The Philadelphia Flyers are on the hunt for some potential upgrades in key positions this summer. With the taste of the playoffs, they now want some more and expectations should be to make it again next season. So, with some teams potentially bouncing back in the Eastern Conference, they should be looking to load up but also keeping an eye on the future as they continue to form this new-look young core of players.
One of the spots on the roster that is the most obvious to try and get a re...
The Philadelphia Flyers have added another member of their 2024 draft class to the organization, signing forward Ilya Pautov to a three-year entry-level contract, general manager Daniel Briere announced Monday. Pautov becomes the fifth player from Philadelphia’s 2024 draft group to sign an NHL contract, joining Jett Luchanko, Jack Berglund, Spencer Gill, and Noah Powell. […]
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He still might be blaming himself, replaying the season-ending overtime goal against Carolina in Game 4 in his mind. But Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar was the brightest spot throughout the 2025-26 season. As strong as the seasons (and stints) Trevor Zegras and Porter Martone had, the performance Vladar consistently gave nearly the entire season was well beyond anything any other skater did. Toss in the fact the Flyers were coming off one of the worst statistical goaltending seasons in franchise...
Pautov, the Flyers’ sixth-round pick in 2024, had 23 points in 30 games with Krasnaya of the MHL this season.
The Carolina Hurricanes fell short in four Eastern Conference Final appearances after winning the Stanley Cup in 2006 — but they’re finally back in hockey’s ultimate series. The Canes dominated the Montreal Canadiens, just as they did the Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers, winning the East Final in five games and returning to the final […]
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The Philadelphia Flyers just made a move that no one really saw coming, signing a former sixth-round draft pick that was toiling away in Russia and not really seen as making the development steps they wanted. But, they signed him and he’s now here.
Announced by the team on Monday morning, the Flyers have signed 20-year-old winger Ilya Pautov to his three-year, entry-level contract. Pautov was sixth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft at 173rd overall, and has been playing most of his games i...
While the Philadelphia Flyers can act like it’s not, the major thread through this entire offseason is whether or not Matvei Michkov is going to get back on track next season. To do that, maybe he just needs some guidance from a trusted voice on the team — mainly, someone who he can understand every word they’re saying.
A whole lot has been said about adding more Russian players to the Flyers current roster to help the young phenom winger along. It has been reported in the past that it ha...
If there is any move that we can predict that the Philadelphia Flyers are going to make this offseason is to acquire a goalie who will be a major upgrade behind Dan Vladar in the depth chart. And one way that they can do that is possibly trading with a team who seems to have a lot of talent in the crease.
Sam Ersson is a restricted free agent this summer but it is not difficult to imagine that the Flyers will not send him a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent and givin...
Although all eyes will be on the 2026 NHL Draft in late June, there are roughly a dozen European draftees from the class of 2022 who, unless they’re signed by the end of May 31, will become unrestricted free agents. Simply put, the respective teams who drafted these respective players haven’t inked them to an entry-level contract, meaning their rights to that team will expire.
On top of that, there will be similar North American draftees (drafted out of Canadian major junior hockey) from ...
It’s completely unknown just how busy the Philadelphia Flyers are going to be this summer. They can be involved in a whole lot of trade discussions as they look to improve off of their surprising playoff appearance. Or, they might just sit back and let some prospects and young guys develop and head into next season comfortable with someone like Porter Martone being on the roster for all 82 games, something they didn’t get to have last year.
But, one name has already appeared on a trade bo...
The International Ice Hockey Federation has made a massive decision that could affect hundreds of players across the world, and most importantly, the Philadelphia Flyers’ Matvei Michkov.
Announced by the group that oversees all international hockey tournaments, their previous decision to ban Russia from all competitions going forward has now been reversed. They most recently made the formal decision to ban the country from all competitions during the 2026-27 season, but now that ban has b...
Is the Ducks' Mason McTavish a trade candidate? Would Seattle Kraken center Matty Beniers be a fit with the Flyers? Could the Panthers ask the Senators about Brady Tkachuk?
A few seasons ago, Flyers coach John Tortorella was reading Bobby Brink the riot act far more often than anyone would’ve preferred. Brink was trying to generate offense. Often it came at a price, namely cheating or not putting in the work in the defensive zone away from the puck. Tortorella quipped that Brink didn’t know how to spell the word “check,” let alone execute one. However, Brink turned a corner, and became one of the more dependable wingers on the Flyers. Along with Noah Cates and Ty...
The Flyers won more after the break, but their shot generation barely changed. Is this their long-term identity under Rick Tocchet?
After surprising almost every single hockey fan by making the playoffs this season (and winning a series), the Philadelphia Flyers are looking to take another step forward. We already know that they have a young core in place with some even younger and possibly better pieces still developing into becoming true top-of-the-lineup NHL talent. But, general manager Danny Briere might look to accelerate things a little bit by adding some more experienced players to the roster and truly becoming a th...
Carl Grundstrom spent most of the season with the Philadelphia Flyers in a reduced role that saw him playing most of his time in the bottom six. Interestingly enough, he never really had consistent linemates throughout the season, as the most consistently used grouping he was involved in actually came with Matvei Michkov and Noah Cates– though he spent plenty of time with Rodrigo Abols as well. That’s just life in the bottom two lines, as they’re the most likely skaters to be recycled and rota...
*We know that Dan Vladar is going to get a contract extension at some point — he’s earned one, after all. But the details are starting to get flushed out and if the rumors are correct, then here’s hoping Vladdy Daddy isn’t a one season wonder. [ BSH ]
*Related, the Inky’s annual Flyers fan polling has revealed which players You People want to see back and which you don’t care that much about at all. We love to hear Opinions! [ Inquirer ]
*While we’re talking about which players we li...
The Philadelphia Flyers will have some business to do this summer. They have a couple key restricted free agents in Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale that could be locked up to long-term deals as this team starts to solidify their core moving forward. There’s the 2026 NHL Draft and free agency suddenly happening just a month from now. Heck, we might even see some trades happen with the winger logjam that is currently happening on the roster.
But one piece of business that has been at the f...
Denver Barkey wasn’t supposed to be part of the plan. He began his first professional season this year in the American Hockey League with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, after a storied junior career with the London Knights compelled the Flyers to take him with 95th overall pick in 2023.
After the diminutive forward put up 16 points in his first 26 games in the AHL, and Tyson Foerster went down with injury in early-December, Barkey was one of the names called up to try and fill the gaping ho...
*Well, the Western Conference is set. Man, what the heck happened to the Avs?! Yeesh. [ NHL.com ] *Evidently, the Flyers are set to get a brand new third jersey and we’ve compiled everything we know so far at this likely-to-be-disappointing development. [ BSH ]
*Phantoms head coach John Snowden sat down with The Local Sports Media to talk about the state of the Flyers farm and the players he’s got some excitement about. [ Inquirer ]
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It’s something that every single hockey fan can get excited about and interested in: Potential new jerseys that your favorite team is going to be wearing next season.
For the upcoming 2026-27 season, the NHL is going to be unveiling a league-wide “Hometown Remix” campaign to give each team an alternate sweater to wear throughout the season. While the description is so vague — certainly more mysterious than the previous “Reverse Retro” jerseys that were fairly easy to imagine as a re-desig...
Alex Bump was scoring well, if unsustainably, for the Flyers in his debut stint. What his shooting habits can tell us about how he can refine his process.
*There was a lot to like in Rasmus Ristolainen’s season, but the biggest piece of all is the fact that we finally, finally, got to see Playoff Risto. [ BSH ]
*Rodrigo Abols played his part well through his short season as well, but his status beyond this season remains something of a question mark. [ BSH ]
*Shifting to the future though, we’re digging into some young free agents the Flyers might be interested in targeting later this summer. [ BSH ]
*And, in our next installment ...
Each year, July 1 is free agent frenzy in the National Hockey League. Teams look to upgrade their rosters by signing unrestricted free agents, often to long-term deals that might be considered overpays. Meanwhile, teams that still own the player’s rights and are pending restricted free agents, negotiate on new contracts or, at worst, extend qualifying offers to retain their rights. But somewhere between the UFA and RFA divide there’s a slight crack where a third category of player can sometime...
On May 22nd in 2010, Montreal Canadiens blueliner Marc-Andre Bergeron saved an empty net goal with 2 minutes remaining in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Flyers sophomore forward Claude Giroux found the Habs empty net 36 seconds later to secure a 3-0 win. Philadelphia won the series 4-1.
That's today in NHL history.