Matt Read News

After such a disappointing season, the Philadelphia Flyers really need to consider what type of roster moves they need to make.

My plan for the Flyers next season and beyond. Draft Jones, Nurse, Ristolainen, Zardov or Pulock in that order one will still be available at the 11th pick.

Since the Philadelphia Flyers are not competing for the Stanley Cup this year, a few of the players have hit the ice with Team Canada to take part in the 2013 IIHF's World Championship.

Canada's Mike Smith earned his first win of the world hockey championship with a 33-save performance as Canada blanked host Sweden 3-0 Thursday.

That's not a knock - or at least, an intentional one. You see, Kimmo Timonen , Braydon Coburn , Andrej Meszaros , Luke Schenn and Nick Grossmann are all fine players.

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.

Matt Read and Canada will look to get back in the win column in their next game against Norway.

Despite having one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history, Flyers fans want the core of the team to stay intact.

It was just the second win over Canada for the Swiss in 28 world championship tournaments, following a 4-1 victory in 2010.

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, w In Saturday's first game, Jake Voracek, who led the Flyers with 22 goals this year, will help lead the Czech Republic against Belarus.

The Oilers have young top-6 forward talent for days with Hall, Eberle, Yakupov, Nugent-Hopkins, and Gagner.

The fact is, opponents had the better scoring chances, had many more odd-man rushes, and had goalie Ilya Bryzgalov's head on a swivel as he watched teams cycle the puck around him.

General manager Paul Holmgren said the Flyers, who completed their lackluster year on Saturday, need just a little offseason tweaking to return to the playoffs.

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.

Claude Giroux, Wayne Simmonds, Matt Read and Luke Schenn will all play for Team Canada at the 2013 World Championships.

Steve Mason turned away 39 shots as the Philadelphia Flyers took a 5-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Flyers won't get a chance to spoil the New York Islanders' playoff chances on Thursday, but they will aim for a fifth win in six games in the final contest at Wells Fargo Center this season.

The Philadelphia Flyers were officially eliminated from the playoffs more than a week before the end of the season, which was not exactly how fans were hoping this season would turn out.

Matt Read and Oliver Lauridsen scored 7 seconds apart to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

With the Canadiens losing to the New Jersey Devils, the B's had a chance to create some space between themselves and the Habs.