Broad Street Hockey: For Philadelphia Flyers Fans

This podcast is up and down, like a toilet seat. This podcast was mocked by Jack Edwards for eating too many meals in a given day. This podcast spent a shocking amount of time trying to get an A.I. to generate an image of Meat Read. This podcast also spoke shockingly little time discussing a 10 game Philadelphia Flyers losing streak, because the handsome and wonderful hosts have become so desensitized to double digit losing streaks from the orange and black. This was recorded before the Flyers-Lightning game, but SHOCKINGLY, the Flyers lost that one, so big whoop. Follow us on Twitter: @Flyperbole @ryanquigz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the second meeting of the Flyers and Lightning this season, and if you'll recall, the Flyers won the first one back in October. After finding their way out of their latest ten game losing streak, can the Flyers do it again? As in, win a second game? And a second game against the Lightning?? It's a tall ask, but they're gonna try. Justin Godfrey from Raw Charge is back again to let us know what's been going on with the Bolts over the last six weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Flyers have finally won a game ahead of a tough stretch against some of the top teams in the NHL, so where do things go from here? The gang takes a look at Kevin Hayes' performance this season, the temperature of Chuck Fletcher's seat, and whether John Tortorella's schtick is already wearing thin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 10-game losing streak is over and I think we can all agree that the Philadelphia Flyers finally won a game for one reason: Zack MacEwen and Nicolas Deslauriers each got in a fight, with Matt Martin and Ross Johnston, respectively, within the game's first eight seconds. Such physical determination and sacrifice propelled the Flyers to their first win since November 8, a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues. The Orange and Black wrapped up their November schedule with a win on Tuesday night to put a bow on a month in which they went 3-8-4 and saw their overall record fall to 8-10-5, good enough for second-to-last in the Metropolitan division, fourth-from-the-bottom in the Eastern Conference, and a .457 points-percentage, well within the league's bottom-10. It's been a great month for the pro-tank portion of the fanbase, but Carter Hart's performance (stopped 23/24 for a .958 save-percentage on Tuesday) against the Islanders was more akin to the early-season Hart, when he went 6-0-2 in his first eight starts

Another first game against a Metro team this week, as the Flyers head up to Long Island to say hello to our old friends the New York Islanders. The faces on this team are the same ones we've been seeing for years, but in the post-Trotz era this seems like a whole new team. Dan Saraceni of Lighthouse Hockey gave us a look inside the way this year's Isles are racking up the wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone enjoy their turkey? We've got a 5:30pm Black Friday showdown against the Pittsburgh Penguins; the first meeting of these two teams this year. Jim Rixner of Pensburgh was kind enough to take us inside the Pens season so far. Spoiler alert: they're still good. It's annoying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Thanksgiving Eve here in America, but that's not going to stop the gang from talking about the Flyers. Our favorite hockey team. For which we are all thankful? Anyway, the gang gets into the injury updates from the team, the Kevin Hayes Situation, and the bright spots to be found in what is starting to look like another dark season. Enjoy your turkey, everybody! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Somehow we've made it all the way to the end of November before playing the Washington Capitals, and here we are. The Flyers will be down in DC for their first meeting with a Capitals team almost -- ALMOST! -- as plagued by injury as the Flyers. Greg Young from Japers' Rink takes us through the Capitals rather disappointing season thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Philadelphia Flyers have lost seven in a row, is there any end in sight? Steve and Quigz discuss the sputtering orange and black, injuries, Thanksgiving sides, Owen Tippett, and more. Follow us on Twitter: @Flyperbole @ryanquigz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Flyers are back in Philadelphia tonight for their first meeting with the Calgary Flames. The Flyers will be looking to stop the bleeding by finding a way to beat the Flames, who have won 3 of their last 10 games. The always great Mark Parkinson from Matchsticks & Gasoline joined us to run down how the Flames have been faring in their post-Gaudreau and Tkachuk era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Boston Bruins on Thursday night, 4-1, in a game that looked a lot more like what we expected from this team before the season began. The Flyers have now lost five straight (4 in regulation, 1 on overtime), and have come up without a victory in seven of nine game to start November, after a 5-2-1 start in October. Carter Hart has just been ok, rather than other-worldly, and that has been the biggest difference, but the offense has also dried up. After averaging 3 goals/game in the season's first month, they're down a full goal this month, averaging only two tallies per game, and scoring more than two only twice in the last nine games. Losing is ultimately good for the long-term good of this franchise, but that doesn't make watching these games any easier. Philly spent over six minutes on the power play against Boston, and mustered only one shot on goal in those opportunities (and hey, it went in!). Tough times and tough games to watch may be ahead for the orange and black but

Before this season started you definitely had the Bruins as one of the best teams in the league, right? No. Of course you didn't. But there they sit, nearly a quarter of the way through the season, at the top of the standings. Sky from Stanley Cup of Chowder took us inside what has been propelling the Bruins to the top so far this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill Matz, Kelly Hinkle, and Steph Driver (Charlie O'Connor is on the road for the Boston game), host a Spotify Live to celebrate the 300th episode of Broad Street Hockey Radio recorded earlier today (BSH #379). This was a lot of fun, and incredibly self-indulgent, but I think hosts and listeners alike can enjoy a night to reflect on this really great community built around an insanely frustrating hockey team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the 300th episode of BSH Radio and the gang is celebrating! There's a bit of looking back over the last 6 years of the existence of this little podcast about the Flyers before getting into the Flyers. Talking about this year's Flyers turns out to be a lot like talking about the Flyers from 5 years ago! What's the definition of insanity again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three games makes a streak and the Flyers now own a losing one, as they dropped a kinda weird game against the Dallas Stars at home at The Farg. Weird in the sense that the Flyers didn't really play bad. The Flyers just are bad. They tried really hard, gave the proverbial 110%, they even got a pretty good performance out of backup Felix Sandstrom. They just... aren't as good as the Dallas Stars. We're probably going to see a lot of this, folks, and we chatted about it after the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dallas Stars and their new head coach will take on the Flyers Sunday afternoon, and Taylor Baird of Defending Big D and NHL.com joined us to talk about their pretty good start to the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Johnny Gaudreau's first game against the Philadelphia Flyers since Chuck Fletcher committed organizational malpractice and refused to attempt to bring the star forward home, Johnny Hockey showed Philadelphia exactly what they're missing, scoring the game's opening goal and assisiting on two others in a game the Orange and Black lost 5-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Flyers weren't necessarily "bad," minus not having much jump early, they just appeared disjointed, and somewhat lacking in chemistry, and were unable to capitalize on several opportunities to extend the BJ's losing streak, which was halted at five games thanks in large part to Gaudreau. The loss was Carter Hart's first in regulation, and while he may not have been spectacular, all three goals he allowed (CBJ added a pair on empty-netters to pad what became a close game in the third period), were the results of turnovers leading to odd-man situations for Columbus. So, not the best showing for Philly in their first of what will be many encoun

John Tortorella will be saying hello to his old team for the first time since his departure as the Flyers meet up with the Blue Jackets in Columbus for their first meeting of the season. PD from The Cannon gave us the lowdown on what the BJs did this summer and how their season is going thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time to put aside the notion that the Flyers are simply off to a hot start, as the gang gets into whether or not the 7-3-2 Philadelphia Flyers are actually an okay hockey team. They also weigh in on the Rasmus Ristolainen scratch, John Tortorella's affects on the team so far, and what the real high point of this season might be. And then, to wrap it up, some quick thoughts on the Flyers' latest foray into the jersey game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the St. Louis Blues, 5-1, on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers improved to 7-3-2 on the season, while the Blues dropped their eighth straight in regulation after a 3-0-0 start. Wade Allison, Travis Konecny, and Noah Cates all scored in the second period, to give Philly a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes. Ryan O'Reilly cut the score to 3-1 early in the third, but Lukas Sedlak restored the three-goal lead only 1:22 later, and then Owen Tippett finished the game off with 39 seconds left to ensure Felix Sandstrom (27 saves on 28 shots) notched his first career victory in his ninth career start. All of this lead to the question, "how are we evaluating this team now? What's the curve?" Sure, there are 70 games left, but (American) Thanksgiving is two weeks away, and as of now, the Orange and Black occupy an Eastern Conference playoff spot. How are people reacting to the reality that this probably won't be a bottom-five team in the standings? Listen to the podcast to find out!