The Flyers have always seemed to be the bizarro kings of NHL goaltending, and the 2018-19 season has only added to that dubious history.
The new lore? Well, that’d be the NHL-record eight goalies that have started games for the Flyers in net this season. From Brian Elliott to Michal Neuvirth, Alex Lyon, Calvin Pickard, Anthony Stolarz, Mike McKenna, Cam Talbot, and Carter Hart; it’s been another strange year in net for the Flyers to say the least.
That’s why it’s only fitting that the man who started the season between the pipes for the club —Elliott— has emerged from the ashes like a Phoenix, restoring and re-invigorating the Flyers’ remote playoff hopes over the last two weeks after missing just over three months due to a lower body injury.