Flyers Update
So while I was away from the blog, a lot happened to the Flyers on the ice and off of it. To recap:
The Flyers beat the Blackhawks on Monday night 3-0. Robert Esche pitched a 26-save shutout and Peter Forsberg scored two goals on former Flyer Brian Boucher to lift the Fly-guys to victory.
On Tuesday night it was reported that Ed Snider offered the general manager position to NHL executive Colin Campbell. It is believed that Snider and Campbell are very close friends and worked hard together during the lockout as Snider was on the rules comm
ittee and Campbell was on the executive board. After mulling his options for 24 hours, Campbell respectfully declined the job. Some other potential candidates include Los Angeles assistant GM Ron Hextall and former Flyer Dave Poulin. For now, interim GM Paul Holmgren will keep his job.
Although Ken Hitchcock may be pursued by other teams, he will remain with the Flyers for now. Snider announced the hiring of Hitchcock as a pro scout. As pro scout, Hitchcock's job will entail advance scouting of teams and scouting of players that the Flyers may be interested in trading for. It will be interesting to see how long Hitchcock has this job, as there are already rumors of him possibly replacing GM/Head Coach Jacques Martin in Florida. Martin would most likely remain the general manager, but could take the head coach tag away from his name soon.
Meanwhile, the Flyers today announced the demotions of Lars Jonsson and Alexandre Picard to the Phantoms. Jonsson is still not 100% recovered from his ankle injury, and the Flyers feel he is not experienced enough to play in the NHL yet. With the Phantoms, Jonsson can get a considerable amount of ice time and Picard can as well. It appears that the Flyers will go with a defensive unit consisting of Mike Rathje, Joni Pitkanen, Derian Hatcher, Freddy Meyer, Randy Jones, and Denis Gauthier.
Tonight, the Flyers will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Wachovia Center in the fourth game of the five game homestand. Antero Niittymaki will get the start for the Flyers, a team that has not beaten the Lightning in the regular season in their last 9 tries. In both starts in his career against the Lightning, Niittymaki has been the losing goaltender.
One point to watch tonight will be Vincent LeCavalier's hot streak. He has scored in 5 straight games and has 12 points on the season. Martin St. Louis, who signed a 5 year extension this offseason with the Lightning, has 7 goals and 10 points this year for the last place Lightning.
So while I was away from the blog, a lot happened to the Flyers on the ice and off of it. To recap:
The Flyers beat the Blackhawks on Monday night 3-0. Robert Esche pitched a 26-save shutout and Peter Forsberg scored two goals on former Flyer Brian Boucher to lift the Fly-guys to victory.
On Tuesday night it was reported that Ed Snider offered the general manager position to NHL executive Colin Campbell. It is believed that Snider and Campbell are very close friends and worked hard together during the lockout as Snider was on the rules comm
ittee and Campbell was on the executive board. After mulling his options for 24 hours, Campbell respectfully declined the job. Some other potential candidates include Los Angeles assistant GM Ron Hextall and former Flyer Dave Poulin. For now, interim GM Paul Holmgren will keep his job.Although Ken Hitchcock may be pursued by other teams, he will remain with the Flyers for now. Snider announced the hiring of Hitchcock as a pro scout. As pro scout, Hitchcock's job will entail advance scouting of teams and scouting of players that the Flyers may be interested in trading for. It will be interesting to see how long Hitchcock has this job, as there are already rumors of him possibly replacing GM/Head Coach Jacques Martin in Florida. Martin would most likely remain the general manager, but could take the head coach tag away from his name soon.
Meanwhile, the Flyers today announced the demotions of Lars Jonsson and Alexandre Picard to the Phantoms. Jonsson is still not 100% recovered from his ankle injury, and the Flyers feel he is not experienced enough to play in the NHL yet. With the Phantoms, Jonsson can get a considerable amount of ice time and Picard can as well. It appears that the Flyers will go with a defensive unit consisting of Mike Rathje, Joni Pitkanen, Derian Hatcher, Freddy Meyer, Randy Jones, and Denis Gauthier.
Tonight, the Flyers will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Wachovia Center in the fourth game of the five game homestand. Antero Niittymaki will get the start for the Flyers, a team that has not beaten the Lightning in the regular season in their last 9 tries. In both starts in his career against the Lightning, Niittymaki has been the losing goaltender.
One point to watch tonight will be Vincent LeCavalier's hot streak. He has scored in 5 straight games and has 12 points on the season. Martin St. Louis, who signed a 5 year extension this offseason with the Lightning, has 7 goals and 10 points this year for the last place Lightning.
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