John Tortorella

Philadelphia Flyers Add Brendan Lemieux at the NHL Trade Deadline

Just when you thought we couldn’t dislike the Philadelphia Flyers anymore, General Manager Chuck Fletcher told us all to hold his beer while he went out and traded for Brendan Lemieux. Lemieux comes to the Flyers along with a 2024 5th-round pick from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Zack MacEwan. It’s been […]

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Appreciating Tortorella’s Honesty

Being a New York Rangers fan back during the 2017-18 season was tough. After a stretch of six straight seasons of making the Stanley Cup playoffs, it was clear the team was going to miss the postseason. They were having a terrible year, and it was apparent that changes would have to be made. On […]

A Change of Scenery Would Help Kevin Hayes

The Philadelphia Flyers have been a really tough team to figure out this season. Some weeks, they look like the worst team in the league. It is during these weeks when they cannot put the puck in the net, does not play well defensively, and generally lose a lot of hockey games. In other weeks, […]

Flyers’ Top Prospect Showing Promise

The Philadelphia Flyers are struggling through another season and hoping to rebuild the roster to become a contender in the National Hockey League. Goaltender Carter Hart and winger Travis Konecny have been the bright spots for John Tortorella’s club. The Flyers are currently seventh in the Metropolitan Division with 39 points and are 6-4-0 in […]

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Hart All Alone in Philly

The Philadelphia Flyers, once a proud franchise that won a lot of hockey games, made it to the playoffs on a consistent basis and were considered a Stanley Cup contender year in and year out, are a bad hockey team right now. As of this writing (Monday, January 9), the team is seventh in the […]

4 Flyers Players Who Could Be On The Move At The Trade Deadline

The 2022-23 season has already been a season Philadelphia Flyers fans won’t want to remember. From the very beginning, it has been a whirlwind with core players such as Sean Couturier, Cam Atkinson, and Ryan Ellis have been sidelined indefinitely. Due to the loss of these key players, the team has spent much time anchored […]

Tortorella Continues to Send Waves in Philidelphia

The jokes were made as soon as the Flyers hired Tortorella in the offseason. Torts & Gritty, Tortorella was walking into a veteran dressing room. There has not been a drought of sound bytes coming from the Flyers this season. Yet the team has been more successful than expected. Starting the season with his comments […]

Honeymoon Is Over For Tortorella, Flyers

Getting kicked in the face by your horse is not ideal, nor is losing four hockey games in a row. That has been life recently for Philadelphia Flyers’ Head Coach John Tortorella. The first-year coach of the Flyers took a kick to the face from his horse in an incident that the coach described himself […]

Patrik Laine is poised for a big season for the Columbus Blue Jackets

After two seasons in Columbus and fresh off a contract extension, Patrik Laine is poised to reach a new level in 2022-23. When the Columbus Blue Jackets opened training camp, word spread fast. Patrik Laine looks faster. It has been all over the place, from Blue Jacket beat writers, NHL insiders, and NHL hosts; not […]

Why the Flyers should draft Simon Nemec

Following a dismal 25-46-11 season, the Philadelphia Flyers are in a prime position to capitalize in this year’s draft, which will be held July 7-8 at Bell Centre in Montreal. The first round kicks off at 7 p.m. ET Thursday, while rounds 2-7 will commence Friday at 11 a.m. ET. The Flyers have six total […]