Author: John Saquella

Andrew MacDonald to miss 6 weeks

By John Saquella | Sep 9th 2018 | 2 min read |

Flyers GM Ron Hextall announced to day that defenseman Andrew MacDonald sustained an off season injury and will miss six weeks. The announcement comes...

Flyers lose rights to Terrance Amorosa

By John Saquella | Aug 16th 2018 | 2 min read |

Today was the deadline for the Flyers to sign 2013 draft choice Terrance Amorosa to an entry level contract. That did not happen and the Clarkson Univ...

2017-18 Player Review: Sean Couturier is elite

By John Saquella | Aug 9th 2018 | 5 min read |

Expectations have seemed to dog Sean Couturier since before he was drafted. He was expected to be the top pick in the 2011 NHL draft, but a case of mo...

2017-18 Player Review: Jakub Voracek had a career season, yet not all were impressed

By John Saquella | Aug 8th 2018 | 4 min read |

Jakub Voracek has been an elite point producing winger since joining the Flyers in June 2011. He’s been the Flyers second most reliable offensive th...

2020 Foresight: Flyers Face Difficult Choices In Seattle Expansion

By John Saquella | Jul 24th 2018 | 6 min read |

With the immediate success of the Vegas Golden Knights, both on the ice and financially for the NHL as a whole, the next stage of expansion was not a ...

The Flyers Off-Season: Mid-Summer Review

By John Saquella | Jul 21st 2018 | 9 min read |

Ron Hextall opened the off season by saying that the Flyers were on the right course with his plan, but admitted that nobody was satisfied with simply...

2017-18 Player Review: Jori Lehtera, veteran presence all day

By John Saquella | Jul 19th 2018 | 4 min read |

In a somewhat surprising draft night trade, the Flyers sent Brayden Schenn to the St. Louis Blues for Jori Lehtera straight up. Whoops, being told the...

2017-18 Player Review: Brandon Manning will not be returning to the Philadelphia Flyers, and that’s OK

By John Saquella | Jul 2nd 2018 | 5 min read |

Brandon Manning started the 2017-18 season as a spare part on the Flyers defense, but injuries opened a door and he seized a spot in the regular rotat...

NHL Mock Draft 2018: Flyers trade Wayne Simmonds to the Toronto Maple Leafs

By John Saquella | Jun 15th 2018 | 5 min read |

Our goal with the 2018 SBN Mock Draft was to provide an entertaining, and somewhat realistic, experience for our readers and for ourselves. That led t...

NHL Mock Draft 2018: Philadelphia Flyers select Nils Lundkvist with No. 25 pick

By John Saquella | Jun 14th 2018 | 9 min read |

Here at Broad Street Hockey, we decided to start the 2018 SBN mock draft by hanging a sign that read “Open For Buisness”. And cousin, let me tell ...