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Bruins Show Flyers How Far They Are From The Top

WELLS FARGO CENTER — The Boston Bruins walked into the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday afternoon and punched the Flyers right in the mouth.

“That’s for thinking you’re the best team in the Eastern Conference.”

Before the red-hot but injury-plagued Flyers could blink, their seven-game winning streak was gone. The reigning Stanley Cup champions had the contest in the bag less than three minutes into the game with goals from Benoit Pouliot and Daniel Paille.

The big, bad Bruins continued the beating throughout, easily winning, 6-0, and taking their seat atop the conference where they belong.

“We have to regroup,” said Kimmo Timonen. “Obviously, we weren’t happy the way we played. We can’t be happy the way we played today, I thought it was an ol’ fashioned ass kicking in every area of the game. They were better in every aspect of the game.”

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Gear Review: Easton’s New Stealth RS Hits Mark

BROOMALL – When you first see Easton’s new state-of-the-art Stealth RS in action, you can’t help but be in awe of it’s distinctive flat black look and sleek design.

When you play with it, however, it’s clear that the feel and usage of the high-end twig matches it’s stellar appearance.

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Simmonds’ Offense Quiet Variable in Flyers Success

Since acquiring Wayne Simmonds this offseason, the Flyers’ eyes have been wide with optimistic hope that the lanky energy and power winger will see an offensive renaissance and make a small departure from the grind-only role he had assumed with the Los Angeles Kings.

The Flyers, most notably general manager Paul Holmgren, think Simmonds, whose previous career high is 40 points, has more to his game than what he’s shown in his young career. And this preseason, the organization has handed the 23-year-old every chance possible to prove them right.

With four goals and an assist in four preseason games, he’s doing just that.

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Cap Problems Once Again Forcing Holmgren’s Hand

Well, that didn’t take long.

Painted into the salary cap corner thanks to the eye-opening play of Matt Read and Sean Couturier and the five-game stays-on-the-cap suspension of enforcer Jody Shelley, the Flyers and general manager Paul Holmgren are in a roster jam.

Ratcheted up against the cap wall the Flyers were playing with fire to begin with, even without injuries or suspensions to start the preseason. And even before the season starts with the high salary of Brayden Schenn, the injury to Andreas Nodl and the weighing suspension to Shelley, they are paying for their financial decisions.

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Philly Sports Daily: NY Sen. Schumer Thinks Flyers Will Need a Tissue

The trash talk has begun, albeit from a strange place.

Taking a break from his usual chirping on Capitol Hill, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) turned his ill-will away from budget cuts and towards the Flyers, with regards to their upcoming playoff series against the Buffalo Sabres beginning on Thursday.

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Philly Sports Daily: Former Blackhawk Versteeg Thinks Flyers Fans Still Hate Him

VOORHEES, N.J. — In the Stanley Cup Finals last season, Kris Versteeg proved himself a Flyers nemesis. His chippy and tough-checking style, mixed with incessant chirping, had him atop the Flyers fan’s long list of most despised Chicago Blackhawks.

Now going to war with, rather than against the Flyers, in the post season against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, Versteeg still doesn’t think he has the Flyers’ faithful entirely in his corner.

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Philly Sports Daily: Pre-Playoff Break Could Work Magic for Flyers Against Sabres

It has been a long and draining couple weeks for the Flyers.

Close losses in important games, including four head-scratching defeats in their last five tries, had the word collapse on the tip of everyone’s tongue.

But with the bad taste of their near-meteoric fall down the standings rinsed away by an Atlantic Division title clinch, the second-seeded Flyers, thanks to nearly a week off before Game 1 at the Wells Fargo Center against the No. 7 Buffalo Sabres, get a chance to wipe the slate and prepare for a brand new season.

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Philly Sports Daily: Win in Buffalo Could Provide Life Line for Flyers

The Flyers flat-lined in the visitors locker room at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Tuesday. The 5-2 loss, which was the team’s fourth in a row, completely sucked the remaining life and any possible answers out of an already vapid and confused squad.

They were dead on the table.

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Philly Sports Daily: Richards’ Statement Long Overdue for Flyers

Mike Richards hasn’t exactly had a stellar season.

Despite amassing 65 points in 79 games, the 26-year old has appeared closer to being the Flyers’ problem rather than their solution during the late-season plummet. His sporadic production and even more sporadic physical effort had many wondering what type of leadership the quiet captain was providing. If not off the ice, where?

But on Tuesday night, something changed.

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Philly Sports Daily: Flyers Reach Rock Bottom

Midway through the third period of Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place, the Flyers officially hit rock bottom. Moments after the Senators took a two-goal lead on a power play goal from Jason Spezza, the home squad played keep away in the Flyers’ zone for what seemed like minutes, toying with what appeared to be a broken junior varsity team.

The reaction from the Flyers was telling but far from surprising.

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