Rodrigo Abols is a feel-good story for the Philadelphia Flyers that might have now come to an unfortunate end.
Despite being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in 2016, Abols did not officially break into the NHL until the Flyers signed him to a quick little contract two summers ago, just to see if he can be anything — because who wouldn’t want a 6-foot-4 Latvian in your bottom six? He worked his way up after starting in the AHL and ended up playing in 64 games over two seasons for the Flye...
*The Flyers are facing a looming logjam on their back end, and we have to wonder, does this mean Emil Andrae could be on his way out? [ BSH ]
*It’s one of the many big questions and issues that the Flyers are going to tackle in this sneaky major offseason ahead of them. [ Inquirer ]
*Another area potentially in need of addressing is the goaltending position, and the Flyers won’t have a shortage of potential trade partners, should they opt to go that route. [ BSH ]
*Speaking of g...
The 2025-26 season was sure to be a major one for goaltender Sam Ersson. Coming off of as close to disastrous of a season as possible in 2024-25, in which he got away from his game so severely that he landed down in the basement of the league rankings in goaltenders as a result, and heading into a contract year, Ersson needed to find a way to get his game back on track and fast if he wanted to hold on to his place in this organization.
And while the year was still an up and down one, the ...
It feels like it’s goalie week here at Broad Street Hockey.
We’ve taken a look at the possibility of a Dan Vladar extension , why the Flyers should move on from Sam Ersson , and a few options in free agency that Danny Briere should target to pair with his starting netminder.
But the trade market is always interesting as well, and it’s somewhere that Briere has found hidden gems throughout his tenure as Flyers general manager. Could he do the same this offseason by trading for a goali...
Tyson Foerster came into this season as one of the Flyers’ best kept secrets, and was seemingly primed for a breakout campaign where he would push for his first 30 goal season. As the year began, Foerster seemed well on his way, he put up 10 goals in his first 21 games, and was on a 40 goal pace heading into early December. He looked like someone who was going to be instrumental on both ends for a team desperate for goal scoring, and elite defensive forwards.
Then, the injuries started.&n...
It’s no secret that the Philadelphia Flyers want to build off of their success this past season. And it could mean one of the defenseman that they developed from being a second-round draft pick to playing a solid role on this team, could be heading out the door.
As we comb through the Flyers roster, doing a little bit of a post-postseason audit of just where there could be room for improvements and what the front office could address this summer, a lot of people are landing on the blue li...
The 2025-26 Philadelphia Flyers made an important step in the development of their young core, making the playoffs for the first time since 2020. The team was swept by the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and looked overmatched for much of the series.
Carolina has been very successful in the Rod Brind’Amour era, having last missed the playoffs in 2018. They were the best team in the Eastern Conference and the second-best team in the NHL this past season. ...
On Tuesday the National Hockey League revealed what the cost would be regarding offer sheets and the compensation needed to land the player in question. Teams could begin discussing deals with restricted free agents on the night of June 30, but the deal could not be inked until free agency begins on July 1. The tiers were divided into the following, with obviously the bigger offer sheet Average Annual Value (AAV) resulting in a team coughing up more draft picks.
Offer Sheet AAV Compensati...
*Last night we got the first game out west, and tonight we get the first game of this Montreal Canadiens – Carolina Hurricanes series. Then we can really think about what the Flyers can learn from these four remaining teams. [ BSH ]
*While we’re all learning lessons, here’s one thing learned from each of the teams eliminated in the second round, including your Philadelphia Flyers. [ The Athletic ]
*Have we mentioned that Danny Briere is going to have a lot of decisions to make this s...
The Philadelphia Flyers don’t have many holes to fill on their roster this offseason. Well, at least ones that can be easily found through free agency.
This offseason’s free-agency class is particularly lackluster, although John Carlson could be the perfect fit. Outside of him, Darren Raddysh, and a few other veterans who will be overpaid, most teams will try to use free agency to fill in smaller gaps.
One position where the Flyers have a few questions this offseason is between the p...
The Philadelphia Flyers are among the teams looking to upgrade their goaltending situation this summer. While career backup Dan Vladar provided more than they could have hoped for in a starting role this season, Samuel Ersson left plenty to be desired as his understudy. Philly is looking for a new tandem partner for Vladar. While the Flyers are open to locking up Vladar if the price is right (he has one year remaining on his deal and is eligible for an extension July 1), they are fully a...
All throughout this summer we will be conjuring up some hypotheses of how exactly the Philadelphia Flyers might look on the ice next season. Will they be going super young and trading away some veterans? Will they add a more experienced presence down the middle or on the blue line to try and feel more secure about making the playoffs again? What about the backup goaltender?
To ask all of these questions and try to come up with answers, sometimes we have to know the rules. Those pesky litt...
Nic Deslauriers is just an insanely easy guy to root for and while his time with the Philadelphia Flyers is almost certainly over (and has been since he was traded at the deadline), it is nice to remember what he represented while he was here. Maybe not the most skilled guy on the ice, or the fastest, or the best forechecker, or the most defensively solid, but he sure could fight.
So, do you really want to read a big blog about what Deslauriers did on the ice during actual play? You click...
The Philadelphia Flyers don’t have to do a ton this offseason. Their moves last summer to add Trevor Zegras, Christian Dvorak, and Dan Vladar worked out well, helping the team make the playoffs for the first time since 2020.
The roster is now more or less set, and although changes can always happen, you can look at the players the Flyers have under contract for next season and be happy enough to run it back for the most part.
Adding another top-six center would be nice, as would a de...
The Conference Finals are now set in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Canadiens beat the Sabres in a thrilling Game 7 on Monday night in Buffalo to join the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final, meanwhile, over in the Western Conference Final, it’ll be the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche facing off against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Every team takes a different path to contention and pivots at key points to remain there. The Philadelphia Flyers arrived i...
This season was an exiting one for the Flyers. The late surge into a meaningful playoff appearance did a lot of good to rebuild the excitement around the team, and make clear that, while the approach may not have always been the most conventional, their rebuild is moving in the right direction.
It was a positive to see so many players up and down the lineup stepping up in big ways for the Flyers throughout this season, but the arrival of so many of their highly touted prospects headlined ...
Flyers goalie Dan Vladar still has another year on his current contract. But there's already speculation he could sign an extension this summer. We take a look at if it would make sense, and what a reasonable deal might look like.
*After last night’s Game 7, the Conference Finals are set and one of these matchups was a lot more predictable than the other, wouldn’t you say? Anyway Go Canes Go. [ AP ]
*Anyhoo, the Flyers! Porter Martone continues to look like an absolute freak (complimentary) at Worlds. [ BSH ]
*Hey, has anyone told you yet that this is a big summer for Danny Briere and the Flyers organization as a whole? That choices will need to be made? Feels like a good time to start speculating about who wi...
Maybe the most annoying and somewhat pointless exercise that so many fans do multiple times a season is look at who their team could’ve drafted instead of the one they did, because of how those players’ careers turned out and how different their team would look if they just made that decision on the draft floor differently.
It often gets fairly old — such as the Cam York over Cole Caufield decision that so many Philadelphia Flyers fans bring up — or just becomes yelling about something th...
The Philadelphia Flyers have had a few clear problems — and needs — in recent years.
The most important need is a top-line center, but those aren’t exactly easy to come by. A top-of-the-line defenseman would be nice as well. Travis Sanheim has proven to be a legitimate top-pair defenseman in recent years, but he’s never going to win a Norris Trophy.
Dan Vladar helped solve the Flyers’ goaltending problem, at least for now, as the veteran had a career year in his first season in Orang...
Luke Glendening was not here for a long time, but was certainly here for a good time.
When the Philadelphia Flyers claimed the veteran center off of waivers on March 6, the same day as the trade deadline as rumors were swirling and some deals were being made around the league, it was expected for him to just be the replacement for Nic Deslauriers, who was traded to the Hurricanes earlier in the day. But for some reason, things just clicked on the ice.
It was almost immediate — as soo...
The Philadelphia Flyers are entering another important offseason, but perhaps the most pressing things on Danny Briere’s to-do list are in-house.
The Flyers have a pair of key restricted free agents this summer in Jamie Drysdale and Trevor Zegras.
Drysdale has become a key cog on the Flyers’ blue line after being acquired in the Cutter Gauthier trade in 2024. He’s made massive improvements over the last few years on both ends of the ice and is only going to get better.
Zegras ha...
After earning three assists in his first two games for Team Canada at the World Hockey Championships in Switzerland, Philadelphia Flyers winger Porter Martone continued showing his flashes of brilliance Monday against Denmark in round-robin play. Martone scored the game’s opening goal early in the third period to break the scoreless tie. He then added an assist as Canada defeated Denmark 5-1 thanks to a four-assist game from Sidney Crosby.
On the opening goal, Denmark looked to clear the ...
When Philadelphia Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet was brought on board on May 14, 2025, it was totally reasonable to believe he would hire his own assistants. At the time, there was speculation the team’s interim head coach, Brad Shaw, might stick around to be one of the assistants. But just under two weeks later, Shaw joined New Jersey as an assistant coach. On June 5, 2025, the Flyers announced that both Jay Varady, and Jaroslav “Yogi” Svejkovsky would join the staff. Fifteen days later, the ...
*Well folks, with the exit interviews in the rear view we are officially into the offseason, time to do some offseason things! Like, perhaps, sign one of your RFAs to a contract extension! [ BSH ]
*We’ve been saying — and will probably continue to say — that this is a big, big offseason for Danny Briere, because what comes with a little bit of success? Expectations, that’s what. [ Inquirer ]
*One thing that might help GMDB with his efforts to improve this team is the fact that the Fl...