Philadelphia Flyers winger Alex Bump played in his first National Hockey League game on Saturday. He took the traditional rookie lap in the pregame warm-up, then in the second scored his first NHL goal in a 4-3 shootout win over Pittsburgh. It was almost a fairytale beginning. But after the game, Bump revealed the happy ending initially could’ve turned into a nightmare of sorts.
The Flyers made the news of Bump’s call-up official on their social media sites at 1 p.m. Eastern Saturday. How...
It wasn’t in regulation, but the Flyers battled and beat the Penguins 4-3 in a shootout. The game was highlighted by Alex Bump’s debut NHL game and first NHL goal while Denver Barkey also was stellar.
The basics
First period: 3:00- Tommy Novak (Justin Brazeau, Ville Koivunen) (PPG), 3:54- Owen Tippett (Trevor Zegras, Cam York) Second period: 3:38- Rickard Rakell (Egor Chinakhov, Bryan Rust), 4:46- Alex Bump (Nikita Grebenkin) 5:45- Erik Karlsson (Egor Chinakhov, Rickard Rakell), 10:0...
Another trade deadline has come and passed, and the Philadelphia Flyers have subtracted from their roster. It’s a feeling that we’re all too familiar with. The departure of Bobby Brink and Nic Deslauriers, while not star players, signals a white flag– another season come and gone, threatening to extend the franchise-record playoff drought that hangs over the 2020’s like a storm cloud. Last season, we enjoyed the Matvei Michkov campaign for the Calder Trophy for the league’s best rookie, and wh...
After a busy deadline day, the Flyers are looking to refocus and hit their stride for the stretch run of the season. Their lineup is looking a little different, and they’re coming off of one of their rougher games of the season, but here’s hoping this next installment in the season series against those rival Penguins can give them a bit of a jumpstart.
Puck drop: 5:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 93.3 WMMR
Pregame reading
We made it, gang. The trade deadlin...
The NHL trade deadline has come and gone, but the Flyers aren’t done yet making tweaks to the look of their roster.
As of this morning, Alex Bump is on the Flyers’ roster , and an official announcement is expected before too long that they’ve recalled the winger from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He’s expected to make his NHL debut in short order.
Bump, 22, was drafted by the Flyers in the fifth round of the 2022 draft, and after taking a steady developmental route — by way of the USHL...
Since Flyers general manager Danny Briere had the interim tag removed, he’s done what he thought was the right course of action for the team in terms of the bigger picture. But one thing he’s seem to have been rather successful at is trying to help the team in terms of trades while also treating the Flyer heading out of town with some semblance of respect or consideration. In the long haul, it really isn’t going to help regarding how Philadelphia continues to right the ship, get younger, add m...
It's been 44 months since the 2022 NHL Entry Level Draft, where David Jiricek was selected sixth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Almost four years (and two trades) later, Philadelphia has their hands on their next big reclamation project.
The NHL trade deadline has come and gone. All the rampant speculation about what the Philadelphia Flyers could do before 3:00 p.m. on Friday has been now boiled down to what happened and what did not. The transactions have been finalized.
We won’t have another trade made by the Flyers until the season around the 2026 NHL Draft in a few months — technically, they would be able to make a trade during the playoffs if they’re not a part of them, but that rarely happens. We only have what the ...
Flyers general manager Danny Briere addressed the media after the National Hockey League trade deadline on Friday afternoon. Briere spoke about a number of topics including the additions the club made through trades and the waiver wire as well as those who were shipped out of town to other teams. However perhaps the biggest elephant in the room was the status of Rasmus Ristolainen, the veteran Philadelphia defenseman who was considered to be one of the top blueliners who would’ve been traded t...
After a relatively quiet deadline in which only Bobby Brink and Nic Deslauriers were moved, there has been some discussion on what is to come for the one real return that the Flyers received at this year’s trade deadline: David Jiricek.
The sixth-overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, taken one selection behind where the Flyers took Cutter Gauthier, Jiricek came into the league with sky-high expectations. He’s played in both the AHL and NHL this year, and it remains up in the air as to wheth...
The last month and change has been something of a volatile stretch for Phantoms goaltender Aleksei Kolosov.
His two-game showing on recall to the Flyers went poorly, ending with him giving up three goals on each of the first three shots he faced against the Rangers in mid-January, and being relegated to the backup chair for the remainder of his time up with the big club. He was sent back down for the Phantoms’ last game of the month, and though there would ultimately be another another re...
The Philadelphia Flyers’ 2026 trade deadline came and went without the team moving top trade chip, defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen.
Coming into the trade deadline on Friday afternoon, Rasmus Ristolainen was a very popular name rumored to be traded. The reported asking price was similar to the Brandon Carlo deal last year, which netted the Boston Bruins a first-round pick, a middle-round pick, and a decent prospect. According to multiple sources, no team was willing to meet the Flyers’ rumor...
There was so much hype and potential heading into the trade deadline for the Philadelphia Flyers to make a sizeable move for the future of the organization — to move on from a veteran piece that has been slowly accruing more value and becoming a better player. And, well, the Flyers are not going to be making that trade.
According to multiple reports, the Flyers are not trading Rasmus Ristolainen before the trade deadline. He will remain with the team for the rest of the year and the reaso...
The Flyers pulled the trigger on a trade before Friday’s trade deadline, sending fourth-liner and enforcer Nic Deslauriers to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft. Although the club didn’t make the announcement official, various sources confirmed the news beforehand.
There was speculation Deslauriers as well as defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen would be sitting out last night’s game against Utah as a “roster management” decision. Basically, you wo...
The Philadelphia Flyers are selling at the trade deadline, so far moving forwards Nic Deslauriers and Bobby Brink for, well, not forwards. To fill some spots they created in the lineup, the Flyers turned to the waiver wire.
Announced by multiple reporters all over online but not the actual team at the time of writing, the Flyers have claimed veteran depth center Luke Glendening off of waivers from the New Jersey Devils.
PHI claims Glendening VAN claims Douglas FLA claims Reinhardt &m...
After kicking off trade deadline day with a bang, sending Bobby Brink to the Wild in exchange for a really intriguing defense prospect in David Jiricek, the Flyers’ second trade of the day is a more minor one, in comparison.
The Flyers announced this morning that they’ve made a swap of minor league players, having acquired forward Brett Harrison and defenseman Jackson Edward from the Bruins. Harrison, in his third season in the AHL, has brought a bit for them in the way of offense — with ...
The Bobby Brink trade kicked off the Flyers’ Trade Deadline day, and there’s expected to be at least a few more moves in Philadelphia today – namely Rasmus Ristolainen, Nic Deslauriers, and maybe Carl Grundstrom. There could be room for a surprise move or two, though, and it looks like that may come in the form of a goalie acquisition.
On Daily Faceoff’s trade deadline show with Jeff Marek, The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta went into detail on what the Flyers’ plans could be at the trade...
Porter Martone keeps impressing. On Thursday night, the Philadelphia Flyers’ 6th overall pick in 2025 scored twice for Michigan State, who defeated Minnesota by a final score of 7-1 to clinch their third Big Ten regular season championship in a row.
Martone opened the scoring just over five minutes into the game, finishing a rush chance with a wicked shot that beat the goaltender cleanly.
Porter Martone gets the scoring started for No. 2 @MSU_Hockey 💥 pic.twitter.com/19M7oteQ2n &mdas...
When Christian Dvorak was initially signed in the offseason to a one year, $5.4 million dollar deal, some eyebrows were raised. Over five million dollars for a player who has never hit 20 goals, and whose highest point total was 38, seemed a bit steep at the time.
But Daniel Briere and the front office were proved right in their evaluation when Dvorak came out of the gates on fire, serving as the Flyers de-facto 1C, and establishing a great connection with another new arrival in Tre...
The Philadelphia Flyers have made their first move of the NHL trade deadline, buying low on a former sixth-overall pick and giving up a young middle-six winger in the process.
According to multiple sources, the Flyers have traded winger Bobby Brink to the Minnesota Wild and are getting defenseman David Jiricek in return.
Bobby Brink to MIN for David Jiricek — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 6, 2026
This trade has been confirmed by other sources that it is a 1-for-...
*Well that sure was a hockey game last night, huh? Low event hockey, baby. Psyched to watch this for the next two to three seasons. RECAP !
*Folks the smoke around Rasmus Ristolainen is THICK. Positively smothering. Let’s go, Danny B. [ BSH ]
*This will be GMDB’s third trade deadline with the Flyers, and we may be able to glean some things from the last two. [ Inquirer ]
*Along with the Risto rumors there is also a lot of talk of a Nic Deslauriers trade. Which is wild. Do that o...
With the trade deadline front and center, the Flyers played a game they’d like to forget. Mistakes, miscues and no sense of synergy resulted in the Utah Mammoth shutting out Philadelphia 3-0 Thursday night.
The basics
First period: No scoring Second period: 1:38- Nick Schmaltz (Dylan Guenter, Sean Durzi) (PPG), 8:03- Clayton Keller (Dylan Guenter) Third period: 18:12- Michael Carcone (Kevin Stenlund, John Marino) (ENG) SOG: 16 (PHI) – 23 (UTA)
Some takeaways
Ristolainen, De...
The Philadelphia Flyers have not made a substantial trade yet this week, as we are now deep into the final 24 hours before the NHL trade deadline on Friday, but they seem to now be getting a whole lot of interest in their top trade chip — even more than just a day ago.
Rasmus Ristolainen is not certain to be moved, since his contract runs through next season and by all reports, the Flyers do not feel like they have to trade the 31-year-old Finnish defenseman, but now it certainly seems li...
Riding high on a three-game winning streak, the Flyers are back on home ice tonight, set to face off against the Utah Mammoth for their final game ahead of tomorrow’s trade deadline. It’s the last game before a potential new normal sets in, depending on how tomorrow plays out, and the Flyers will be looking to make a statement and keep this streak rolling.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Alright, let’s recap a bit more of...
The Philadelphia Flyers look to be making some kind of move to their personnel between now and the trade deadline Friday afternoon. Signing an AHL veteran is the tell.
The team is about to sign Lehigh Valley Phantoms veteran Garrett Wilson to a National Hockey League contract. Wilson was placed on waivers Thursday by the Flyers. If he clears (and it’s almost a certainty that he will), then the forward will be signed by the Flyers on Friday. Before the club made an official announcement, S...