Nikita Grebenkin just wants someone to hit him. And his teammates aren't cooperating. “He goes, ‘The guys won’t hit him.’ He wants to be hit. He really said that.
Rick Tocchet has been in the NHL long enough to know your coaching style has to adapt to the players on your roster, and not the other way around. While
Blink, and you’ll miss training camp under the NHL and NHL Players Association’s new collective bargaining agreement. The Philadelphia Flyers, along with teams across the league, took the ice for the first time just last Thursday.
The Philadelphia Flyers shocked the world last year when they made it to the second round of the playoffs. The team banked on their young players to help them build a sustainable contending team, and fans got to see first hand what they could do in their first playoff trip.
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The NHL is full of coaching one-hit wonders. Spencer Carbery won the award with the Washington Capitals in 2024-25 only to see his team miss the playoffs the following season.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
After every playoff season and almost-playoff run, the same words were said but not always believed: “We’ll get 'em next year.” The Flyers have spent years trying to create the perfect foundation, and after all of the rebuilding, they are starting to benefit from the fruits of their labor.
The Philadelphia Flyers had a very impressive 2025-26 season under new head coach Rick Tocchet. Philadelphia made the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since the COVID-19 bubble playoffs.
If this song had a chorus, it would be, “The Day That Music Died.” Thirty-eight years ago, with a hockey world quiet and distracted by summer, the Edmonton Oilers (as in Peter Pocklington) sold Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings.
The Vancouver Canucks and the City of Vancouver recently signed a memorandum of understanding to build a new practice facility at the Britannia Community Centre.
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The 2025-26 Philadelphia Flyers went out with a bang. Not the overtime goal Jackson Blake scored to end their season in Game 4 of Round 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes, but the rousing ovation the team received from the Philadelphia crowd.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Few NHL head coaches know what Kris Knoblauch is going through more than Bruce Boudreau. Boudreau was unceremoniously fired by the Vancouver Canucks in 2023, and on Tuesday was on Daily Faceoff’s , where he was asked about what Knoblauch could be going through in the wake of the Edmonton Oilers trying to speak with Bruce Cassidy.
Derek Lee: Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas (lower-body) did take part in their morning skate, and forward Troy Terry (maintenance) didn’t take part.
Even though it ended in disappointment with a second-round sweep at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes, the 2025-26 season was an unexpected success for the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Philadelphia Flyers have their backs firmly against the wall after two games in their series against the Carolina Hurricanes. They are now trailing Carolina 2-0 after suffering a 3-2 defeat in Game 2 of the series on Monday at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C.
No team in the NHL seems to be treading water more than the Philadelphia Flyers.
If the Philadelphia Flyers rebuild is going to be a success, it is going to require Matvei Michkov, their top young player, to become a star-level player.
Just when it looked like the Philadelphia Flyers were back on track, they came crashing back down.
It has to be one of the most brutal balancing acts in hockey: standing behind a microphone and answering questions that aren’t really about winning games, while knowing that winning games is the actual job.
The Philadelphia Flyers are hanging with the best teams in the league, but their success is being overshadowed by the relationship between one of the team’s star players and its bench boss.
The ultra-talented Russian has been lightly benched at times by new head coach Rick Tocchet.
With the Dallas Stars finalizing a deal with Glen Gulutzan on July 1 to become their new head coach, all 32 teams have their man behind the bench for the 2025-26 season.
Rick Tocchet has just left the Vancouver Canucks to become the coach in Philadelphia, and in his first news conference, he's taken a subtle shot at his former team.
According to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, Rick Tocchet is now among the top-five paid coaches in the NHL. Tocchet signed with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday in a deal that will pay him more than $5 million per season.
According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, there are three NHL franchises heavily pursuing former Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet to take over behind their bench next season.
A potential suitor has arisen for the former Vancouver Canucks head coach. According to a report from RG.org’s James Murphy, the Boston Bruins have identified Rick Tocchet as a favourite to become the team’s next head coach.
As more teams drop out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the coaching change speculations continue to spread like wildfire across the NHL. And since the Vancouver Canucks confirmed Rick Tocchet would not be returning as head coach, he has been one of the top names floating around the league to fill one of the numerous vacancies.
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