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Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter There have been a number of rumors circulating on the Internet over today, most of which involving the Philadelphia Flyers and their need for a goaltender.For those of you that follow my writing, you know that I am on the record as saying that a Flyers' move to acquire Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak makes the most sense for both teams, even though ...

á The Bridgestone Winter Classic is just 22 days away; an event that will take place at BostonÆs historic Fenway Park and will feature two historic teams, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins. á Wednesday afternoon, I had a chance to talk about the Winter Classic with none other than former NHL star, Ed Olczyk, who will be at the Classic covering the game representing NBC. Here are some highlights from the ...

Over the years, many fans have chimed in with their thoughts on how to improve the National Hockey League. Needless to say, the NHL is not perfect, but with a little tweak here and there I think the League, and the game could be better.Clearly, I am not NHL commissioner Gary Bettman so I suspect many of my thoughts on how to improve the NHL will likely fall on deaf ...

Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter With the news of Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ray Emery’s abdominal injury hitting the airways last night, many fans started to talk about which goalie the Flyers should be going after.The Flyers employ two goaltenders with their AHL affiliate Adirondack Phantoms—Johan Backlund, who has posted a record of 6-8 with a 2.81 GAA and a .903 SV%, and little known Nicola Riopel, who has ...

Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” RitterNHL.com is reporting that Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ray Emery has an abdominal tear and may be out as long as six weeks.The news comes at a tumultuous time for the Flyers, a team that is currently marred in a five game losing streak and has just made a coaching change.Emery, who is thought to have suffered the injury three weeks ago, has struggled of ...

Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter When NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the NHL was going to adopt the salary cap, many NHL fans scoffed at the idea. Fast-forward to today, and what you have is a league that is full of parity and, for the most part, has star players sprinkled throughout the conferences instead of with just a few teams that had the ability to ...

Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter   The Philadelphia Flyers came off what was arguably their worst loss of the 2009-10 season Saturday night, an 8-2 loss to the Washington Capitals. So, how did the Flyers respond the next game? To coin a phrase, the Flyers “shit the bed” Monday night, losing 3-1 to the Montreal Canadiens and losing the respect of many fans in the process.   Having fired their head coach, ...

Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter When it comes to the NHL handing out suspensions, they have a reputation for being far too lenient at times. That said, in the case of Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo, it appears as if Colin Campbell and the NHL got it right this time. Let’s face it, Carcillo’s sucker punch on Washington Capitals' Forward Matt Bradley was nothing short ...

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter Let me start this off by saying, I am in a bit of a rush to get this out there...more on that later. Here are some quick thoughts on the John Stevens firing. So, John Stevens, fired, interesting! While I am not a proponent of quoting fan sites, there certainly was a ton of talk about wanting Stevens fired on many fan sites I visited ...

With a record of 13-11-1 through their first 25 games, the Philadelphia Flyers sit 10th in the Eastern Conference, two points out of the playoffs. á Nobody is going as far to suggest that it is time to panic in Philly, but with the team marred in a three-game losing streak and having gone 3-7-0 in its past 10 games, the questions are starting to mount. á Recently, Flyers fans on various sites have ...