Flyers News

Jones to be out up to 16 weeks
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October 12
Philadelphia Inquirer
 
"Randy Jones, expected to be on the Flyers' No. 2 defensive pairing this season, will be out longer than expected, general manager Paul Holmgren said last night. Jones will have surgery on his right hip and will miss 12 to 16 weeks, according to Holmgren. Originally, the Flyers thought Jones would be sidelined for six to eight weeks. "Tests showed it's a more significant injury than we thought," said Holmgren, adding that he would like to upgrade the defense but that cap issues make it difficult. The Flyers payroll is at about $55.5 million and the cap is $56.7 million. Downie out Steve Downie, the Flyers' fourth-line center, missed last night's opener against the New York Rangers because ..."
Slow start foils Flyers in opener
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October 12
Camden Courier-Post
 
"The Flyers rallied back from an early deficit, but could not recover from a disastrous start, dropping their season opener to the New York Rangers 4-3 in front of a sellout crowd at the Wachovia Center. Maybe it was the fact the Rangers, now 4-0 and eight points ahead of the Flyers, had already played three games. Maybe it was the fact the Flyers were opening the season without two of their top six defensemen. Whatever the reasons, the Flyers got smoked for four goals in the first 16:13 of the game to send starting goaltender Marty Biron to the showers and many of their fans to the restrooms to splash water on their faces. Was this the same team that came within three wins of last ..."
Blueshirts Hold Off Philly For Fourth Straight Victory
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October 12
New York Post
 
"Glen Sather did not attend last night's game here against the Flyers. The Post has learned that the GM was instead working on a preseason schedule for next year to include nine games in nine nights including a four-game series in China against the Islanders. Not really, but Sather and the organization can be excused for chortling at those who suggested that the Rangers' busy preseason agenda that included a journey to Bern and Prague would undermine his team. Indeed, it appears the trip provided the jumpstart for a regular-season getaway that reached 4-0-0 with last night's hairy 4-3 victory over the Flyers in which the Blueshirts New York Rangers struck for four straight scores within the ..."
Flyers praise choice of Richards as captain
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October 11
Camden Courier-Post
 
"Former teammate and current television analyst Bill Clement once described Bobby Clarke as the best leader he had ever seen in any sport in any era, comparing him to Civil War general Robert E. Lee. "When Robert E. Lee tried to lead his troops into battle at the head of the front," Clement said, "his troops would silently gather around his horse, shoulder him and escort him to the back of the lines because they didn't want him hurt. "Clarkie would have fought to the death, I'll guarantee you that. He epitomized what a leader was." Mike Richards' teammates may never compare him to a Civil War hero, but when he was drafted by the Flyers in 2003, then assistant general manager Paul Holmgren ..."
Flyers' D inexperienced but undaunted
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October 11
Philadelphia Inquirer
 
"The Flyers will unveil an inexperienced defense when they open their 42d season tonight against the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center.Four defensemen - Luca Sbisa, Steve Eminger, Lasse Kukkonen and Ossi Vaananen - played a combined 73 NHL games last season."Personally, I'm not too concerned," said Braydon Coburn, who at 23 is one of the Flyers' most experienced defensemen. "I think we have six [defensemen] that any team would be comfortable with."Coach John Stevens said the defensive pairings tonight probably would look like this: Kimmo Timonen and fellow Finland native Vaananen; Coburn and Eminger; and Sbisa and Kukkonen."I liked the way it looked today," Stevens said yesterday ..."
Palin's Puck Drop Shameful
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October 10
New York Post
 columnist Larry Brooks
"Ed Snider, CEO of the Flyers, is using his team, the Rangers and the NHL as stage props to advance his own political agenda, and it doesn't appear the league can or is willing to do a thing about it. Tomorrow night, when the Flyers play their home opener against the Rangers, Gov. Sarah Palin will drop the ceremonial first puck in what Snider's team is positioning as an homage to hockey moms. This is how the participation of the Republican Party's nominee for vice president was portrayed in a press release late Wednesday afternoon. Odd that the release omitted reference to Snider's public support of the John McCain-Palin ticket, isn't it? Snider was host for a Sept. 26 Palin campaign event ..."
Another injury hits defense
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October 10
Camden Courier-Post
 
"In two days, the Flyers learned they are likely to start the season without two of their top six defensemen. With rookie Ryan Parent already expected to miss three months because of shoulder surgery, the Flyers revealed Thursday that defenseman Randy Jones is facing surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip and could miss six to eight weeks. The Flyers open their regular season Saturday night against the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center. "It doesn't sound too good," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren of Jones' injury. "I would assume he's going to need some work done." Jones signed a two-year, $5.5 million contract over the summer and was expected to be the Flyers' No. 3 ..."
Fans have real reasons to believe
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October 10
Camden Courier-Post
 
"One game. The difference between how we feel about the Flyers really might have come down to one game At the end of last season, the Flyers took the ice against the Pittsburgh Penguins to determine their playoff fate. The Penguins wanted no part of the Flyers in the first round -- not because they couldn't beat the Flyers but because the series was certain to be so physical there was a real chance the Penguins' run to the Cup could have been compromised by a slew of injuries suffered at the hands of the bruising Flyers. Now, "tank" is an ugly word. The guys on the ice played it out. But the Penguins were plainly not as interested in that game as the Flyers. The Flyers wound up with the ..."
Are they up for the Cup?
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October 10
Camden Courier-Post
 
"Throughout last season, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren continually said he wanted his team to give itself a "fighting chance" to play "meaningful games" in March. His players took those words and stretched them to the limit, clinching a playoff berth April 4 in the next-to-last game of the regular season. The Flyers then did something as mystifying as it was magical, beating Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in seven games and blitzing the heavily favored Montreal Canadiens in five before being outclassed in the Eastern Conference finals by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Which leads us to the 2008-09 edition of the Flyers. With the subtractions of R.J. Umberger, Vinny Prospal, ..."