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Flatter than a tire on a road of nails. The Philadelphia Flyers lose, approximately 3-0 to the New York Rangers. You don't need to know the final score precisely - we all knew how this game was going to go. After being officially eliminated on Saturday, the Flyers treated Sunday like a game that didn't matter, because it didn't, much to the dismay of NBC executives everywhere. There were two distinct Flyers teams. The first looked more like the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. For abo

Tragic Number: 0. With a 5-2 loss in Raleigh to the upstart Carolina Hurricanes, the Philadelphia Flyers are officially eliminated from the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. I tried my best to maintain faith. I even made a spreadsheet of the remaining schedules for the Flyers, Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, and Canadiens for the season's final week. In order for the Flyers to make the playoffs (going into today), they would've had to win out, and two of the remaining teams would've had t

Ring. The. Bell. We've covered the Eagles and Notre Dame on this blog before, so it's time to give the Phillies some love. And on Opening Day, the Philadelphia Phillies WON in grand fashion, 10-4 over the Atlanta Braves. The last seven year stretch of Phillies baseball had been one of the worst in the club's 137-year history. After making the playoffs every year from 2007-2011, including a World Series appearance in 2009 and a WS win in 2008, the Phillies fell into the doldru

Can we get four points for that game - two for the Sanheim OT "winner" and then two more for the shootout win? Just to make things a little more interesting? No? Ah, well, the Philadelphia Flyers still win, 5-4, shootout style, over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Facing official elimination from the playoffs with a regulation loss tonight, the Flyers prevailed in a track meet to keep their unrealistic playoff dreams alive. The Flyers margin for error is almost at the minimum. Phila

The Austrain Rocket returns! Well, technically he never left. But just over 3 months away from becoming an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NHL career, the Philadelphia Flyers extended Michael Raffl, inking the Austrian winger to a 2-year deal with a $1.6 million cap hit. Raffl's NHL career started in the lockout shortened 2012-13 season, when he came to the Flyers from Allsvenskan (a European league). Over his career, Raffl has played 406 games, registering

Sigh. For the fifth time in the last seven games, the Philadelphia Flyers lose, 3-1, to the Washington Capitals. The NHL's once-hottest team has officially regressed to the mean. To their credit, the Flyers looked like the better team through the first 40 minutes. That certainly wasn't a given, considering that they were on the second half of a back-to-back, facing the Metro leading Washington Capitals, and oh yeah, had just seen their playoff hopes brutually shattered at the

And that's the season, folks. Sorry, Gritty. No more maybe's, no more what if's. The future may be right, but the present is bleak. The Philadelphia Flyers lose to the New York Islanders and NHL referees 4 goals to 2, and 4 terrible penalties to 3 makeup calls. With the loss, the Flyers can only reach 94 points, a number that almost certainly won't be enough to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs. A lot of people will say this loss was on the officials. But that's not entirely tru

If there's anyone that came make up for those awful Chicago Knights back in 2010, it's Starter Hart. The Philadelphia Flyers WIN 3-1 in the Windy City over the upstart Chicago Blackhawks. Outplayed throughout, Carter Hart carried the Flyers to yet another improbable victory. Their playoff odds are still incredibly slim. But the Flyers are not dead yet. Chicago entered Thursday night's contest in a similar position as the Flyers. The Hawks had gotten off to a rough start, firi

What do you do when the math just doesn't add up? It what is likely the final nail in the Flyers playoff coffin, the Philadelphia Flyers lose, 3-1, to Le Montreál Canadiens. Not only does this loss come in regulation against a team ahead of them in the standings, but it limits the Flyers maximum point potential to just 96. Last year, the Florida Panthers finished with that same number, one point shy of the playoffs (Columbus and New Jersey had 97; the Flyers had 98). While it

After a game like that they might as well rename it St. Carter's Day. The Philadelphia Flyers playoff hopes have been saved by the luck of the Irish. 18.8 seconds away from succumbing to a heroic Matt Murray, one bad bounce to Teddy Blueger, and refs who kept their Irish eyes shut (except when their were too many men on the ice), the Flyers once again kept the 18-wheeler from riding off the cliff, WINNING a heart-stopping 2-1 game over rival Pittsburgh in overtime. Coming off