Bailey’s Daily: Flyers Crumbling; Penguins Take Over Playoff Spot

In Sunday’s edition of Bailey’s Daily, we’ll be talking the latest Philadelphia Flyers news, NHL news, stories, highlights, and more from the last day.

Flyers News

• It doesn’t get much more embarrassing than that, does it? Columbus emerged with a blowout 6-2 win in Saturday night’s Philadelphia Flyers game, which could prove to be the fatal blow to the Orange and Black’s playoff hopes.
• Defense has been a central theme in the Flyers’ late winter collapse, and the numbers don’t lie: the team misses Rasmus Ristolainen way more than you might want to give credit for.
• After successfully recovering from two back surgeries and making his return to the ice this season, Flyers captain Sean Couturier was dubbed as the team’s 2024 Bill Masterton Trophy nominee.
• Carchidi: Flyers head coach John Tortorella took two gambles this week, each in a different way. Based on this weekend’s results, neither gamble paid off the way the veteran coach would have hoped.
• In case you missed it, the Flyers and newcomer goalie Ivan Fedotov are reportedly working on a contract extension that would keep the Russian around for several years.

NHL News from National Hockey Now

• The Pittsburgh Penguins, led by Sidney Crosby, suddenly own sole possession of a playoff spot after defeating Tampa Bay on Saturday afternoon, and now “We’ve just gotta keep going.”
• Boston Bruins winger Pat Maroon, who once defeated the Bs as a St. Louis player in 2019, never viewed the team as “soft”, even though he’s challenged them a few times in his career.
• If you can really believe it, the Chicago Blackhawks stunned the Stanley Cup-favorite Dallas Stars with a 3-2 upset win on Saturday evening.
• In what will surely be of interest to the Flyers, the Carolina Hurricanes signed Russian prospect Gleb Trikozov to an entry-level contract on Saturday.

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