*Welcome to 2025, Flyers fam! We hope you enjoyed your holiday yesterday. You may have been wondering where the Winter Classic got to, since the NHL once again did a bang-up job marketing the event, but they played it on New Year’s Eve. At the same time as like, 10 other games. But the Blackhawks lost so that’s great. [TSN]
*Like, for example, the Flyers game on NYE. A nice, cruisy win over the Sharks. It was a joy to watch. RECAP!
*The good? The power play scored a goal! Finally! [Inquirer]
*The bad? Sam Ersson got hurt and left the game after the second. [NBC Sports Philly]
*We got an update on Ersson yesterday afternoon and it is… worrisome. [BSH]
*Do you think any of the Flyers have said “new year, new me” out loud to anyone? Probably not. We’ve got resolutions for each player on the team. [BSH]
*If you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website, you can also check out his resolution for each of our boys. [PHLY]
*And how about some resolutions for the org as a whole? [Inquirer]
*Wednesday’s game brought us a showdown between the two kids who will likely be the frontrunners for the Calder the whole way, our boy Mich and Macklin Celebrini. [The Athletic]
*Now that the preliminary round of the WJC is over, these are the kids that have really stood out thus far. [ESPN+]
*And finally, with 2024 in the books and us a quarter of the way through the century (what the hell??), here’s a ranking of the top 25 players of the 2000s. Everyone loves a ranking. [Sportsnet]
