Author: Jacob Russell

2023-24 Flyers season preview: Rhett Gardner

By Jacob Russell | Sep 11th 2023 | 4 min read |

Will the Flyers take a bet on Rhett?...

The Flyers' Unheralded Potential Star

By Jacob Russell | Sep 8th 2023 | 4 min read |

What I saw out of Tyson Foerster in 2022-23, was a player who has the potential to be a threat....

Philadelphia Flyers Top 25 Under 25, No. 14: Egor Zamula

By Jacob Russell | Sep 1st 2023 | 6 min read |

No.14: Egor Zamula 2022-23 League/Team(s): Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)/Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) 2022-23 Statistics: 44 GP, 1 G, 18 A, 19 PTS/ 14 GP,...

Philadelphia Flyers Top 25 Under 25, No. 23: Denver Barkey

By Jacob Russell | Aug 21st 2023 | 5 min read |

This one might have some potential. Very, very long term potential, though. ...

Ranking the top 5 former Flyers that are (still) employed by the team

By Jacob Russell | Aug 4th 2023 | 8 min read |

In professional sports as a whole, it’s pretty common for former players to retire and get a job with an organization they once played for. Givi...

It's okay to get your hopes up

By Jacob Russell | Jul 12th 2023 | 4 min read |

I remember it like it was yesterday. Sitting in the second to last row of the then Wachovia Center with my dad, just a month after my 11th birthday fo...

Danny Briere is making Chuck Fletcher look terrible

By Jacob Russell | Jun 30th 2023 | 5 min read |

For virtually the entire time Chuck Fletcher was the general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers, the rest of the NHL had no desire to do a deal with t...

BSH 2023 Community Draft Board, No.28 Oliver Bonk

By Jacob Russell | Jun 23rd 2023 | 19 min read |

We’re starting to enter the home stretch of the community draft board, and it’s time to discuss yet another 2023 draft prospect who alread...

The hidden value of Sean Walker and Cal Petersen

By Jacob Russell | Jun 16th 2023 | 4 min read |

When the Ivan Provorov trade was announced last week, it was primarily the draft compensation going back to the Flyers —a first round pick and two s...

The case for trading up

By Jacob Russell | Jun 12th 2023 | 4 min read |

The 2023 NHL draft has the potential to be very memorable. When you look at the first round of 2015 draft, you’re looking at a laundry list of e...