With 10 games remaining on the schedule, it remains to be seen if the Flyers take this win and turn it into some magical last-gasp playoff run that gets them in, but it kept their playoff hopes alive for now.
Six years ago, then Flyers GM Paul Holmgren made a trade that is widely regarded as the worst in franchise history when he sent James van Riemsdyk to Toronto for Luke Schenn. The Flyers president is among the many in Flyers management excited to have JVR back in Orange and Black.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The day the Flyers decided to change the face of their franchise, June 23, 2011, seems like a long, long time ago for Mike Richards.
Now a Los Angeles King, Richards was once the captain of the Flyers and had to play his old team early on the next season...
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It was more pain than happiness for most Philadelphia Flyers fans last night.
Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Simon Gagne, Justin Williams, John Stevens, Ron Hextall and Dean Lombardi all presumably touched Lord Stanley's Cup after the King victory in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals Monday night...
Everyday at 2:45 on the Sports Bash with Mike Gill, Mike and his former broadcast partner Todd Ranck debate the top sports topics of the day with a East Coast (Mike) and a West Coast (Todd) perspective.
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On Monday January 30, at the Circus Maximus Theatre at Caesars in Atlantic City former Flyers head coach John Stevens will be inducted into the American Hockey League's Hall of Fame.