probably coming to america. >> coming up in the zone flyers gm ron hextall will he make a move tradeeadline we have sports radio wip john marks joining me to talk pucks and hoops and veterans report to spraining training tomorrow. todd zolecki stops by also tonight after the late news here on cbs3. >> it's a great movie. >> you know that's my favorite move z we were just talking about that. >> i knew i liked him. >> last night. >> we were just talking about it. >> i know every line almost. >> i knew i liked that joel. >> thanks, guys. >>> stay with us. we're back in just a moment. ♪ >>> welcome back everyone. finally tonight a trip to mars may not be far away. people are already prepping for the journey this weekend the team of six israeli researchers ended a mars habitat experiment in a mock up built in the israeli desert. the team simulated living conditions on the red planet and they spent their time investigating how they could improve space communication, psychological effects of isolation and even ways to detect signs of possible life. it is one of a number of mars simulation p

general manager ron hextall likes where they are headed. >> you get a chemistry in the room, so to make a deal, it has got to be the right player , right price, and it has got to be a clear upgrade, otherwise you are affecting the chemistry in your room. so, for a number of reasons, we had some conversations and nothing made sense for us. >> the flyers didn't make any trades but they did sign veteran off waiver wire 36 year-old johnny odoyu will join the team for playoff run, released by ottawa but won two stanley cup titles with the chicago black hawks. >>> nba playoffs start april 14th, we don't know what seed sixers will have but we do know that they are loading up for it. hawks completed their buy out of ill receive use who reportedly wants to come back to philadelphia he averaged nearly 15 points per game for sixers, last season. they just keep adding guys here. >>> meanwhile their seven game winning streak was snapped last night in washington, loss puts them in seventh place in the eastern conference, that is a half game behind milwaukee and just two games behind fourth place wash

gm ron hextall says he did his homework on him before making the move. >> we had a great group in ourto be careful to not mess too much with the chemistry. you know, if you got a hole you got to try and fill it but you want to do some background on whatever player is coming in to make sure you got a good person coming in. i know with johnny we got a good person coming in. >> phillies and yankees beat in tampa at the bottom of the hour in grapefruit league play. ben lively start for the phillies. >>> area roan -- aaron nola will be the starter. he's happy but not doing back flips. >> it's definitely exciting an honor to be named that. but it's one game and, you know, that's got a lot of other games that i want to pitch throughout the season. >> here's the deal. he's earned it. he's unequivocally the right choice and he's an absolute gamer grinder and a stud. >> okay. >>> the eagles have stayed busy since winning the super bowl earlier this month. there have been -- there's been a parade autograph sciences. today one player went to school. jaime apody was there. >> ♪ >> reporter: at ply

make sure we knew that because the fire alarm went off during our press conference general manager ron hextalll jokes aside it was pretty quiet day for the flyers today. the flyers picked up defensive johnny, from the senators and avalanche claimed now former flyer mark alt. the team is in good shot right now. win tonight would move them into first place in the metropolitan division. hextall said keeping their chemistry intact was important. >> you got to be careful to, um, too much witness chemistry. if you got a hole you got to fill it but you want to do some background whatever player is coming in making sure you got a good person coming. here's a look at the newest flyer. johnny the 36-year-old defense man has two stanley cup titles both from his time in chicago. he also won silver medal in the 2014 winter olympics on team sweden. >>> phillies manager gabe kapler has named are a roane nola starting pitcher for opening day. nola is the youngest starting pitcher for the phillies on opening day since 1964. nola made his spring training debut yesterday. he pitched two innings, giving up four h

up as spring training continues, all next in >> the flyers struggles with goalies continues, gm ron hextall flyers have had 16 goal goalies, ten games or more, we can likely add to the list after the team acquired another last night. injuries forced to move but the flyers get pretty good goal any peter. he comes from the red wings for conditional fourth round pick in 2018. and conditional third round nerve 2019. flyers lost goalie brian elliot until next month and back up michael l was injured in sunday's win over the rangers. they returned to action tonight at home against montreal. >> today in fill at this will feel like spring training weather almost. it will be 86 in clearwater today as the phillies continue to inch closer toward actual baseball games. phillies have the full compliment of players in camp now. the full squad is preparing for the annual spring kick off game against the spartans of the university of tampa. new phils manager gabe kapler singled out one player for his preparedness early in camp. >> the drills were crisp, i also thought pretty awesome to see santana come in w

general manager ron hextall was trying to explain why they picked him up and well this happen. >> how your decision -- (fire alarm). >> who's smoking? >> no smoking allowed. >> maybe that was the alarm that the trade deadline really was over at that point. the phillies back on the field tonight taking on the yankees in another spring training game. let's go first inning no score. ben lively on the mound for the phillies he gets john carlos stanton swinging one of three strike outs in two innings pitched. bottom of sixth now phillies up 22-one. kratz goes deep but valentin at the wall gets the amazing grab. yankees score late and get the win four to three. >>> aaron noel lab will be the starting pitcher or the phillies on opening day. kapler says it's a well deserved honor for the 24 years old. nola says it's one step to hopefully set the tone for the rest of the season. >> he's earned it. he's unequivocally the right choice and he's an absolute gamer, grinder and a stud and we're proud to have him on our roster. >> definitely exciting. it's a on honor to be named that. it's one game a

18 saves but allowed 21st period goals to help devils come from behind to win four-three but gm ron hextall his performance. >> i thought he was good, he got better as the game went on first period it looked like he was a little bit nervous, he wasn't moving quite like he is capable, battled through and obviously in the end things can go better but it was a solid performance. >> that is all for sports i'm leslie van arsdal have a great day. >> so eagles pride can be seen every where around here and eagles fans ranged from the youngest to the oldest among us, lets take a look. >> ♪ fly eagles fly, on the road to victory. ♪ score a touchdown 123. hit them low, hit them high, and watch our eagles fly. fly eagles fly, on the road to victory. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >>> how cute are they? that is actually caris and alexis cao, daughter of the one of our morning writers, they went around center city and found some fans, to help, too as you can sianni it sound s like they are ready for game day, as are we. >>> well, still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" all week philadelphia sky line has been glow