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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
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Briere on how Foerster sustained offseason injury
Back at the beginning of July, Flyers general manager Danny Briere discussed how Tyson Foerster sustained an offseason injury. Briere on how Foerster sustained offseason injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Opinion: Why the Flyers Should Kick the Tires on Mason McTavish
There's a running joke in Philadelphia Flyers circles these days that GM Danny Brière is building a rehab clinic for Anaheim Ducks alumni.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Sport
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Flyers poach center from Canadiens, sign veteran goalie in free agency
The post Flyers poach center from Canadiens, sign veteran goalie in free agency appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Philadelphia Flyers have made a flurry of additions in NHL Free Agency, the most notable including the signings of center Christian Dvorak and goaltender Dan Vladar, general manager Danny Briere announced. The franchise has also added defensemen Noah Juulsen and Dennis Gilbert, along with depth center Lane Pederson. Dvorak and Vladar are certainly the marquee signings of the group; the former was one of the best remaining free-agent options in a relatively weak center class. Dvorak is coming off a decent 2024-25 campaign with the Montreal Canadiens, where he scored 12 goals and 33 points over a full 82-game slate. He has a career 53.1 percent success rate on faceoffs throughout his 534-game NHL career, which should be a huge help for a Flyers team that is significantly lacking down the middle. He joins trade acquisition Trevor Zegras to help shore up the position in 2025-26. If Philly is unable to rebound from a tough campaign, Dvorak could be a prime trade deadline candidate after signing a one-year deal with a $5.4 million cap hit. It's a steep price, but the longtime Canadien should be a good add to the forward core. The 10-year NHL veteran has recorded 249 career regular-season points. Another place the team badly needed an upgrade was between the pipes. Philly had the worst save percentage in the league in 2024-25, with neither Samuel Ersson or Ivan Fedotov providing much stability at all between the pipes. Briere hopes that the addition of Vladar will do just that; the 27-year-old signed a two-year contract with a $3.35 million AAV. After Jake Allen re-signed with the New Jersey Devils, Vladar emerged into one of the best UFA options on the market. The former Calgary Flame was one of the league's better backups in 2024-25, seeing 30 starts and posting a 2.80 goals-against average and .898 save percentage in that span, along with a .586 quality start percentage. With Dustin Wolf the goaltender of the future in Alberta, it made sense that Vladar looked for a change of scenery. If anything, Vladar brings more stability to Philadelphia's crease, and gives the squad some breathing room on a two-year deal. Both he and Dvorak should make an immediate impact in the City of Brotherly Love in 2025-26. The Flyers also announced one-year deals for Gilbert ($875,000), Juulsen ($900,000) and Pederson (two-way, $775,000). All transactions on Tuesday are being followed and analyzed in ClutchPoints' NHL Free Agent tracker. Related: Flyers' Tyson Foerester gets crushing injury timeline for 2025-26 season
CBS News
07-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Cam York, Philadelphia Flyers agree to 5-year contract extension
The Philadelphia Flyers and restricted free agent Cam York have agreed to a five-year, $25.75 million contract extension, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the agreement had not been announced. York will count $5.15 million against the salary cap through the 2029-30 NHL season. That price could turn out to be a bargain with the upper limit rising from $88 million this past season to $113.5 million by 2027-28. Sportsnet in Canada was the first to report the agreement. Re-signing the 25-year-old defenseman takes care of an important piece of offseason business for the Flyers as they try to shift from rebuilding to contending. York was the final player on the roster without a contract. York, the 14th pick in the 2019 draft, has skated nearly 21 minutes per game so far in his pro career, all with Philadelphia. He has 77 points in 235 games for the Flyers, who have not made the playoffs since 2020. On paper, extending York is Flyers general manager Danny Briere's last piece of business for the summer. The Flyers hired Rick Tocchet as head coach earlier in the offseason. Last week, they added a goalie, center and defensive depth by signing Dan Vladar, Christian Dvorak and Noah Juulsen in free agency. Last month, they selected Porter Martone and Jack Nesbitt in the 2025 NHL draft.
New York Times
03-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Flyers depth chart 2.0: Could Jett Luchanko, Porter Martone make the NHL team?
Rick Tocchet isn't any different than anyone else working in hockey this time of year. After the whirlwind of changing jobs and moving across North America, sitting through what were surely countless meetings with Philadelphia Flyers team brass leading up to the draft and the start of free agency, and now observing development camp, which started on Wednesday, he's going to be ready for a summer respite. Advertisement But he's still enjoying himself. 'Just being around everybody the last month — meeting the scouts, seeing Bobby Clarke and (Paul Holmgren) and Billy Barber, and hanging with Danny (Briere) and (Keith Jones) and then seeing the prospects — it's a lot of fun,' Tocchet said on Tuesday. 'A little more heavy lifting the next week or two, and then shut her down for about a month.' Judging from recent comments from Briere, it's evident Tocchet loomed large in some of the club's recent decisions, from a 2025 draft class featuring an abundance of players with size and competitiveness to NHL roster additions that will give the new coach more options when the season begins. We examined the depth chart more than a month ago, but there have been some changes and intriguing comments from team personnel since then. Here's our updated look at what Tocchet will have to work with in September. Yeah, this has changed a bit. Trevor Zegras and Christian Dvorak join an NHL group that also includes captain Sean Couturier and Noah Cates' shiny new four-year contract extension. Ryan Poehling is now in Anaheim. And while we have Zegras listed as the top-line center here and Dvorak as the fourth-line center, that's certainly not set in stone. The two new additions should give Tocchet an abundance of options to move guys around, perhaps even pushing one of these top four to the wing. Hypothetically, Tocchet could put someone like Zegras out late in a game if he needs a tying goal, or Dvorak to take a key defensive zone draw — one of his specialties — if the Flyers are protecting a lead. 'I think that flexibility is important,' Tocchet said. 'There's situations where if you have five centermen, one of the guys can play a wing position, or a hybrid, which I like, too. There's times where we can put Trevor on the wing if we had to, he's played it before. Even (Dvorak) has played wing before.' Advertisement The wild card remains Luchanko. Briere said that the addition of Dvorak on Tuesday doesn't necessarily block the 2024 first-round pick from making the team. In fact, Luchanko's performance late in the season after he joined the AHL Phantoms was encouraging to the general manager. So we've moved him up to fifth here. 'The way he played last year in camp and early in the season, if he keeps improving — and also how he played down the stretch and in the (Calder Cup) playoffs in Lehigh Valley, was really impressive,' Briere said. 'Hopefully, he keeps that streak going and he can end up on the team.' Not much has changed here other than the Flyers' somewhat surprising decision not to qualify prospect Zayde Wisdom, who was one of the Phantoms' most improved and most effective players last season. Also worth noting: Travis Konecny's full no-movement clause for the next six years has kicked in with the start of his eight-year deal. Porter Martone went sixth overall to the Flyers in the draft last week, and there's an outside shot he could make the opening night lineup. He won't supplant any of the four right-wingers above him here, but Martone has said he can play left wing, which, as of now, looks like the Flyers' weakest position. Tyson Foerster's uncertain status could make the competition for jobs on the left side of the lineup wide open for training camp. Briere confirmed on Tuesday the unsettling news that Foerster recently had to undergo surgery for an infection in his arm, and they're now awaiting test results that will reveal how much time the emerging two-way winger might have to miss. That news also makes their decision earlier in the week to not qualify Jakob Pelletier more puzzling. Pelletier gave the Flyers some solid minutes late in the season, particularly after the coaching change, but was quickly snatched up by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday on a three-year deal. Advertisement Prospect Alex Bump remains a player to watch here. Flyers director of player development Riley Armstrong said on Wednesday that he could see Bump, 21, potentially making the team out of camp. Nikita Grebenkin could just as easily make a play for that spot, too. Regardless, if Foerster misses a significant amount of time, that's going to be a huge blow. There was a bit more depth added on Tuesday, as the 6-2, 201-pound Noah Juulsen was inked to a one-year deal. Assuming Rasmus Ristolainen misses the start of the season as expected, Juulsen, Helge Grans and maybe even Oliver Bonk can battle it out for a spot on the opening night lineup. (Odds are still much greater that Bonk will begin in Lehigh Valley.) Grans may be in the driver's seat, considering he recently signed a two-year contract extension. At 6-4, he would replace some of the size they're going to be missing with Ristolainen, too. Perhaps the left side of the third defense pair will be an open competition after Egor Zamula's up-and-down campaign. The Flyers added a depth guy here on Tuesday in the form of the journeyman Dennis Gilbert, who has 111 games of NHL experience with five different teams. You can be sure Emil Andrae will be looking to make an impression after appearing in 42 games last season, while the brawny Hunter McDonald is still a prospect the Flyers are high on, too. If Tocchet is looking for more size and toughness, perhaps McDonald is a guy who gets a chance sooner rather than later. The last time we did this exercise, we noted that it was inevitable that Briere would add another goaltender. Now we know it's Dan Vladar, who signed a two-year, $6.7 million contract on Tuesday. The 27-year-old has had decent stretches of effectiveness in the past, but last year's 30 games with the Calgary Flames are the most he's played in a single season. Advertisement We reached out to former Flyers goalie Martin Biron for his thoughts on Vladar. They were mostly encouraging. In fact, other than Jake Allen — who ended up re-signing in New Jersey on a five-year deal — Biron figured Vladar was the best goalie available on the open market. 'He's big and does a decent job,' Biron said of the 6-5, 209-pound Vladar. 'He's not a No. 1, but he can play 30-35 games while (Sam) Ersson can play 45-50.' Expect Fedotov to be reassigned to Lehigh Valley. He will be the No. 3 to start the season, while Carson Bjarnason and Aleksei Kolosov — if he reports — can battle it out for the second Phantoms job. (Photo of Jett Luchanko: Eric Hartline / Imagn Images)
