O&B Puckcast

Isaiah and Chef return to recap the Philadelphia Flyers season, marking the team’s fifth consecutive year missing the NHL playoffs. The crew breaks down key stats, analyzes roster players vs expectations, and previews an off-season that promises to be the most anticipated in recent memory.

The episode concludes with Isaiah’s one-on-one interview with Philadelphia Flyers writer Bill Meltzer. They discuss the team’s coaching situation, needs at center and in goal, the upcoming NHL Draft, Bill’s expectations for the Flyers’ off-season and the latest update about the exciting new hockey website, hockeyhotstove.com.

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Isaiah and Chef are back with special guest Steve Kournianos (thedraftanalyst.substack.com), as the Flyers are a mere 2 games from completing the 2024-25 season.

We put the wrap on recent game action, the Flyers current draft standing and personnel moves, then weigh in on who they may hire to be their next head coach.

From there, we discuss the Flyers 20 top prospects and project each player’s prospective role in the organization.

Finally, we delve into the best players in the upcoming NHL entry draft and speculate upon the Flyers draft and off season strategy.

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Isaiah and Chef are back with special guest Jason Myrtetus of Flyers Broadcasts, as the Flyers are on a 3 game win streak since the dismissal of former head coach, John Tortorella. We discuss the team’s play since the coach’s firing, assess his positive contributions and speculate on the challenges facing GM Daniel Briere this off season at the center and goaltending positions. We also weigh in on the “win vs tank” debate, head coaching candidates and the new kids in town. We finish the show with Jason discussing the road ahead in his treatment. #PuckCancer



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Isaiah, Chef and Dan are back as the Philadelphia Flyers have fired their head coach, John Tortorella. We delve into the series of events that lead to the coach’s firing, give our feedback on Daniel Briere’s press conference and speculate upon what the day’s events portend for the Flyers off-season.

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Isaiah, Chef and Dan are back with Swedish superfan Johan Gartner. We examine the Flyers recent 1-6 skid through the prism of Danny Briere’s decision to lock in on the team’s rebuild, and then we delve further into what that may look like via trades, free agency and the draft. We also speculate upon the futures of Cam York, Jacob Pelletier, Sam Ersson and Ivan Fedotov, along with coaches Rocky Thompson and John Tortorella. Finally, we break down a few of the top draft prospects that could be available to the Flyers, including Johan's intel on Sweden's Anton Frondell.

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Isaiah, Chef and Dan return with Flyers play-by-play announcer, Jim Jackson. We get JJ’s take on the Flyers trade deadline and what it portends for the future. We also examine the Flyers off season strategy, speculating on the goaltending and center positions, as well as John Tortorella’s future. We wrap up the show highlighting the teams that made the biggest waves at the trade deadline. A packed show!



Jim's broadcast training: https://www.jimjacksonbroadcasting.com/

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Isaiah, Chef and Dan return with a Flyers trade deadline reaction show as Scott Laughton, Andrei Kuzmenko and Erik Johnson were dealt for various picks and players. We evaluate each trade and assess what the big picture looks like going forward for the team. We also announce our special guest for our next regular episode coming this week.

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Isaiah, Chef and Dan are back with special guest Kevin Durso, from 973espn.com. We begin the night discussing the Flyers recent post-4 nations tournament surge, going 4-0-1 over their last five games. Then we dive into the impending trade deadline and which Flyers could be on the move before March 7, along with some background behind the so-called “Laughts Supper”. We close out the show discussing Matvei Michkov’s rookie of the month award; the improvement of Jamie Drysdale; the mystery behind Aleksei Kolosov’s usage; our speculation on the Flyers upcoming RFAs; Danny Briere’s off-season planning and more!

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Isaiah, Chef and Dan are back with special guest Russ Cohen, from sportsology.com, Locked On Flyers podcast and Off the Post radio. We begin our discussion with impressions about the just completed 4 Nations Face Off and it’s impact on the NHL’s future on and off the ice. Then we pivot towards Russ’s comparison of the career tracks of Matvei Michkov and Ivan Demidov, along with some updates on some of the Flyers below-the-radar prospects. We also discuss the upcoming trade deadline; Reports from the season ticket holder town hall; The Flyers victory over the Oilers and more!



Check out Russ’s latest book: Game Winners: The Greatest Game-Winning Goals In Hockey History: Blittner, Matthew, Cohen, Russ, Stemkowski, Pete: 9798218563219: Amazon.com: Books

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