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The NHL Column: Flyers Ready to Strike Before Trade Deadline

Already one of the best teams in the NHL, the Philadelphia Flyers are poised to become deeper and better between now and the trade deadline. A league source tells FanHouse that Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren will exhaust all means necessary to put last year's Stanley Cup finalist in the best position possible for...

NHL Year in Review: Flyers vs. Bruins Game 7 for Game of the Year

The hero is wearing a different color sweater and the Philadelphia Flyers have the sort of swagger that may not allow such a sneak attack again -- at least for a very long while. But on May 14, Simon Gagne sealed one of the most unlikely comebacks in NHL history. His tally with seven minutes left in regulation allowed the...

NHL Notebook: Put Fans in CBA; Rating League's Best Coaches

With thousands of empty seats in NHL arenas almost every night, perhaps the league and the Players Association will think of the fans this time before agreeing to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. They can start by writing in a minimum of 15 mandatory, annual personal appearances in the Standard Player's...

Sergei Bobrovsky to Start Philadelphia's Season Opener

As long as the NHL exists it seems that we're going to be asking questions about the goaltending situation with the Philadelphia Flyers. Having it any other way would just seem ... wrong. With last year's surprise playoff backstop, Michael Leighton, on the shelf to start the season, it was assumed that veteran Brian...

2010-11 Philadelphia Flyers Preview: No Question Marks at Two of Three Positions

The Philadelphia Flyers are going to hear about their goaltending problems probably until they win the Stanley Cup again, and maybe again after the parade. This is what the Flyers have been about since Ron Hextall won the Conn Smythe Trophy (in a losing cause) in 1987. On the bright side, it sure beats having to deal with...

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05/25/12 Sam Donnellon: Mike Richards, Jeff Carter in finals,... Source: Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA Even now, who really wants to reverse the deals that brought Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek, Brayden Schenn and 19-year-old Sean Couturier to the Flyers as a result?
05/11/12 Sam Donnellon: Do the Flyers have the right pieces? Source: Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA CAN THE FLYERS' system, as currently constructed, win a Stanley Cup?
05/11/12 Holmgren finally breaks his silence Source: Courier-Post - Cherry Hill NJ Jaromir Jagr, who will an unrestricted free agent, says he wants to play in the NHL next season at age 41.
05/10/12 No bright side for Lavy Source: The Daily Journal - Vineland NJ The agony of defeat was still too fresh for Flyers coach Peter Laviolette to bring himself to pontificate positive thoughts as he stood at a podium for one final postseason press conference to a promising hockey season that had just died.
05/09/12 New faces bring same results for Flyers: Early playoff... Source: Delaware County Daily Times - Primos PA "Better teams go further, you know," Bryzgalov said.

Background on peter laviolette

Peter Laviolette Jr. (born December 7, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman and is the current head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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