The Broad Street Blog

Well, from this week’s You Can’t Make This Stuff Up File, a minor league pitcher was traded for bats, “10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style” to be exact.

This has to be the best commercial I’ve seen for the NHL in a good long while. No doubt Gary Bettman had nothing to do with this.

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Here is the list of the Flyers free agents.
Restricted
Jeff Carter
RJ Umberger
Randy Jones
Riley Cote
Patrick Thoresen
Unrestricted
Jason Smith
Jim Dowd
Vaclav Prospal
Jaroslav Modry
Yesterday, Eklund over at Hockey Buzz brought up the rumor/speculation that Flyers may move RJ Umberger in exchange for the Nashville Predators’ Ryan Suter. Suter was Nashville’s 1st round draft choice in 2003 (7th pick overall). [...]

For the Flyers, the past two days have meant closing out the 2007-2008 season. Yesterday saw Coach John Stevens and GM Paul Holmgren meeting with the media to discuss the past season and what is to come in the next few months.
Some interesting quotes from the pair include Holmgren talking about his offseason priorities:
“Obviously, [...]

With the Detroit Red Wings soundly beating the Dallas Stars last night, the Pittsburgh Penguins now know who their dance partner will be in the Stanley Cup Finals. This is the first round this year that the Penguins will not have home ice advantage. Here is what the schedule looks like.
Game 1
Sat., May [...]