportedly receiving a lot of calls from general managers around the league, but that remains to be seen. There have also been report...
Thursday Morning Fly By: Another chance for something
*The Flyers are once again facing a hockey game. They have earned a wonderful 0-5-3 start to their season and are hoping to build off of their solid performance against the Kraken on Tuesday, as they visit the Red Wings on Thursday. But with this lengthy winless streak, can we look at the past and expect something to happen? We have taken a look at all previous significant winless streaks in Flyers history and how the general manager of that team responded. Could it tell us anything about what...
Flyers should consider claiming Aatu Raty off waivers
The Philadelphia Flyers have got to do something to turn around their 0-5-3 start. They signed veteran free agent Michael Bunting last week and called up Jack Studnicka to replace Carl Grundstrom over the weekend. Neither of those moves are really going to move the needle in the long run, but at least Danny Briere and Keith Jones are pressing what buttons they can before slamming the “break glass in case of emergency” button. We’ll see how long that takes. And yes, before we get too ...
Rick Tocchet says Flyers defensemen are ‘too horny’ on the ice
One of the biggest differences in Tuesday night’s 3-2 shootout loss to Seattle for the Flyers was seeing the defense jump up in the rush. Oliver Bonk, who played with Travis Sanheim on the first pairing, was a force to be reckoned with at some points, and managed to start the play that lead to Philadelphia cutting the lead by the Kraken in half when Christian Dvorak made it 2-1. “I don’t know if I was waiting to get stopped, but I was just doing my best to keeping my feet moving,” Bonk sa...
How past Flyers GMs responded to historic winless streaks
As the Flyers are now eight games into the 2026-27 season still looking for a win, and now winless in their last 12 regular season and playoff games combined, the rumor mill is a bit louder than it was just two weeks ago. Remember two weeks ago? Philadelphia had not won a game, but they hadn’t lost either, ready to take on the Penguins and start building brick by brick towards another playoff run, and a bit more respectability. Well, 14 days later, that is a pipe dream. Philadelphia is now one...
Wednesday Morning Fly By: So, so close
*Before last night’s game, we did a little check-in with the history books, as the Flyers found themselves approaching pretty notable (derogatory) territory. [ BSH ] *And, would you look at that! They did arrive there in the end, with a shootout loss to the Kraken to bring their season-opening losing streak to eight games. [ NBCSP ] *We’re feeling a little weary of talking about moral victories, so we won’t go as far as to assign that to them, but we will at least acknowledge that th...
Takeaways: Losing streak reaches 8 after Flyers’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Kraken
Tonight, the Flyers got real close to breaking the losing streak to start the season, but the comeback effort fell just short in a 3-2 shootout loss to Seattle. Despite late goals from Trevor Zegras and Christian Dvorak, the Flyers are still playing far from their best as the losing streak reaches 8. The basics First period: 7:57 – Bobby McMann (Vince Dunn, Chandler Stephenson) (PPG) Second period: 8:54 – Ville Ottavainen (Mackie Samoskevich, Josh Mahura) Third period: 6:07 –...
Danny Briere reportedly getting calls from NHL GMs amid Flyers’ struggles
The Philadelphia Flyers are down bad. They just finished a disheartening shootout loss to the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night and now have a well-earned 0-5-3 record to start their season. Every other NHL team has noticed just how poor they have been, and they’re seeing it as an opportunity. With the Flyers floundering and looking for an answer as to why this is happening and how they can fix it, general manager Danny Briere is reportedly getting a whole lot of phone calls from teams arou...
Flyers vs. Kraken: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
The Philadelphia Flyers are playing hockey again (derogatory). They’re facing what many would consider their easiest matchup of the season so far, but the Seattle Kraken are certainly no slouches with a 4-2-0 record. Maybe it was just the schedule we have to blame, or maybe the Flyers are just very very very bad. We’ll hopefully find out something. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading The Philadelphia Flyers have a w...
Rick Tocchet shakes up Flyers lineup, puts Martone and Michkov together
The Philadelphia Flyers are playing miserable hockey. Miserable for the players as they can’t connect on any passes and have scored just eight goals in seven games. Miserable for management and the coaching staff as they continue to search for answers to solve their 0-5-2 record. Miserable for all of us watching the games as we dread another pointless season. In response to yet another disappointing performance over the weekend, as they lost to the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes in...
Flyers are one loss away from making NHL history
On Sunday night the Philadelphia Flyers made history. For all the wrong reasons. After keeping Carolina scoreless for roughly half of regulation, the defending Stanley Cup champions broke the game open, and cruised rather easily to a 4-1 victory on the road. The loss put the Flyers in the record books, setting a franchise record with seven consecutive losses to start a season. At 0-5-2, Philadelphia has the second-worst points percentage (.143), with only Calgary (0-5-0) behind them. They...
Tuesday Morning Fly By: How about this time?
*The Philadelphia Flyers are back in action tonight but over the weekend, we got to see the season debut of top prospect Oliver Bonk. He was thrown to the wolves on the top pairing next to Travis Sanheim and torn apart by the Carolina Hurricanes, but there were some reasons for optimism from the 21-year-old. [BSH] *Could Danny Briere do something to shake things up and stop the bleeding? We came up with three ideas for moves that the Flyers general manager could pull off to get something ...
Flyers reportedly not firing Rick Tocchet anytime soon
The seat may be heating up under head coach Rick Tocchet, but the Philadelphia Flyers don’t appear ready to make a coaching change just yet. Despite a 0-5-2 start for a team that somehow looks worse than its record, the Flyers are fully behind their head coach. A disappointed Trevor Zegras is ‘fully behind’ Rick Tocchet “Fully. Fully behind (Tocchet),” Trevor Zegras said when asked about his head coach after Sunday night’s loss. “He’s an amazing person. He’s an amazing coach. He...
Flyers recall forward Jack Studnicka, loan Carl Grundstrom to Phantoms
The Philadelphia Flyers have to do something to shake things up after a horrendous start, and perhaps a few depth moves can be the start of that. The team placed Helge Grans on waivers on Monday afternoon — a good sign for, at the very least, Cam York’s availability for Tuesday’s matchup against the Kraken — then announced a pair of roster moves later that evening, sending Carl Grundstrom down to the Phantoms and calling up in his place center Jack Studnicka. Whether he gets into the line...
Flyers place Helge Grans on waivers — what it could mean for others
The Philadelphia Flyers on Monday placed defenseman Helge Grans on waivers, according to multiple reports. If Grans, who played in Philadelphia’s 5-1 loss to Boston on Saturday afternoon, isn’t claimed by another team on Tuesday, the defenseman will most likely be reassigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League. Helge Grans (PHI) on waivers — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 12, 2026 Grans, a 24-year-old Swedish blueliner, has played just one ...
Evaluating the Flyers’ reluctance to trade Tyson Foerster
The Flyers justifiably like Tyson Foerster, but are they potentially overrating his long-term value?
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