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December 13, 2018 9:30:am EST

How well did Sean Couturier play in his first game back after missing the previous two and what does former Flyers goaltender Sean Burke think of Stolarz? Here are my observations from Scotiabank Saddledome: • The Flyers were playing with fire through the entire third period as they were forced to kill off eight minutes of power-play time. It eventually caught up to them as they gave up two goals in the final 1:08 of regulation before Gaudreau finished them off in OT. Continue to Article

December 12, 2018 10:46:pm EST

Chuck Fletcher has found his assistant general manager, and it's not at all unexpected. The Flyers on Wednesday hired Minnesota senior vice president of hockey operations Brent Flahr as their vice president and AGM. The Athletic's Michael Russo first reported the news Tuesday night. "Brent brings over 20 years of experience in the National Hockey League and an extraordinary amount of knowledge to our hockey club," Fletcher said in a statement released by the team. Continue to Article

December 11, 2018 10:27:pm EST

Andrew Ference ripped the party culture he believes dogged the Oilers during his tenure. Did late-night — err, early-morning — partying undo the potential of the previous iteration of the Edmonton Oilers? Brought in as captain to provide veteran leadership and stability to the back end in 2013 after the franchise had spent three of the previous four first overall draft picks on highly-talented forwards, Ference suggested on a recent appearance on the 31 Thoughts podcast that any influence he could have had was diminished in large part due to the team’s college-like atmosphere. Continue to Article

December 11, 2018 10:59:am EST

A lack of quality goaltending was one of the reasons the Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs last season. Cam Talbot, who was an integral part of Edmonton’s run to the playoffs in 2017, saw his numbers slip in a big way in 2017-18. Now, it’s another goalie that has the Oilers back in the playoff hunt. Continue to Article

December 10, 2018 10:57:pm EST

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