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In their first-game since an overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, which followed a loss to the Predators in Nashville the night before, the Sabres will play host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon. The Tuesday game marked the completion of a stretch of 11 games in 19 days for Buffalo. "A lot of times you lose practice time and we understand that," Sabres left winger Conor Sheary told the Buffalo News Friday after the Sabres completed their first back-to-back practice days since mid-November. Continue to Article

December 08, 2018 11:20:am EST

Bob Clarke didn't have much at the time. As the general manager of the expansion Florida Panthers in 1993, Clarke was forced to build from scratch. Similar to how he admired Keith Allen, the architect of the Flyers' Stanley Cup-winning clubs, Clarke looked up to Cliff Fletcher's benevolence in general managing. Continue to Article

December 07, 2018 7:45:pm EST

Christian Folin had a flashback to his rookie season this morning. As he arrived through the back door of Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey, the familiar face of Chuck Fletcher was the first guy he saw. Folin is the only current Flyers player familiar with Fletcher's business acumen, having played for him as a rookie in 2014 until he left the organization for Los Angeles in 2017. Continue to Article

December 04, 2018 1:48:pm EST

A minute and 15 seconds after Sidney Crosby gave Pittsburgh an early 1-0 lead on the opening shift of Saturday night's game, Wayne Simmonds asked Penguins hulking defenseman Jamie Oleksiak to engage in a fight knowing he was surrendering five inches in height and 60 to 70 pounds in weight. "I just went up and I asked him immediately and I was happy he said, ‘Yeah,'" Simmonds said. From that moment, the Flyers sent the message that Saturday night wasn't going to be a replay of the previous week, when they waved the white flag in a 6-0 loss to the Maple Leafs. Continue to Article

December 02, 2018 12:06:am EST

You have to admire Wayne Simmonds. The Flyers, desperate for life and fire during a hellish week, had just allowed a goal 39 seconds into their game against the Penguins, to Sidney Crosby no less. The Flyers' new general manager will have a difficult decision on Simmonds, who can become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason (see story). If the Flyers continue to slide and their 2018-19 season looks more and more lost, Simmonds will be a popular trade candidate ahead of the Feb. 25 deadline. Continue to Article

December 01, 2018 7:56:pm EST

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