Philadelphia Flyers Trade Rumors

Will Philly take a Flyer on Schenn?
February 9
Toronto Sun
 
"Luke Schenn has a natural inclination to watch out for his kid brother Brayden. And while that task would be a lot easier if both were on the same bench for the Philadelphia Flyers, that's not quite the close proximity that Luke is thinking of right now. While gainfully employed by the Maple Leafs, there continues to be speculation Luke will somehow join Brayden in orange and black by the Feb. 27 trade deadline, if not elsewhere. Something with the Leafs and Flyers was cooking a few weeks ago for forward James van Riemsdyk, before the Flyer winger suffered a concussion. He remains out of their lineup, while Philly is still looking for depth on defence after losing Chris Pronger. For"
Pronger makes appearance at practice
February 9
Courier-Post
 
"The latest Flyers players had heard about their missing captain was more of the same: Chris Pronger still was having more bad days than good ones due to a severe post-concussion syndrome that ended his season in November. Other than a few Flyers such as defenseman Braydon Coburn, who has visited Pronger a couple of times at his Haddonfield home, no one had actually seen him since a team Christmas party, which occurred right around the time the probable future Hall of Fame defenseman officially was ruled done for the season."
Jagr says he'll play tonight vs. Jets
January 31
CSN Philly
 
"Jaromir Jagr said after the Flyers' morning skate that he intends to play in tonight's game at the Wells Fargo Center against the Winnipeg Jets -- at least, he added, "that's the plan." Jagr, who aggravated his left groin on Jan. 21 in the Flyers' win over the New Jersey Devils, has been skating but missed the Flyers' last two games against Boston and Florida. He's missed time with groin issues two other times this season. Staying out of the game with injury has been a new, and not enjoyable, experience for the Flyers' right wing."
Trade bait Suter won't re-sign before deadline
January 28
CSN Philly
 
"Ryan Suter's situation of potentially being dealt at the NHL trade deadline next month took an interesting turn on Friday when the Nashville Predators defenseman said he does not want to re-sign before the deadline. He is unrestricted while fellow coveted teammate Shea Weber is restricted. One of them could be dealt. The Flyers are among a handful of clubs interested in getting into the mix if that happens. "I feel it would be more of a distraction than anything," Suter said of signing in February. "We've never had a timeline or deadline. We're just focusing on winning. Everything else will take care of itself. "I don't see it being a benefit by hurrying up and trying to get something"
JVR Concussion squelches rumors; Flyers lose
January 15
Courier-Post
 
"The James van Riemsdyk trade rumors ended quickly in an all too familiar way. The Flyers left winger isn't going anywhere anytime soon. He's not going to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he won't be on the ice with his team, either. A day after reports circulated that he could be dealt to the Leafs for defenseman Luke Schenn, van Riemsdyk was shut down indefinitely Saturday with a concussion injury that seemingly came out of the blue. "James was hit in the head in each of our last two games," general manager Paul Holmgren said before the Flyers lost 4-2 Saturday night in Nashville, Tenn. "He reported (Friday) not feeling like himself. He will be out indefinitely with a concussion.""
Reports: Leafs, Flyers discuss Schenn-JVR trade
January 13
NHL.com
 
"Could the Philadelphia Flyers be investigating bringing a brother act to the City of Brotherly Love? TSN and the Philadelphia Daily News are reporting the Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs have held discussions regarding Leafs defenseman Luke Schenn being part of a package coming to Philadelphia in exchange for forward James van Riemsdyk. Schenn's younger brother, Brayden, is in his first season with the Flyers. The Flyers reportedly have been in the market for a defenseman. Chris Pronger is out for the remainder of the season and the playoffs due to a concussion, and All-Star Kimmo Timonen is playing through a hand injury."
Jagr may return sooner than expected
January 6
Courier-Post
 
"A devout Catholic, Jaromir Jagr places Jesus and Virgin Mary items in his locker before practices and games. Out since Monday with a sore groin, the Flyers right winger has been praying this week for a quick recovery. "There's a lot of miracles in the world," Jagr said. Jagr missed Thursday's game with the Chicago Blackhawks but was on the ice skating on his own following the Flyers' morning skates. A few minutes later, he returned to the dressing room relieved that he felt no discomfort in his left groin, which forced him out of action early in Monday's Winter Classic."
Flyers' Giroux will be game-time decision
December 21
NHL.com
 
"Philadelphia Flyers center Claude Giroux, who has missed the last four games with a concussion, will be a game-time decision for tonight's game against the Dallas Stars. Giroux, who is currently tied for the NHL lead in points (16-23-39), last played on Dec. 10 against Tampa Bay, contributing a pair of assists in a 5-2 win over the Lightning. Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said that he didn't know whether or not the center of his top line would be available for tonight's contest at American Airlines Center."
Flyers' Pronger lost for the season
December 16
Courier-Post
 
"Chris Pronger was so hopeful that this season would be different. The Flyers star defenseman worked so hard this fall to get himself healthy again after missing a bunch of time in 2010-11 with an assortment of injuries that were still healing through the summer. His determination seemed to be paying off. Against big odds, Pronger was ready for the season opener, and when the Flyers' campaign began Oct. 6 in Boston, he had a "C" on his jersey as management's choice to succeed departed star Mike Richards as captain. And that's where this feel-good comeback story ends."
Concussion sidelines Giroux indefinitely
December 14
Courier-Post
 
"We all should have used our common sense and figured out right away that Flyers center and NHL scoring leader Claude Giroux wasn't going to take the kind of head shot that he did last weekend and just go on with life. That's not the way it is anymore in today's NHL, yet the early hints coming from the Flyers were that their young star would escape serious injury and that this would just be a scare, not another Sidney Crosby situation. A day later, we were told Giroux 'felt better' on Sunday, and on Monday the next word from the Flyers was that he's 'continuing to feel better' even though he was left home for a two-game roadtrip. Turns out at least some of this optimism was way off base."
Giroux likely to miss 2 games
December 13
Courier-Post
 
"Dressed in slacks and a button-down shirt, Claude Giroux walked down a Skate Zone hallway and turned right into a back room instead of left into the Flyers dressing room. The NHL scoring leader wasn't on the ice for Monday's morning practice, but appeared healthy for a guy who'd been cracked in the head pretty good two days earlier by teammate Wayne Simmonds' knee. There was no sign of wooziness in Giroux's walk, no look of discomfort on his face. Giroux apparently has been telling the Flyers that he'd been feeling better and better since taking a knee to the back of the head in last Saturday's 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay, but management is taking no chances."
Giroux hopeful after head injury
December 12
Courier-Post
 
"The Flyers surely understand that they're not out of the woods yet. A day of encouragement just isn't enough to conclude that star center and NHL scoring leader Claude Giroux has escaped serious injury after taking a knee to the head during Saturday night's 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. But still, Giroux did wake up Sunday morning and offer up encouraging news to general manager Paul Holmgren. "Claude felt better," Holmgren said in a statement. "He will be evaluated again [Monday] morning." No matter what happens today, it wouldn't be surprising if Giroux is held out of the Flyers' next two games, Tuesday in Washington and Wednesday in Montreal. If Giroux sits them out, he'd have a"
Flyers' Bourdon could face ban for hit
December 8
CSN Philly
 
"Flyers rookie defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon could be getting a call from NHL Czar of Discipline, Brendan Shanahan on Thursday. Bourdon had a nasty board check on Buffalo's Nathan Gerbe that took him out of the game in the second period with a likely concussion. Bourdon drew a minor penalty for boarding, then got into a terrific fight with Buffalo's Matt Ellis, who came to Gerbe's defense. "I didn't want to hit him hard," Bourdon said of Gerbe. "He opened up and I couldn't stop. I wanted to hold him and not push him in. I didn't want to hurt him. I don't know if he's hurt or not."
Giroux's OT goal lifts Flyers to victory
December 8
Courier-Post
 
"Claude Giroux scored 2:27 into overtime for the Flyers, who overcame a three-goal, first-period deficit and beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Wednesday night. Rookie Matt Read, Scott Hartnell, and Jaromir Jagr scored in the second period, and Maxime Talbot added goals for Philadelphia, which led 4-3 in the third. The Flyers (16-7-3) scored four times on 10 shots bridging the first and second periods after falling behind 3-0 to win their third straight. Philadelphia also climbed out of a three-goal hole on Friday at Anaheim and won on another overtime goal by Giroux, who added three assists against the Sabres. Ilya Bryzgalov made 20 saves."
Pronger's illness currently a mystery
December 2
Courier-Post
 
"The truth came spilling out Thursday. Flyers captain Chris Pronger, 48 hours removed from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, missed the past four games with a sickness that was more head related than what the team has been calling a virus. Listening to Pronger, the five-time All-Star defenseman feared that he had a concussion, or at the very least, concussion-like symptoms. "I just didn't feel well," Pronger said in a conference call, his first interview since Tuesday's surgery. "We said it was a virus, but I didn't know what it was. I had never felt like that before where I had headaches and nausea and all the rest of that stuff. So I had a concussion test. I took the baseline test"
'Pain free' Jagr expects to play Friday
December 1
CSN Philly
 
"Jaromir Jagr skated hard with linemates Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell on Wednesday as the Flyers prepped for Friday's game against the Anaheim Ducks. Jagr has missed four of the last five games with a groin pull, but says he is now pain free and expects to play. "I feel good -- I survived the whole practice which is good," said Jagr of a hard, 90-minute skate. "But it's not game shape and I knew that. I missed six and I came back, but I didn't practice which is a long time for me. "I have to play all the time. I just have to survive these games and not get injured again. I feel pain free now.""
Jagr, Schenn, Bryzgalov to play this weekend?
November 30
CSN Philly
 
"Peter Laviolette said Tuesday that the struggling Ilya Bryzgalov will be back in the Flyers net either Friday night in Anaheim or Saturday night in Phoenix. "We'll get Bryz going this weekend," said the coach. "Bryz is the No. 1 goalie, but we gave [Sergei Bobrovsky] an opportunity because he did what we asked. He came in off the bench (down 3-1 at Long Island) and got us a (4-3 overtime) win. He came back the next night and let in one goal (3-1 won over Montreal) and played really well. "I think there's times when you can earn things as well. If Bryz would have come back in that Rangers game, he would have been off the ice a couple of days and we didn't have an opportunity to practice"
Bryzgalov expected to start
November 30
Courier-Post
 
"Ilya Bryzgalov will be out of the doghouse and back in the net sometime this weekend. OK, maybe that's a little harsh, but the game's highest-paid goaltender at $10 million per this season will start for the Flyers either Friday in Anaheim or Saturday in Phoenix, perhaps both. Bryz has been benched since the first period of Thanksgiving eve while backup Sergei Bobrovsky fared well in 22/3 games, allowing three goals over eight periods. "Bryz is the No. 1 goalie, but we gave Bob an opportunity because he did what we asked," Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. "I think there's times when you can earn things as well."
Jagr plans to keep playing beyond this year
November 27
CSN Philly
 
"About the only thing that could possibly mar a strong first quarter of hockey for Jaromir Jagr was an injury. Jagr will miss his second straight game and fourth in the last five Saturday at Madison Square Garden with a groin pull as the Flyers meet the Rangers for the first time this season. Jagr has 17 points for the Flyers in 19 games. The chemistry he has shown with Claude Giroux, who is having an MVP-type season, is pretty obvious. Jagr said this week he is thrilled to be playing on a team with younger players he can mentor. He says it's given him a valuable role in his later years – the ability to pass on advice. So the obvious question we had for him was whether it's sparked"
Flyers' Jagr out this weekend
November 25
Courier-Post
 
"Jaromir Jagr admits making a mistake. The 39-year-old right wing now realizes that he should have played it safe with his tweaked groin instead of talking his way back into the Flyers lineup on Wednesday night. The result was a return from a two-game absence that didn't last two periods on a night the Flyers rallied for a 4-3 road overtime victory against the New York Islanders. And now Jagr, who says he came back "two days too soon," will miss two more games this weekend with the Flyers hosting the Montreal Canadiens today and playing the New York Rangers on Saturday at Madison Square Garden."
Jagr plans to sit after aggravating groin injury
November 24
CSN Philly
 
"The pain was etched across Jaromir Jagr's face. Not just the pain of aggravating a groin pull, but the pain of knowing he might have come back too soon. Jagr removed himself from Wednesday's game against the Islanders five minutes into the second period. He did not return and said he won't play in the Flyers' Black Friday matinee against Montreal and will also sit out Saturday's game in New York. "We got two games and then five days off," Jagr said. "I think I'm not going to play those two games and make sure when I come back I want to come back strong.""
Pronger ill; Coburn has kidney bruise
November 22
CSN Philly
 
"When Erik Gustafsson underwent wrist surgery last week, the Flyers knew they were rolling the dice with just six healthy defensemen. Well, the dice came up craps Monday prior to their meeting against the Carolina Hurricanes as Chris Pronger missed the game with a virus, while fellow defenseman Braydon Coburn sat out with an upper-body injury. Technically, Coburn's injury is mid-body. Two sources told CSNPhilly.com that Coburn took a shot to his kidneys but doesn't have any internal organ damage. "We're hoping [Coburn] can be back within a game or two," general manager Paul Holmgren said."
Sources: Flyers to retire Howe's jersey
November 20
CSN Philly
 
"Days after Flyers chairman Ed Snider told CSNPhilly.com at Mark Howe's Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Toronto that his Flyers' jersey deserved to be retired (see blog post), the Flyers are doing just that. On March 6 when the Detroit Red Wings visit Wells Fargo Center, Howe's No. 2 jersey will be retired, sources said this morning. There has been a constant clamoring among Flyers fans for several years now to get Howe's jersey retired."
Erik Gustafsson has wrist surgery, out 6 weeks
November 18
CSN Philly
 
"Erik Gustafsson is likely going to remember his plus-6 outing against the Columbus Blue Jackets for years to come for something other than just having a career performance in the game just 12 days ago. The 22-year-old defenseman injured his wrist that game, then missed three games trying to rehab, and finally had surgery Thursday morning. He will miss six weeks, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Up until now, the Flyers had been mum on his status."
Flyers could get Pronger back Wednesday
November 9
Courier-Post
 
"The Flyers are expected to get their captain back Wednesday night in Tampa Bay. Defenseman Chris Pronger, sidelined the past six games due to that scary right eye injury, practiced again on Tuesday and looked good and healthy. Pronger seemed his old self in a sarcasm-filled post-practice interview, but says he'll make a final decision on whether he'll play against the Lightning or hold off and think about returning Sunday in Florida."
JVR denies report of disciplinary benching
November 6
CSN Philly
 
"There has been a lot of mystery and speculation concerning James van Riemsdyk's sudden departure from the lineup Thursday night against New Jersey. A newspaper report said he was benched for disciplinary reasons. "None of it is true," van Riemsdyk said during a brief chat before Saturday's game against Columbus. "But what can I do about it?""
Injuries force Flyers to call upon familiar faces
November 2
CSN Philly
 
"Danny Briere, whose bruised ribs likely will keep him out of Wednesday night's game in Buffalo, was not available after practice Tuesday to explain whether he desperately will miss his standard Western New York booing. But Peter Laviolette was very clear on whether the Flyers should desperately miss Briere. "Injuries are part of the game," said the coach. "A lot of these players had good camps, and we had touch decisions about them. "They went down and played well and we had an opportunity to bring them back.""
Flyers' Schenn breaks foot
October 28
Courier-Post
 
"The Flyers made all kind of adjustments last week for touted rookie Brayden Schenn. Coach Peter Laviolette changed up all four of his lines in hopes the 20-year-old would come up from the minors and live up to his billing as a future star. The Flyers didn't get that in a week's worth of games, and now they'll have to wait at least until December. That's because Schenn broke his right foot early in Wednesday night's 5-1 loss in Montreal. Schenn missed the tail end of the preseason with a tweaked shoulder, then began the season in the American Hockey League — his demotion based more on his contract than his health. Missing just one Flyers game lowered his cap hit by $1.41 million."
Chris Pronger out two weeks after taking stick to face
October 25
CSN Philly
 
"It could have been a lot worse for Chris Pronger. As it is, the Flyers' captain is expected to miss up to two weeks after taking a stick to the right eye during Monday's 4-2 win over Toronto at Wells Fargo Center. "It's a very scary incident for Chris and all of us to come off the ice like that," general manager Paul Holmgren said. "He had a little bit of a cut on the outside of the right eye. The eye doctor [Stephen Goldman] checked him out thoroughly. "He's got a little bit of an issue with his eye. Over the next three or four days, no real concern other than swelling or something behind the eye. He's going to be on bed rest for the next three days."
Betts, Bartulis, Walker Waived; Schenn to Phantoms
October 5
CSN Philly
 
"One day before the Flyers must turn in their roster, the club made a couple of surprising waiver moves. Both Oskars Bartulis and Matt Walker, who were fighting for the seventh and final defensive spot, were waived along with veteran center Blair Betts. The only non-surprise was the Flyers loaning injured Brayden Schenn (shoulder) directly to the Phantoms, where he will start the season. He did not incur physical contact with his shoulder in recent practices with the team. "At the end of the day, he needs to play a little bit here," general manager Paul Holmgren said of Schenn, who appeared in four exhibitions. "I don't know how long that is going to be. He's healthy now and ready to"
Schenn odds-on favorite to win the Calder Trophy
October 5
CSN Philly
 
"According to Puck Daddy, Yahoo! Sports' hockey blog, Bodog has Flyers rookie Brayden Schenn as the favorite to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL rookie of the year. Schenn's odds to win rookie of the year trophy are at 3 to 1. His next closest competitors are Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers (7 to 2) and Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche (11 to 2)."
Couturier, Read make the roster
October 5
Courier-Post
 
"The Flyers were skating off the ice and headed for their dressing room, everyone of them except for two of the surviving youngsters. Before rejoining their teammates, 18-year-old top draft pick Sean Couturier and fellow rookie forward Matt Read had a little cleanup work to do following Tuesday morning's practice. One net at a time, Read used to his stick to pull out a bunch of pucks, then Couturier scooped them up from his knees and dropped each into a duffel bag. Being an NHL rookie isn't so bad, though. "I'm still here," Couturier said upon returning to his locker. So is Read."
Flyers have high expectations for Voracek
October 4
CSN Philly
 
"Among the varied expectations for the Flyers this season, there's the one pertaining to 22-year-old Czech winger Jakub Voracek. There's an expectation Voracek will net more goals. Like, perhaps, 25. This is a brand new start for Voracek, who came to the Flyers as part of the Jeff Carter trade last June. It's no accident he played in all seven preseason games. Management, as well as the Flyers' coaching staff, wanted to see him, encourage him and impress upon him that they think there is much more to his current game."
Will injured Schenn make Flyers roster?
October 3
CSN Philly
 
"The strange case of Brayden Schenn took a bit of an unusual twist – again – on Sunday at Flyers practice. Schenn, who has been rehabbing a left shoulder injury, began practice with other injured players at a separate end of the ice and eventually joined the full squad. He's hasn't been able to do that in a while. "I feel good," Schenn said afterward, one of the first interviews he's given since being injured more than a week ago. He took a number of shots by himself under the watchful eye of the assistant coaches on Sunday before joining group drills."
Confident Bryzgalov ready for regular season
October 3
CSN Philly
 
"All it took, it seems, was two preseason games at the end of training camp for Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov to actually look like the real deal after a sluggish start to September. Bryz had 18 saves on Saturday during a 2-1 loss to the Devils to close exhibition play out, but said he would prefer a tad more work in net. "I'm not used to 20 shots per game," he said. "I hope luck turns around during the season." He had several quality saves in the loss to the Devils."
Couturier likely locks spot in Flyers' loss
October 2
CSN Philly
 
"Sean Couturier isn't sure there's anything more he could have shown the Flyers to make this roster as an 18-year-old out of juniors. "Since Day One, I've gotten better and better and gave a good impression," Couturier said. "I don't know what they're going to do with me." According to one club source, Courturier did nothing to "play himself off the roster." Which means Couturier makes it."
Jagr adds punch to Flyers' power play
September 30
CSN Philly
 
"Remember how putrid the Flyers' power play was all of last season? It finished 19th in the NHL and never got into the top-10 after mid-November? Well, if preseason hockey is any indication, the Flyers are going to score a ton of power-play goals this season. Much of it has to do with the addition of Jaromir Jagr. The PP just continues to hum along as the Flyers got their sixth and seventh power-play goals in a 2-1 win over the Devils. The top unit had Chris Pronger and Andrej Meszaros at the points. The forwards were Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds and Jagr. Jot this down. The power play will be a lot better."
Flyers down 3 players in camp's final week
September 28
CSN Philly
 
"The worst thing that can happen to a hockey team is to sail through training camp unscathed, then come down to the final week and get crushed by injuries and suspensions. That's what happened to the Flyers, who are now without three players in the final week of camp. Brayden Schenn, who has an upper body injury, is now joined by James van Riemsdyk (sources say he has a groin pull) and Andreas Nodl, who has a lower-body injury. None of the three is expected to play in Thursday's home exhibition game against New Jersey. Nodl is possible for Thursday, general manager Paul Holmgren said."
Simmonds won't be disciplined for alleged slur against Avery
September 28
New York Post
 
"After a couple of phone calls yesterday, Colin Campbell decided he didn't have enough evidence to take any disciplinary action against Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds. Simmonds allegedly called Rangers left wing Sean Avery a homophobic slur during their game on Monday night. But Campbell, the NHL's vice president of Hockey Operations, talked to Simmonds, who denied the claim, as well as the on-ice officials who were not able to corroborate Avery's account of the incident. "Since there are conflicting accounts of what transpired on the ice, we have been unable to substantiate with the necessary degree of certainty what was said and by whom," Campbell said in a statement. "To the extent we"
Avery: Fighting Flyer took homophobic shot at me
September 27
New York Post
 
"The NHL will be under the gun to take action against Wayne Simmonds following an early first-period incident in a preseason game here last night in which the Flyers' winger appears to have called Sean Avery a homophobic epithet. Avery confirmed after the match that he was called the ugly slur by Simmonds following a scrum in which the Rangers' winger punched the Flyer in the face while both were down on the ice. Though Simmonds implied Avery had provoked him through words of his own, the Flyer did not deny the charge, stating repeatedly that he could not remember exactly what words were exchanged early in Philadelphia's 4-3 victory. A year ago, then Islanders defenseman James Wisniewski"
Hartnell to see cardiologist Tuesday
September 26
CSN Philly
 
"Flyers winger Scott Hartnell will visit a cardiologist on Tuesday after an elevated heart incident in Detroit. Hartnell did not play in the third period of the Flyers' 3-1 win at the Joe Louis Arena. General manager Paul Holmgren said that between the second and third periods, Hartnell's heart rate was elevated and took far too long to return to normal. Coach Peter Laviolette called it, "A very scary situation." Hartnell seemed fine after the game – he fell twice (as usual) and was joking around. Hartnell told reporters on Sunday he was "sore" and never mentioned the heart issue."
Jagr disappointed Nylander gone
September 26
CSN Philly
 
"Jaromir Jagr wasn't totally surprised that Michael Nylander was released from training camp. He admitted it's hard to get a read on a player who was on a tryout when that player has missed four preseason games with a groin pull. The idea when the Flyers brought Nylander in camp was to see if he could re-create the chemistry he once had in New York and Washington with Jagr. Nylander didn't play a game and was injured for several of the key practices. "I didn't even know he was [released]; I thought he was going to play tomorrow," Jagr said, referring to the Flyers' exhibition against the Rangers. "He was ready to play … Sometimes things happen. "It's tough for him because he"
Flyers' Scott Hartnell visiting cardiologist
September 26
Yahoo! Sports
 
"The heart rate of Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Hartnell(notes) was elevated between the second and third periods of the team's Friday preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings, so the 29-year-old will be visiting a cardiologist on Tuesday, according to NHL.com. The uptick was discovered after Hartnell had an abnormal twitching of his right arm between periods, the site notes. "He had a little bit of an elevated heart rate that would not go down even after rest during the intermission," GM Paul Holmgren said, according to the site. "We're getting him checked out. I'm sure it was a scary situation for Scott. We're mildly concerned because he is a young guy.""
Testwuide could face ban for hit in Flyers' win
September 24
CSN Philly
 
"Mike Testwuide says there was nothing he could do when Brendan Smith unexpectedly turned his back to the boards in the first period. "The puck was dumped in the corner, I'm a big guy who needs to get in there and make a hit right away," said the Flyers' 6-foot-3, 210-pound winger after Friday's 3-1 exhibition win over the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. "We were shoulder-to-shoulder and he made a cut move back and we were square in the numbers. It's kind of hard when he cuts back right away. It's unfortunate. I'm glad he's OK." That board hit from behind earned Testwuide a five-minute major, a game misconduct and a likely hearing with Brendan Shanahan on Saturday and a probable"
Flyers' Shelley suspended 10 games for hit
September 23
CSN Philly
 
"Flyers enforcer Jody Shelley was suspended 10 total games on Thursday for his boarding hit on Toronto's Darryl Boyce in Wednesday's 4-2 exhibition loss, according to Sportsnet.ca. Shelley's suspension, handed down by newly appointed NHL czar of discipline Brendan Shanahan, will carry over into the regular season. Shelley will miss five regular season games. This is Shanny's first order of business on the new job and it's apparent he is going to set a standard and not deviate from it, which often seemed to have under his predecessor, Colin Campbell."
Czech rookie makes roster bid
September 22
Courier-Post
 
"The Flyers told 18-year-old Czech winger Tomas Hyka to beat it the other day. The first to go from their oversized training camp roster were 15 prospects who were to return to juniors. The Flyers make a mistake. Their roster was supposed to be trimmed by just 14, but no one realized it until Hyka was in a car headed for the airport. The little speedster thought he was on his way to Canada to play his first season in North America juniors for the Gatineau Olympiques, Claude Giroux's old QMJHL club. Beforehand, Hyka had a look from the Flyers as a free agent invite to training camp that was over before he knew it. And then it wasn't."
Pronger joins Flyers for his first practice
September 20
Courier-Post
 
"As usual, new Flyers captain Chris Pronger was a loud presence in the dressing room Monday. One minute, the star defenseman was playfully riding a Canadian television reporter for showing up late for practice, the next he was pretending to be mad when spotting a newspaper man standing in a doorway that leads into the locker room. Pronger was just having fun in his typical sarcastic way after making another big step toward being ready for the start of the season. On Day 3 of training camp, Pronger was out on the Skate Zone ice practicing with teammates for the first time since late into the 2010-11 postseason due to right hand/wrist surgery in March and a back procedure in May. "I had a"
Flyers know that Read has ability
September 19
Courier-Post
 
"Danny Briere was at center and Jaromir Jagr at right wing. Matt Read was in awe skating on a line with one of the Flyers' returning stars and their new NHL legend during Saturday's practice at Skate Zone. From afar, Read idolized these guys growing up in Ilderton, Ontario. Just passing the puck to them was a blast, but what kept going through Read's mind was, "Don't screw up the drill." Read did fine in an audition that shows you what Flyers management thinks of the kid prospect who really isn't a kid. Just a few months out of college, Read is 25. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound center/left wing has been on the Flyers' radar since he'd seemingly come out of nowhere playing college hockey for an"
Pronger named as the 18th Flyers captain
September 16
CSN Philly
 
"As in life, some things in hockey also go without saying. For instance, the question of who would inherit the "C" on the Flyers after Mike Richards left for Los Angeles was a no-brainer. It had to be Chris Pronger, even though Danny Briere and Kimmo Timonen were more than qualified, as well. On the eve of training camp opening, the Flyers announced late Friday afternoon (again) that Pronger would be their 18th captain for the 2011-12 season. The soon-to-be 37-year-old becomes the fifth defenseman in Flyer history to wear the "C." Richards captained the Flyers from 2008-09 until the end of last season."