Broad St Breakout

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Broad Street Breakout: Philadelphia Flyers Analysis from a Coach’s Perspective

Welcome to Broad Street Breakout, where I combine my experience as a Tier 1 youth hockey coach with my lifelong passion for the Flyers to bring you thoughtful analysis and insights.”

  • Rick Tocchet Named Flyers Head Coach: What This Means for the Orange and Black

    Rick Tocchet is coming home. Yesterday, the organization announced they’ve hired the former Jack Adams winner and three-time Stanley Cup champion (once as a player, twice as an assistant) to a 5-year deal worth $5.25 million annually. If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ll know I did a deep dive on Tocchet’s system versus…

  • Prospect Series: James Hagens

    Next up in my prospect series, and potential Flyers Draft Pick, is James Hagens. A full calendar year ago, if you told me that Hagens would be available at 6 for the Flyers, I’d have called you crazy. And honestly, I still might. He was projected to be the number 1 overall pick this time…

  • Prospect Series: Anton Frondell

    Now that the NHL Draft Lottery order has been determined, the Flyers, who finished as the 4th worst team in the NHL, did not have the ping pong balls bounce their way as the New York Islanders and the Utah Mammoth (that’ll take some getting used to) jumped them. With that being said, that means…

  • Tocchet vs. Ferschweiler: How Their Coaching Styles Would Impact the Flyers

    Okay for this new article we’re going to be looking at the styles of the two rumored coaches for the Flyers. You have former Jack Adams winner, former Flyer, three time Stanley Cup champion (once as a player and twice as an assistant) Rick Tocchet. After that the other well rumored coach you have is…

  • The Cap Game: Projecting Contracts for the Flyers’ Four Restricted Free Agents

    Okay, time for my first real article! I’m going to begin by breaking down the Flyers’ 4 RFAs as they don’t have any major UFAs (don’t worry, didn’t forget about you, Cal Petersen). After that, I’ll show a glimpse of where that puts this team in terms of a cap situation going forward. I’ll be…

  • About Me

    Hi Everyone – Wanted to take a moment and introduce myself. First and foremost, I’m a lifelong Flyers fan who grew up playing hockey in the area and ended up playing club hockey in college. Post college, just like everyone else, I settled and found a career that I like but don’t love. Being away…