Kevin Kurz

Philadelphia, San Francisco

Hockey writer @TheAthleticNHL based in Philadelphia 🔔 Witness to two reverse sweeps 🧹 Previous stops: Bay Area 2011-21 💻 NYC 2021-23 🗽

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Articles

Will any rookies make the opening-night roster?

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

It's been just over two years since Daniel Briere became the Philadelphia Flyers' full-time general manager and the rebuild officially began. That means the fruits of the unpleasant labor over the past two seasons, in which Briere has subtracted from the NHL team much more than he has added, in the name of rebuilding the system, should finally start to appear. It's going to be gradual, though.
Mitch Marner makes little sense for the Flyers. But another top pending free agent does

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

Here's what we're pretty sure we know about how the Philadelphia Flyers are going to approach the coming offseason. No, they are not going to spend frivolously in free agency when it opens on July 1.
'Players gravitate toward him'

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

It was an NHL baptism by fire for Rick Tocchet 40 years ago. Not only was the winger jumping into the league just one year after he was drafted, but the 1984-85 Philadelphia Flyers were a talent-laden club led by a first-year head coach, Mike Keenan, who quickly established a reputation as a hard-nosed guy who would often employ abrasive tactics.
'We didn't take any shortcuts'

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

PHILADELPHIA - It's already well-established how tight the bond is between Rick Tocchet and Keith Jones. That was reinforced on Friday at Wells Fargo Center, as Tocchet was officially introduced as the Philadelphia Flyers' 25th head coach.
Rick Tocchet, Flyers are a natural fit, but not for the reasons you might assume

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

It's an established pattern in the NHL - teams rotating through the same inventory of coaches over and over, in the hopes that the experience they have gained in their previous stops will help them to immediately get off on the right foot in their new locales. Rick Tocchet, 61, is now firmly one of them.
Rick Tocchet hired as Philadelphia Flyers coach

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

From nearly the moment that John Tortorella was fired on March 27, speculation on who would become the Philadelphia Flyers' next coach focused on one of their former great players, Rick Tocchet. Turns out, that speculation had merit. Tocchet, 61, was named as the 25th full-time head coach in Flyers history on Wednesday, a little more than two weeks after he officially parted ways with the Vancouver Canucks, with whom he had spent the previous two and a half seasons.
Potential Flyers upgrades, trades and offer sheets, and is Rick Tocchet a sensible choice?: Mailbag

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

Sorting through some Philadelphia Flyers mailbag questions while we await the announcement of their next head coach. (Some questions have been lightly edited for style and clarity.)The Flyers need a No. 1 center, No. 1 defenseman and No. 1 goalie. Which is most likely position that they can obtain in a trade or free-agent signing? - Warren B. I feel like I've seen this a few times and while I don't necessarily disagree, I think it's a bit too narrow to phrase it this way.
Submit your Philadelphia Flyers questions here for Kevin Kurz's mailbag

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

With the NHL Draft and free agency coming up, and the Philadelphia Flyers still without a coach, there are plenty of questions to be answered. What do you want to know? Submit your questions here, and beat writer Kevin Kurz will answer as many as possible in an upcoming Flyers mailbag.
Flyers prospects Jett Luchanko, Alex Bump getting taste of playoff hockey with AHL's Phantoms

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Jett Luchanko didn't get an opportunity to play much high-pressure hockey this season. His junior team, the Guelph Storm, finished in last place in its conference, while Team Canada's stay in the World Junior Championships not only didn't last very long, but Luchanko only skated in a depth role - something that was frustrating for the Philadelphia Flyers brass. But Luchanko's getting a taste of it now.
Could Brad Shaw be the new frontrunner to coach the Philadelphia Flyers?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

Unlike their neighbors to the north, the New York Rangers, who pounced on preferred candidate Mike Sullivan as soon as they could, the Philadelphia Flyers apparently are taking a more methodical approach in their search for their next head coach. On Tuesday, a team source said the Flyers are "making progress slowly" as they interview candidates - the list of which they are trying to keep internal, in fairness to those interested in the job.