EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Jeff Carter still has trouble wrapping his mind around the surreal direction his hockey career has taken in the last year since the Philadelphia Flyers got rid of him and Mike Richards, his good friend and teammate.
VOORHEES, N.J. — Jaromir Jagr went to great pains following the Flyers’ elimination loss Tuesday night to express how much he enjoyed this season. He made it clear Thursday he plans on playing in the NHL next season.
Flyers GM Paul Holmgren won’t spend as much time as his head coach poring over video of what happened in a losing series with the New Jersey Devils.
VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Ilya Bryzgalov had plenty of time this season to babble on about bears, the universe, the woods, and other arcane bits of knowledge.
Unlike several of his younger teammates, Scott Hartnell’s been there, gotten eliminated before.
Do you remember those evil Penguins? All those nasty hits and physical hockey from the dirtiest collection of athletes ever assembled that victimized the cherubic, defenseless Flyers?
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Somewhere in Los Angeles, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter had to be sharing a chuckle.
PHILADELPHIA — The first period ended Tuesday and the Flyers, all but one, marched to the dressing room, heads and championship hopes low. Only Ilya Bryzgalov seemed reluctant to budge.
PHILADELPHIA — Charged with the legendary goaltending mission of postseason salvation Tuesday night, Ilya Bryzgalov instead took it upon himself to perform a classic playoff pratfall.
PHILADELPHIA — Jaromir Jagr wrapped up his first Flyers season by not committing to the idea that it won’t be his last Flyers season. But the former NHL megastar who enjoyed a fine season, finishing it at 40 with a quiet playoff loss to the New Jersey Devils, still tried to leave the impression that he wanted to play nowhere else but here.
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