In a season that felt like a Netflix drama the Flyers playoff hopes end in a 2-1 defeat to the Washington Capitals. The Flyers were on life support going into the final games of the season. An eight-game losing streak saw their playoff chances fall from 88% to 4% in 18 days. The Oranges and Blacks needed a regulation win over Washington and a regulation loss for Detroit to have a chance to make the playoffs. But the Red Wings came back in dramatic fashion for the second night in a row to force overtime against the Canadiens off of a game-tying goal with 3 seconds left after a questionable icin ..read more

It is hard to describe what has happen to the Flyers over the past two weeks. On March 24th the Flyers had an 88% chance of making the playoffs. Since then they have lost eight games in a row, six of which were against teams outside of a playoff position. Over this stretch they have been outscored 42 to 18 and have fallen to only a 6% chance of making the playoffs. The new goalie combination of Ersson and Fedotov have also struggled over this period. But the main problem has been the shaky defense and ice cold offense. The Flyers were playing without half of their defensive starters before thi ..read more

On Thursday Flyers goaltender prospects Ivan Fedotov and Alexei Kolosov both had their KHL contracts terminated which allowed them to come play in North America. Fedotov was in Philadelphia by Friday and has already suited up in two games for the orange and black. While Kolosov was sent down to Lehigh Valley along with Felix Sandstrom to allow Fedotov to join the Flyers. Alexei Kolosov was drafted in the third round by the Flyers in the 2021 draft. The 22 year old Belarusian has spent the last four season playing for Dinamo Minsk in the KHL. In 120 game Kolosov averages a 2.63 GAA and a 0.909 ..read more

Going into the Flyers match-up against the New York Rangers on Tuesday the 26th, the orange and black would wrap up a stretch of seven games in a row against teams in a playoff position. Through the first six games of that stretch, the Flyers are 2-3-1, recording 5 out of a possible 12 points. As of right now, Philadelphia sits 3rd in the Metro standings with 81 points through 72 games. They are 16 points behind Carolina for second, with only 10 games left in the season. While only two points ahead of the Washington Capitals, who have played two fewer games than the Flyers. It is safe to say t ..read more

Fan favorite Wayne Simmonds has announced his retirement from the NHL after playing 1,037 games. Simmonds was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round of the 2007 draft. After spending three seasons with the Kings Simmonds was traded to the Flyers along with Bryden Schenn for Mike Richards. Simmonds first season with the Flyers (2011-2012) was one of the most notable seasons in recent Flyers history. Two years after their run to the Stanley Cup Final the Flyers made wholesale changes by trading away their two of their best players in Jeff Carter and Mike Richards in exch ..read more

Going into this season’s trade deadline Flyers GM Danny Briere made it clear that the main goal is to build for the future of the team with out sacrificing their playoff chances for this season. The Flyers made four moves in the fail two days, swapping picks and players. Sean Walker to Colorado The Flyers traded defensemen Sean Walker and a 2026 6th round pick to the Colorado Avalanche for a 2025 first round draft pick and forward Ryan Johansen.  The 29 year old defense came to Philly last season in the three team trade in which Ivan Provorov ended up in Columbus. Walker played 63 games f ..read more

This past week the Flyers called up goaltender Felix Sandstrom from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to backup Sam Ersson. Through 20 games with the Phantoms Sandstrom has a 3.23 GAA and a 0.882 SV%. The 27 year old Swede has played 26 games in the NHL over the past three years all for the Flyers. It looks as if the the Ersson-Sandstrom combo will be used for the rest of the year. Cal Petersen was placed on waivers to be sent down to Allentown this past week. Petersen only played 5 games for the Flyers including a 7-6 lost to the Penguins which led to the change. In addition the Flyers have brought ..read more

After a disappointing loss at the Stadium Series game to the Devils the Flyers rebounded with a win over the struggling Blackhawks. On Friday Konecny left practice early in discomfort in what would later be diagnosed as an upper body injury. Konecny ended up missing both games this weekend. The Flyers did get Tyson Foerster back after missing the past 4 games after blocking a shot against Seattle. The weekend started off with a home matchup agaisnt the red hot Rangers, winners of their past nine. Rookie forward Matt Rempe has been the talk of the league this past week. The 6’7″ 21 year old has ..read more

Last week the Flyers named Sean Couturier as the 20th captain in the history of the Philadelphia Flyers. The 31 year old forward adds his name to the list of great players who have worn the “C” for the orange and black such as Bobby Clarke, Bill Barber, Eric Lindros, Keith Primeau, and Claude Giroux. The Flyers have been captain less for almost three full seasons after the departure of Claude Giroux at the 2022 trade deadline. Since then the team has been in a rebuild trying to find a new identity. Couturier was sidelined for all of last season with a back injury. And since he returned he has ..read more

The Flyers are a streaky team as of late. They had a five game winning streak followed up by a five game losing streak before the week long break. And now the orange and black are on a four game winning streak. Including wins against two of the best teams in the league. A 2-1 victory over the Panthers and a 4-1 win over the Jets. Followed by a 3-2 win over the Kraken and 5-3 triumph over the Coyotes. Three of the wins came with the Flyers new starting goalie Sam Ersson in net. While the win over Seattle came with Cal Petersen in his third start of the year. The Flyers success has been fueled b ..read more