Author: Al J. Butt

Thursday Morning Fly By: One point. Progress?

By Al J. Butt | Mar 3rd 2019 | 3 min read |

*The Flyers scored late in the game! And took it to overtime! But then they lost. Stunner. Recap! [BSH]*There’s no denying that Vinny Lecavalier...

Philadelphia Flyers Midterm Top 25 Under 25, No. 15: Mark Alt

By Al J. Butt | Feb 26th 2019 | 5 min read |

Mark Alt Birthdate: October 18, 1991 (age 22)Acquired via: Trade with the Carolina Hurricanes, along with Brian Boucher, for Luke Pither in January 20...

Philadelphia Flyers Midterm Top 25 Under 25, No. 19: Oliver Lauridsen

By Al J. Butt | Feb 26th 2019 | 5 min read |

Oliver Lauridsen Birthdate: March 24, 1989 (age 24)Acquired via: 2009 NHL Draft, Round 7 Pick 196Current Team/League: Adirondack Phantoms, AHL Nationa...

Marcus Hayes needs to retire from writing about hockey

By Al J. Butt | Apr 26th 2018 | 5 min read |

With the Flyers getting bounced out of the playoffs in the first round for the third time in a row, there was bound to be a number of excruciatingly i...

Broad Street Hockey's Charlie O'Connor hired by The Athletic

By Al J. Butt | Aug 23rd 2017 | 3 min read |

Today, the inevitable happened. After tirelessly covering the Flyers for Broad Street Hockey, Charlie O’Connor will be making the jump to The At...

Flyers vs. Bruins recap: Bruins win with buzzer beater because they are better than the Flyers

By Al J. Butt | Mar 11th 2017 | 4 min read |

Today was not really a day I felt like watching hockey, to be honest. The Flyers have been a huge disappointment this year, and I can easily think of ...

Oh no, Marcus Hayes wrote about the Flyers again

By Al J. Butt | Mar 1st 2017 | 8 min read |

IT WAS early April, 2015. It’s five hours before the trade deadline and you’re talking about 2015???? Oh, wait. I get it. You wrote about this two...

Flyers vs. Islanders recap: Flyers lose because why not life is hard sometimes

By Al J. Butt | Feb 9th 2017 | 5 min read |

So the Islanders, huh? I’ll be honest, I really don’t have any feelings about the Islanders. I kind of feel bad for them for being the Islanders, ...

Flyers vs Rangers recap: Flyers somehow win because hockey is weird sometimes

By Al J. Butt | Jan 25th 2017 | 7 min read |

Games against the Rangers are always bad. I don’t know why that is the case, but I swear it always has been that way. To be completely honest, I don...

Flyers vs. Sabres recap: LOL the Flyers lost to the Sabres because why not

By Al J. Butt | Jan 11th 2017 | 5 min read |

Folks, I’m not going to soften it up for you — I hate the Buffalo Sabres. Now, there’s no real reason to hate the current day Sabres, what with ...