Erik Gustafsson News

Flyers defenseman Erik Gustafsson has been busy during the offseason playing for his native Sweden in the IIHF's World Championship.

Out of the Flyers' previous eight first-round picks, dating back to 2003, how many of them were spent drafting a defenseman? Seven of the Flyers' last eight first-round picks were forwards: Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, Steve Downie, Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk, Sean Couturier and Scott Laughton.

The Flyers allowed the fifth-most goals league-wide in both the first and third periods, arguably the two biggest junctures of any hockey game.

Highly regarded Niagara University goalie Carsen Chubak signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Flyers' AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, and is expected to compete for the job next season with Cal Heeter.

While the Stanley Cup playoffs are percolating here, Day 4 of the World Championships is coming to a close overseas and there are plenty of positives for the nine Flyers participating in the tournament.

While other teams battle in the first round, the Philadelphia Flyers don't have anything to do beyond prepare for next season and reflect on what went wrong.

The Flyers are not in the playoffs for the first time since 2007, but 10 of their players and prospects will be playing in the IIHF World Championships, which start Saturday.

The last time the Flyers won the Stanley Cup, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a box-office sensation, sentences were handed out for the Watergate cover-up, and gas was about 57 cents a gallon.

We previously reported the four Philadelphia Flyers that Canada has selected to represent them in the World Championship tournament that kicks off later this week.

SINCE 1967, exactly 74 teams in the NHL have finished a regular season ranked in the top five in both the power play and penalty kill.

As the Flyers begin to pack their bags Sunday to scatter around the world for what will be a long summer, a few will need to keep their skates sharp.

Everyone's favorite potential buyout targets sent the fans home happy on the Flyers' final game in Philly this season.

It's still the 2013 hockey season for some reason, even though there are only three games left, and because of that fact, the Philadelphia Flyers have lost another defenseman to injury.