Braydon Coburn

The Flyers played their first home game in the Spectrum against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 19, 1967 and claimed a 1-0 victory. For the next 29 seasons, the Flyers called the Spectrum home, before the concept of a new state-of-the-art arena came to be and the then-named CoreStates Center was built in time for the 1996-97 season.

From a Game 1 comeback win to a wide-open and rowdy final five games that featured tons of scoring and plenty of animosity, the Flyers 2012 series against the Pittsburgh Penguins defined the rivalry perfectly. Our Series in Review series continues with a look at the 2012 matchup between the Flyers and Penguins.

We will look back at some of the top players of the decade for the Flyers, where there are certainly some obvious standouts that have cemented their place in franchise history. We will list five forwards, five defensemen and three goalies.

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...

The Flyers have traded Braydon Coburn to the Tampa Bay Lightning for defenseman Radko Gudas, along with a first-and-third-round picks in 2015.  Gudas has been out with a knee injury and hasn't played since Dec. 29 after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery...

With the NHL trade deadline just hours away (Monday, 3 p.m.) the Flyers have 19 games left and sit six points behind Boston in the eastern conference playoff chase. After sending Kimmo Timonen to Chicago on Friday, should Flyers fans expect GM Ron Hextall to pull the trigger on another deal before 3pm Monday...

The popular discussion among Flyers fans, certainly as evidenced by the questions in this on-the-fly #FlyersMailbag edition, is about Nick Schultz.

Flyers general manager Ron Hextall was as patient as possible.

An already depleted Flyers blueline just got worse.

PHILADELPHIA For all the head-scratching issues the Flyers have had with the salary cap in recent years, here comes another curveball. Actually, two. Standing in the batter's box is rookie general manager Ron Hextall, who dealt with little salary-cap space to open the season...