Sam Ersson's individual numbers this season may not be good. But he hasn't lost the faith of his teammates or the Flyers. Why? There's a number of reasons, from his odd in-game workload thus far to his shootout prowess to belief in his mental toughness: allphly.com/ersson-stati...

Sam Ersson's surface-level & underlying stats this season are awful, & fans are justifiably frustrated. But the Flyers are sticking w/him and continue to express full faith in Ersson. Exploring why teammates, coaches, & the org still trust him: allphly.com/ersson-stati...

Max Guenette unsurprisingly clears waivers. The Flyers presumably will now assign him to the Phantoms.

I asked Tocchet about Ginning last week, and his answer was basically that they knew his lack of playing time was a problem, and he had just had a conversation with Briere that morning about the issue. Action was clearly coming, and here it is. He can spend 14 days down there.

Good move. Ginning needs to play, and he's only gotten in one game since October 16. By going the conditioning stint route, he can get in some games with the Phantoms and they don't need to expose him to waivers in the process. Still counts as on the NHL roster, though.

I feel like the people who are like "why do you keep giving Olivia Nuzzi attention????" are far too politics and/or journalism-pilled. lots of people love trashy drama. and her whole life is so goddamn trashy. it's really that simple

My breakdown of the Flyers' trade of Dennis Gilbert for Maxence Guénette from earlier today, free for all to read: allphly.com/flyers-trade...

Tocchet said that Cam York missed today's practice for maintenance. Said he's dealing with something minor and could play if a game was today, but that Tocchet wanted to give him the two days off (yesterday was an off day) to try and fully get him over what he's dealing with.

Now they're kinda mixing up the lines. Some signal there -- there was a fair amount of Tippett-Dvorak-Zegras -- but also a fair amount of mix & matching. I guess they have three days of practices coming, no need to be locked into one specific set of combinations.

Konecny still with Cates and Foerster today. That was the line they ran in the second half of Saturday's game.

Cam York looks like the only player missing from practice today. Noteworthy, given the day off yesterday. But they don't play again until Thursday, so could just be getting an extended break.

Looks like Oliver Bonk is back on the ice, skating with the big group. He's wearing a different color jersey than everyone else, presumably non contact. Great to see him out there. He'll get sent down to the AHL once he's fully cleared for a return.

Not gonna stop being frustrated with the offense, but this defense with the upgraded pass rush might legitimately be good enough now to carry this team to another title.

He's not throwing as many INTs but this Goff performance is very reminiscent of Sam Darnold from earlier today. A meh QB on an otherwise great team getting exposed

Haven’t seen this explosive an offense in South Philly since the NLDS

Well, the Eagles defense looks awesome again so there's that!

should of pushed the tush

I actually think it might be a blessing in disguise, haha. The UFA market is usually a bad place to shop. If the dearth of talent forces them to pivot fully to trades, that's the route I thought they should take anyway.

The UFA market this summer is looking like it's going to be a bust, with yet another big name off the board in Adrian Kempe. In other words, if Briere and the Flyers want to make a splash, it's gonna have to be via trade.

NEW 🔒 Kelly Oubre has an LCL injury, which is fairly rare as an isolated knee injury in basketball. With the severity still unknown, looking at the potential downsides and how they will make up for his absence, for @phlysports.bsky.social allphly.com/sixers-kelly...

Another year, another round of getting angry at CBS for prioritizing goddamn Steelers games instead of far more interesting matchups like Bucs-Bills. No one here wants to watch the Steelers! Who cares that they're in our state? They're mid as hell.

At least when it comes to the music industry, THEY weren't the ones who actively chose to give their stuff away for free. It's not like they wanted Napster and file sharing to happen.

The biggest mistake print media made was putting all their content online for free in the early stages of the internet & in turn, convincing an entire generation that written work should be free. Paywalls should not be controversial! You should pay for this stuff! You always had to before!

It’s is definitely not fun that the modal critique of media seems to be that nobody should have to pay for it and nobody should get fired (except for the people that should get fired and they deserve it).

Well, that certainly was a hockey game. My breakdown of the Flyers' 5-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Saturday evening: allphly.com/flyers-stars...

Flyers lose to the Stars by a 5-1 final score. They split the Friday/Saturday road B2B.

5-1 Dallas now. They take advantage of a bad Flyers line change.

Hey! A goal. Coming off his 2 goal game last night, Christian Dvorak scores another one. At least it's not a shutout. 4-1 Stars now.

4-0 Dallas. Jason Robertson gets the hat trick goal on the PP.

Flyers were actually better in the second period as opposed to the first, but the outcome is worse -- they allow two goals instead of just one. 3-0 Stars through 40.

Even in an ugly Flyers game like this, it's striking just how good of a passer Trevor Zegras is. He has that skill of finding guys on the regular who you didn't even realize were open. He does it seemingly once every other shift.

Jason Robertson: really good at hockey. 3-0 Stars.

All 3 Flyers forwards went deep on the forecheck there -- there was no high man. The result was a transition rush with numbers for Dallas and eventually, a goal. That said, hell of a play by (who else?) Heiskanen to break that forecheck and get the puck past all the forwards.

god, I am so sick of this "like a rollercoaster" Citizens Bank commercial

Flyers are starting to wake up! It only took 25 minutes of gametime, but they're legitimately creating quality chances now. Shocking stuff.

Flyers down 1-0 after 20 minutes, and it really could have been a lot worse. The Stars basically spent the entire period on the attack. Flyers weren't winning puck battles in the d-zone or clearing the zone effectively. Dan Vladar + missed shots is why they're only down one goal.

Yeah, I think it's down. Has been for me since before puck drop.

Emil Andrae does not care about your "size concerns." He's still gonna throw some big hits and knock big guys down if they underestimate him.

Absolute domination by the Stars.

Tyson Foerster and shot blocking just don't have a very good relationship right now. Missed four games with a foot injury, and now he takes one off his wrist. Looks like he's staying on the bench, but as we all remember, Foerster played the rest of that Toronto game after the foot block, too.

Stars have been all over the Flyers these last few shifts, and finally, the inevitable happened. 1-0 Dallas.

Oh man, Travis Sanheim with a monster defensive play to save a goal. We just talked about on pregame how maybe he hasn't been as impressive offensive to start this season as he was last year, but his defensive play has been very strong, even in heavy minutes. Yup.

No surprise, with Ersson having started last night. Vladar will need to come up huge for the Flyers to have a shot tonight. It's basically a "scheduled loss," to use the basketball term. Flyers are in the 2nd game of B2B, w/travel. The Stars didn't play last night & are rested.

5 observations on a wild Flyers shootout win: allphly.com/flyers-dvora...

Flyers win a truly crazy game by a 6-5 final. Sam Ersson struggled most of the night, but once again, steps up in the shootout. So weird.

Zegras shootout magic continues

The Blues nearly score... but not before the OT buzzer sounds. We've got a shootout. Zegras gets another shot after missing on the penalty shot opportunity.

Plot twist: Zegras didn't score. The best active player in shootouts didn't score on the penalty shot. We play on.

Trevor Zegras getting an OT penalty shot! And a hat trick is on the line! The drama!

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