One guy wasn’t expected to get the call up this early in the regular season. The other wasn’t even in the conversation until he arrived and Ryan Ellis and his contract went West. But at nearly the halfway point of the 2025-26 season, the Philadelphia Flyers are getting important contributions across the board. And two players have been recent bright spots: youngster Denver Barkey and journeyman Carl Grundstrom. Assuming both are in the lineup against Anaheim, Barkey will be playing his eighth ...
The Philadelphia Flyers are set to host the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. What was once just a random visit out east for the Southern Californian team, is now one of the most highly anticipated games on the Flyers calendar for fans all over the world. It’s the drama and stakes that gets us, and now it’s two-fold.
Of course, leading all the headlines and at the front of everyone’s mind is that Cutter Gauthier is going to sheepishly make his way to Philadelphia and play in front of a crow...
When the Flyers initially signed Christian Dvorak to a one-year, $5.4-million contract last offseason, the justification was that the high price was a trade-off in order to avoid having to give Dvorak any sort of long-term guarantees. It would allow the Flyers to be flexible at the deadline and with their future plans without having to factor in multiple years of Dvorak’s cap hit, which would have been somewhere closer to $4 million on a longer deal.
It was a bet on a high floor, low cei...
The 2026 IIHF World Junior Championships have come and gone, and it was an exciting one if you paid a whole lot of attention to Philadelphia Flyers prospects.
From tapping some rear ends, to scoring a whole lot of goals, it seemed like something was always happening for at least one of this team’s prospects in the tournament. And we’re here to look at each individual player’s performance and put a good ol’ fashioned letter grade to it.
Porter Martone, Canada
Six goals, nine poin...
With the five-year extension of Christian Dvorak , there’s lots of things to think about in terms of the Flyers’ organizational vision of the next great Flyers team. What does it mean for Trevor Zegras? What does it mean for the Flyers view of the free agent and trade markets? What does it mean for Danny Briere and Co.’s overarching philosophy?
And finally, perhaps most important for the next great Flyers team, what does the move to extend Dvorak for five years tell us about the Flyers’ ...
Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ve been keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place. Now, we have the final results.
Canada vs Finland
It was a battle of Flyers prospects for bronze in the early game: Heikki Ruohonen and Max Westergard vs. Porter Martone and Jett Luchanko. Often a hard game to get motivated for after falling just short of fighting for gold, both the Canadians and the Finns still put on an explosive, entertaining show. ...
The Christian Dvorak Era in Philadelphia is here to stay, for better or — more likely — for worse.
Rumors have been swirling for weeks surrounding Dvorak’s potential next contract with the Flyers, and it never seemed like a great idea to extend the forward. When it started gaining traction as a five-year deal? It got even worse.
And just as quickly as fans could start panicking about the report, the Flyers made it official, signing Dvorak to a five-year extension with a cap hit of $5...
*Tonight’s the big night, folks: our pal Cutter Gauthier and his Anaheim Ducks will be storming the capital XBox to take on your Philadelphia Flyers. Should be fun. But also, you should probably get over the whole Cutter thing. [ BSH ]
*Here’s hoping we see Michkov tonight; he missed practice yesterday due to some… discomfort(?) that stemmed from taking a shot off of his foot the other night. [ Inquirer ]
*We will, of course, be seeing everyone’s favorite shiny new toy, Denver Barkey...
The Philadelphia Flyers have decided to keep Christian Dvorak around for the long term and not have this just be a one-and-done experiment after signing him last summer.
Announced by the team, just hours after it was rumored to be happening through multiple sources, the Flyers have signed Dvorak to a five-year, $25.75-million contract extension that starts next season. That comes in at a $5.15-million AAV through the 2031-32 season.
DONE DEAL FOR DVO. 📃✍️ We have agreed to terms with...
On Sunday afternoon, the San Jose Sharks and forward Alexander Wennberg agreed to a three-year, $18- million contract extension. For the 31-year-old center, it was a nice payday for a player with 26 points in the first 41 games of the season.
Considering the similar statistical profiles, the extension of Wennberg prompted some discussion about what a potential Christian Dvorak extension might look like with the Philadelphia Flyers, and it appears there may be real truth to those discussi...
When the Philadelphia Flyers called up Denver Barkey to make his NHL debut in mid-December, no one was really sure how he’d fare or how long he’d be with the big club. The 5-foot-9 forward is in his first year of professional hockey, putting up 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 26 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
But Barkey made an immediate impact in the Flyers’ overtime loss at Madison Square Garden, picking up two primary assists in a 23-second span while looking the part of an N...
It was just over a year ago, and Sam Ersson was feeling some national pride knowing he’d be on the Swedish roster when the 4 Nations Face-Off took place in mid-February. In the three games leading up to the National Hockey League break for the international tournament, Ersson, the then Flyers starting goaltender, laid claim to three consecutive games where he had over a .900 save percentage. He lost a 2-0 decision to Colorado, making 30 of 32 stops. The following game, Ersson was sensational, ...
Danny Briere has done it again — and it’s only slightly tongue-in-cheek.
The Philadelphia Flyers acquired former first-round pick Philip Tomasino from the Pittsburgh Penguins last week for disgruntled defenseman Egor Zamula. Zamula had fallen out of favor in Philadelphia under Rick Tocchet and changed his representation in an attempt to facilitate a contract termination.
Briere and the Flyers didn’t give in to Zamula’s demands, though, insisting that they would be able to trade the d...
After a week and change jam packed with action, the day has finally arrived — four teams will be facing off for medals to cap off the 2026 World Junior Championships in Minnesota. It’s been a wild tournament, with drama and upsets and exciting performances unfolding all over the place, and we can only hope to see the same intensity carried into this finale. And what’s more, as the national teams race for the tournament’s top honor, we’ll see plenty of Flyers prospects at work in that mix, repr...
The Flyers host the Anaheim Ducks play Tuesday night, which means everyone’s favorite guy to hate, Cutter Gauthier, is back in Philadelphia.
As has been much discussed over the last few years, Gauthier was traded out of Philadelphia two years ago for Jamie Drysdale and a 2025 second round selection (Jack Murtagh). In that trade, the Flyers sent a disgruntled Gauthier to Anaheim, losing one of their two best prospects for a defenseman that had struggled in his early showings in the NHL.
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Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place.
Sweden vs. Finland
The semifinals were finally upon us yesterday, and the first match of the day was a huge rivalry game, with Sweden and Finland facing off for a chance to punch their tickets to the gold medal game. And we’ve had some wild games already in this tournament, but this one is a strong contender for the wildest.
This game started out wi...
It appears that Matvei Michkov is starting to find his groove again, showing glimpses of the dynamic play from his rookie season.
*The Flyers played their first game of 2026 over the weekend, and they came up with a big win over the Oilers to rebound from a tough showing last time out against the Flames. [ BSH ]
*When you finish going through our takeaways over here, you can check out Charlie’s over at PHLY. Because you simply can never have too many takeaways, right? [ PHLY ]
*Particularly from a game like that, when there really was so much to like from the Flyers. Towards the top of the list is the fact that...
It’s certainly been a good week for Oliver Bonk.
The Flyers prospect, though having gotten off to a late start to his professional career after an injury taken during rookie camp left him sidelined until a bit into the month of December, has been steadily ramping up his play through his first month of play with the Phantoms, and has really seemed to turn a corner since the team returned from their holiday break. Bonk closed out 2025 on a high note, getting in for his ninth game with the t...
As a tool for prospect evaluation, sometimes the World Juniors can be a bit overblown. It is technically as close to “best-on-best” as you can get at the U-20 level, but it is ultimately just a one-off tournament during the holidays that disproportionately benefits players who are playing well at that specific moment.
With two of the Flyers’ most important prospects representing Canada in Porter Martone and Jett Luchanko, it has been intriguing to watch how they have adapted to thei...
The Flyers kicked off their slate of games in this new calendar year yesterday afternoon in Edmonton, and after a pretty abysmal showing in their final game of 2025, they were looking to rebound in a big way. It wasn’t going to be easy, facing off against the top team in the Pacific division and the best player in the game, but the Flyers were able to deliver quite a balanced effort and a largely responsible way, on the way to a commanding 5-2 win over the Oilers.
It was a game in which, ...
The Philadelphia Flyers made one final trade in 2025, sending defenseman Egor Zamula to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Philip Tomasino . Tomasino reported to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL and made his debut on Saturday night in Belleville.
However, while Tomasino was hitting the ice for the first time with his new team, Zamula was suspended by the Penguins, according to the AHL’s transaction log .
Zamula recently changed his agent to Dan Milstein of Gold Star Hockey in a...
The Philadelphia Flyers were full marks on Saturday afternoon as Denver Barkey scored his first National Hockey League goal in a 5-2 victory over the host (and highly-talented) Edmonton Oilers. The win left the Flyers splitting their West Coast trek with two wins and two losses.
The Basics
First period: 7:16- Denver Barkey (Owen Tippett, Sean Couturier), 10:31- Travis Sanheim (Unassisted), 14:38- Bobby Brink (Cam York, Matvei Michkov), 16:08- Connor McDavid (Mattias Ekholm) Second pe...
Denver Barkey is on the board.
The Philadelphia Flyers rookie has provided some energy and solid two-way play in his short time in the NHL, but he only had two assists — both recorded in his debut at Madison Square Garden — to show for it. That changed on Saturday afternoon in Edmonton.
After some early pressure by the Oilers, it was Barkey who settled things down and opened the scoring in Edmonton.
The 20-year-old winger started the breakout in his own end and dashed down the c...
The Philadelphia Flyers continue their Western Canada swing and are now visiting the Edmonton Oilers in what should be a very interesting Saturday matinee matchup.
Puck drop: 3:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Team USA announced their roster for the Olympics next month and Trevor Zegras wasn’t on it. While it’s not a surprise at all that the Flyers forward was left off, there is an argument to be made that he should’ve. [BSH]
As w...