The odds were already stacked against the Flyers when they faced the President's Trophy winners, the Washington Capitals, in the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but it turned out to be a much closer series than the results showed. Our Series in Review series continues with a closer look at this playoff appearance.
Before Wednesday's NHL Trade Deadline the Flyers made one trade, sending Mark Streit to Tampa Bay in exchange for Forward Valtteri Filppula, a fourth round draft pick and a conditional seventh round pick. Tampa then sent Streit to Pittsburgh...
VOORHEES — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare’s best guess of how loud a building gets in the playoffs is pretty close to Wednesday night’s win over the Washington Capitals.
VOORHEES — Chris VandeVelde had just taken a shot on New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist when the rebound found the stick of Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
His shot Saturday night was also saved and, in a rush to get the puck out, the Rangers put it over the glass for a delay-of-game penalty...
VOORHEES – Ron Hextall’s phone was getting extra work the past few days as he saw what the market was like in his first trade deadline as general manager of the Flyers.
It got worked in his office just before Monday’s 3 p.m. deadline came and he told other league GMs he wasn’t interested in a last-minute deal...