Flyers building on their success
                   
nhl.com     Jul 11, 2008            

The Philadelphia Flyers' collapse proved to be just a one-year blip. The Flyers hit bottom in 2006-07, plummeting from 101 points to a League-worst 56 and failing to finish in the top two in the Atlantic Division for the first time since 1993-94. Happily for the Flyers and their fans, the Flyers bounced right back into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, finishing sixth in the East with 95 points after a series of smart moves by GM Paul Holmgren filled a number of holes. The Flyers then upended Washington and upset Eastern Conference regular-season winner Montreal before coming up short in the Eastern Finals against Pittsburgh. The Flyers became the first team in NHL history to go from finishing last overall to a plus-.500 and the conference finals in the following season. They also rediscovered their niche as one of the NHL's most... [read full story]                    


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yahoo.com     Aug 27, 2008          

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