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Bill Meltzer's Archive

Quick Hits: Memorial Cup Final, NHL Combine, TIFH

June 1, 2024 - 1:26 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 1, 2024 1) The 2024 Memorial Cup champion is guaranteed to be a team from the Ontario Hockey League. Whether it will be the OHL champion London Knights or the tournament host Saginaw Spirit will be determined on Sunday evening in Saginaw. In the semifinal game on Friday, the S...

Quick Hit: Memorial Cup Final, Panthers, TIFH, Cup Droughts

June 2, 2024 - 2:16 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 2, 2024 1) The championship game of the 2024 Memorial Cup tournament is on Sunday night, pitting the Ontario Hockey League champion London Knights (3-0-0) against the tournament host Saginaw Spirit (3-1-0). The game will be televised on NHL Network. Between the OHL playoffs and t...

Quick Hits: Flyers Daily, Seeler, Memorial Cup, TIFH

June 3, 2024 - 12:53 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 3, 2024 1) Mondays with Meltzer: On this week's Monday edition of the Flyers Daily podcast, host Jason Myrtetus and I discuss the variety of ways the playoff teams have been built -- there isn't just one "right" way -- and what we can learn from this in regard to the next steps i...

Quick Hits: Zamula, TIFH

June 4, 2024 - 10:18 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 4, 2024 1) Sorry for the late post today. We had a power outage from yesterday evening until approximately 45 minutes ago. Tomorrow, i will have a feature article on Nick Seeler for the Flyers official website. 2) NHL/KHL agent Shumi Bibaev tweeted on Tuesday that he expects n...

Quick Hits: Jonesy/Hilferty, Hart, Draft Sleepers, TIFH, Telly Awards

June 5, 2024 - 11:29 AM ET

Quick Hits: June 5, 2024 1) On Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Flyers president of hockey operations Keith Jones and Comcast Spectacor CEO/Flyers Governor Dan Hilferty will hold an offseason press conference at the FTC in Voorhees. There will not be any major announcements made. Rather, it's a post...

Jones/Hilferty Press Conference Transcript and Video

June 5, 2024 - 8:48 PM ET

Earlier today, Flyers POHO Keith Jones and Flyers governor/ Comcast Spectacor CEO Dan Hilferty held a joint offseason press conference to review the 2023-24 season and discuss -- in general terms -- the hockey ops and business plan for the next year. A video of the half-hour session follows below,...

Quick Hits: Basha, Draft Picks, TIFH, Flyers Daily

June 7, 2024 - 1:44 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 7, 2024 1) The Flyers presently hold the following picks in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft: First Round: 12th overall, 31st or 32nd overall (depending on Stanley Cup Finals outcome) Second Round: 51st overall Third Round: 77th overall Fourth Round: None Fifth Round: 148th overal...

Quick Hits: 11th Pick Available?, TIHF

June 8, 2024 - 12:52 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 8, 2024 1) Elliotte Friedman reported earlier this week that the Buffalo Sabres are making the 11th overall pick in the 2024 Entry Draft available if they can obtain an NHL-level upgrade that would help them end their current streak of missing the playoffs in 13 consecutive seaso...

Quick Hits: Cap Ceiling Set, TIFH

June 9, 2024 - 1:15 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 9, 2024 1) On Saturday, the National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association jointly announced the salary cap parameters for the 2024-25 season. The cap ceiling will raise to $88 million, while the cap floor is $65 million. The median spending amount on the cap: $76.5 milli...

Quick Hits: Flyers Daily, TIFH

June 10, 2024 - 12:23 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 10, 2024 1) Flyers Daily: In this week's edition of Mondays with Meltzer, Jason Myrtetus and I discuss a potpourri of Flyers topics. Among other issues, we look at the 2024-25 salary cap, potential buyouts, Erik Johnson, Ronnie Attard, Adam Ginning, Jamie Drysdale's surgery, and...

Quick Hits: Tippett, TIFH

June 11, 2024 - 8:34 AM ET

Quick Hits: June 11, 2024 1) On PhiladelphiaFlyers.com, I am doing a series of Offseason Spotlight articles looking at where various players left off by the end of the 2023-24 season. The current profile looks at Owen Tippett. Up next: Cam York. Tippett finished second on the Flyers with 28 go...

Quick Hits: Hart, Flyers Daily, TIFH

June 12, 2024 - 2:43 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 12, 2024 1) Hockey Canada scandal: Attorneys representing Flyers restricted free agent goaltender Carter Hart, who is unlikely to play anywhere during the 2024-25 season, were involved in a pre-trial remote hearing on Tuesday. No trial date has been set thus far for Hart and four...

Quick Hits: York, Laine Rumors, TIFH

June 13, 2024 - 3:18 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 13, 2024 1) In the newest installment of the "Offseason Spotlight" series on the PhiladelphiaFlyers.com, we look at Cam York's 2023-24 season and the keys to him taking the next step in his development in the NHL. York won the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial award this past season as th...

Quick Hits: Couturier, Alumni Pickleball, TIFH

June 14, 2024 - 3:06 PM ET

Quick Hits: June 14, 2024 1) Appearing on the Nasty Knuckles podcast with Derek Settlemyre and Riley Cote, Flyers captain Sean Couturier revealed that he underwent sports hernia surgery after the 2023-24 season. Couturier said that he feels well and will be fine for the start of training camp. Ba...