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Articles by Wayne Simmonds
The Most Intriguing Players To Pass Through Waivers on Roster Cutdown Day Original
A whopping 59 players cleared waivers on Monday as teams across the NHL work feverishly to set their rosters for opening day. Most of that crop were your usual suspects – the veteran roster hopefuls and career AHLers who faced long odds to make their big-league lineups out of camp in the first place. But a few of those names are pretty intriguing. Let's take a look at a few notable players who cleared waivers ahead of the roster cutdown deadline and where they could end up in the near future.
The Astronaut | By Wayne Simmonds
The only thing that we didn’t buy used was my jock strap. I can still picture the whole scene so clearly. It was the day before my first real hockey practice, and my mom took me to Play It Again Sports to get all my gear. Remember the smell of Play It Again Sports? It had a certain smell. If you know what I’m talking about, you know what I’m talking about. The whole summer, I’d begged my mom and dad to sign me up for a house hockey team. I’d actually been skating since I was three years old.
Maple Leafs sign Wayne Simmonds to two-year, $1.8M extension
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Toronto Maple Leafs Dodge Tone Setting Antics by the Montreal Canadiens
The Toronto Maple Leafs dominated the Montreal Canadiens, scoring a 5-1 victory in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The series is now tied 1-1. Fortunately, Toronto didn’t score the fifth goal until the 18:37 mark of the third period. It seems that a four-goal deficit was finally enough for Montreal to admit defeat. The Habs then started setting the tone for Game 3. Montreal had made it clear since well before the series started that they wanted to be physical.
2020 NHL UFA Top 30: Dustin Byfuglien and Wayne Simmonds
Welcome to the OilersNation UFA preview. Over the next 15 days, we’ll be profiling the top 30 players in this year’s UFA class, as listed by TSN. Contract information is from our friends at Puckpedia. Full UFA list via puckpedia here. Analytics provided by hockeyviz.com and naturalstattrick.com. Contract projections are done by evolving-hockey.com with the presumption contracts are signed between Aug. – Oct. 11. Today, we’re looking at the 26th ranked Dustin Byfuglien and 25th ranked Wayne Simmonds.
LIVE Discussion on Social Justice
Prodigy Search, one of the leading executive search firms in sports & entertainment, recently launched Prodigy Search Presents , a conversational interview series with industry leaders and thought-provoking executives, discussing a variety of relevant issues, challenges and opportunities. Prodigy Search Presents is proud to announce a special LIVE panel discussion focused on the highly acclaimed documentary, WILLIE.
LIVE Discussion on Social Injustice
Prodigy Search, one of the leading executive search firms in sports & entertainment, recently launched Prodigy Search Presents , a conversational interview series with industry leaders and thought-provoking executives, discussing a variety of relevant issues, challenges and opportunities. Prodigy Search Presents is proud to announce a special LIVE panel discussion focused on the highly acclaimed documentary, WILLIE.
Wayne Simmonds gets lengthy standing ovation from Flyers fans in his return to Philadelphia
Christian Marin (@xianmarin), BarDown Staff Wayne Simmonds , Twitter/amandacstein When the Philadelphia Flyers traded Wayne Simmonds to the Nashville Predators last season it kind of felt like the end of an era in Philly. The 31-year-old truly is the definition of Flyers hockey and was a key piece of their core for many years, but now he’s doing his thing with the New Jersey Devils.
Devils sign winger Wayne Simmonds to one-year deal
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Trade Bait: Flyers salute Simmonds after likely final game
43m ago Wayne Simmonds , Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images Claude Giroux was handed the Philadelphia Flyers’ customary player-of-the-game helmet after his shake-and-bake overtime winner, but he said he couldn’t accept it. He passed it to Jake Voracek, who scored the goal with 19.7 seconds left that forced overtime in front of 69,602 rain-soaked fans in the 2019 Stadium Series.
Gostisbehere's OT goal lifts Flyers over Coyotes
PHILADELPHIA — Shayne Gostisbehere scored on a one-timer 1:01 into overtime after Dale Weise tied the game with 2:13 left in regulation, and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied past the Arizona Coyotes 5-4 on Thursday night. Scott Laughton had two goals and Travis Konecny also scored for the Flyers, who began a five-game homestand — their longest of the season — after earning seven of a possible eight points on a four-game trip out West.
Simmonds leads Flyers past Golden Knights
LAS VEGAS — Wayne Simmonds scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 season-opening road win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. Oskar Lindblom, Robert Hagg and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers, who won their third straight season opener. Philadelphia has at least a point in each of its last four season openers (3-0-1).
The Astronaut | By Wayne Simmonds
The only thing that we didn’t buy used was my jock strap. I can still picture the whole scene so clearly. It was the day before my first real hockey practice, and my mom took me to Play It Again Sports to get all my gear. Remember the smell of Play It Again Sports? It had a certain smell. If you know what I’m talking about, you know what I’m talking about. The whole summer, I’d begged my mom and dad to sign me up for a house hockey team. I’d actually been skating since I was three years old.
LA Kings turn in-game picture of Simmonds into funny meme
The Philadelphia Flyers weren't having any fun on Monday night, but the Los Angeles Kings sure were, and that fun extended to their social team, too. Playing host to the red hot Kings on Monday, the Flyers were unable to cool their opponents down, falling 4-1 in a game that got away from them early on.
Simmonds, Giroux added to Team Canada
Three more names have been added to Team Canada's roster for the upcoming World Hockey Championship. Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux from the Philadelphia Flyers, and Brayden Point from the Tampa Bay Lightning have all confirmed they will be a part of Team Canada for the tournament that starts in May.
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