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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
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Report: Danny Briere Gives Injury Update on Tyson Foerster
For much of the summer, Tyson Foerster's status for the start of the 2025–26 season hung in a frustrating limbo. News of an elbow injury raised legitimate concerns that one of the Philadelphia Flyers' most promising young wingers could be sidelined just as the team looked to build on last season's momentum.
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08-07-2025
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How Cam York's New Flyers Contract Changes Salary Cap Outlook
The Flyers locked Cam York down for five years on Monday. (Photo: Eric Hartline, Imagn Images) After re-signing Cam York, the Philadelphia Flyers have depleted virtually all of their salary cap space ahead of the start of the 2025-26 season. York, 24, signed a five-year, $25.75 million ($5.15 AAV) contract with the Flyers on Monday morning, wrapping up the team's offseason business but leaving them in a short-term bind financially. Advertisement At the time of this writing, PuckPedia shows the Flyers have just $370k in cap space with only 11 forwards on the active roster, which is assuming Tyson Foerster will begin the 2025-26 season on injured reserve. This meager amount of cap space, is, as we know, not nearly enough to bring up a 12th forward to the active roster at this time. By the start of the season, the Flyers are expected to send goalie Ivan Fedotov and his $3.275 million cap hit to the AHL, which will generate $1.15 million in cap space via the burial threshold. That's enough for one replacement player and one player only. Assuming Foerster and Rasmus Ristolainen are both indeed unavailable to start the season, the Flyers will, for all intents and purposes, begin the next campaign with just one extra healthy body on the roster. Advertisement Foerster's vacancy in the lineup creates a second opening on the left wing; Alex Bump and Nikita Grebenkin are the two likeliest options to fill these holes. By extension, this also means that Nick Deslauriers will have to play every night to start the year. With Bump, Grebenkin, and newcomer Dennis Gilbert on the roster, and with Noah Juulsen wresting control of a spot in the opening night lineup, the Flyers would be down to $495k in cap space with Foerster and Ristolainen on injured reserve. Flyers' salary cap situation with Grebenkin, Bump, and Gilbert on the roster and with Foerster and Ristolainen injured. (PuckPedia) Now, this is meaningful for a few reasons. First is that the Flyers won't have the money to call up another player from the AHL in the event of further injury. Advertisement Second is that the NHL manages salary cap on a daily basis, and each day, a portion of each player's salary counts against the team's cap. If a team spends less than the maximum cap on a given day, that unused cap space is accumulated and added to the bank. So, the more unused cap space, the better, and the Flyers are pushing it to the limit at the moment. Flyers Among NHL Leaders in Dead Salary Cap Space Flyers Among NHL Leaders in Dead Salary Cap Space The Philadelphia Flyers will head into the 2025-26 season with the third-highest amount of dead salary cap space in the NHL. The Flyers could always add Foerster, Ristolainen, or Ryan Ellis to LTIR to create space in a pinch, but they would then cease to accrue the aforementioned cap space. Advertisement The Flyers are a team that likes to keep its options open going forward, and it's possible they use their last salary retention spot to facilitate a trade at some point this season. In the end, the Flyers got a great deal with York's new contract in terms of both length and salary, but they'll first need to navigate some short-term obstacles before they begin truly reaping the rewards.
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03-07-2025
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Flyers Must Replace Maxim Shabanov from Within
Nikita Grebenkin will get one of the first cracks at an NHL roster spot. (Photo: John E. Sokolowski, Imagn Images) The Philadelphia Flyers may have lost out on Maxim Shabanov, but they have plenty of in-house replacements who are just as good, if not better options. Shabanov, 23, is wildly skilled indeed, but he's also a 5-foot-8 forward who can play either center or inverted right wing. Advertisement The problem is that Shabanov wasn't likely to play center for the Flyers, meaning that he would have been pigeonholed into the right winger position. Many skilled Russians play and have played inverted in the past. Names like Alex Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Nikita Kucherov, Matvei Michkov, might come to mind. But is Shabanov that? Maybe, maybe not. But he certainly isn't proven, just like the Flyers' top options to replace him in a hypothetical lineup. The Flyers love reigning NCAA champ Alex Bump, for example, and he's got quite the goal-scoring pedigree. It helps that he's a natural left wing to boot. Advertisement Bump, 21, is perhaps the favorite to crack the Flyers' opening night roster, especially in the wake of the offseason injury to Tyson Foerster. Bump's unrelenting will to prove himself while doing things the right way has quickly endeared him to Flyers management and will do the same with fans in short order. Aleksei Kolosov Must Change Attitude Towards NHL, Legendary Coach Says Aleksei Kolosov Must Change Attitude Towards NHL, Legendary Coach Says The Philadelphia Flyers haven't fully given up on Aleksei Kolosov yet, but has Aleksei Kolosov given up on the Flyers? Aside from Bump, another contender for a roster spot will be Nikita Grebenkin, acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Scott Laughton trade. Advertisement The 22-year-old already has seven games of NHL experience and has dabbled in pro hockey since the 2021-22 season despite his relatively young age. Between the KHL, AHL, and NHL, Grebenkin has already played 177 pro games, and that experience should serve him well as he competes with his fellow Flyers prospects. Astute fans might recall that the Flyers actually brought Grebenkin up on an emergency basis once, only to send him back to the AHL 30 minutes later with the emergency conditions no longer present. That's about as close to the NHL as someone can get without stepping on the ice. Plus, the Flyers and Porter Martone himself have told us to never say never on the unusual but very plausible possibility that the teenaged draft pick makes the NHL come opening night. Advertisement And, if worst comes to worst - and fans will hate this - the Flyers will decide these prospects are best suited playing significant minutes in the AHL or elsewhere to start the season, they have some capable veterans at their disposal, too. Rodrigo Abols is capable of flexing out to the flank if needed, and last year's preseason darling, Anthony Richard, is still under contract for one more year. It's possible the oft-injured Samu Tuomaala, who has played two full seasons with the AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms, makes a case for an opportunity with his speed and heavy shot. The Flyers will be disappointed not to have landed Shabanov, to be sure, but they have no reason to dwell on it or pivot to a Plan B. This year should be about believing in and developing the guys they already have.
New York Times
01-07-2025
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Rangers extend forward Will Cuylle for two years, $3.9 million annually
The Rangers signed forward Will Cuylle, a restricted free agent, to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $3.9 million, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Cuylle is coming off a 20-goal, 45-point season in 2024-25, his second full year in the NHL. Along with showing offensive promise, Cuylle brought a physical edge that the Rangers value and became one of the team's penalty killers this season. AFP Analytics projected him to receive a three-year deal with an AAV around $3.4 million. This contract is worth slightly more per year on a lesser term. Cuylle will hit restricted free agency again in summer 2027. Advertisement Getting a Cuylle deal done ensured he won't receive an offer sheet from another team with cap space to spare. Cuylle's contract is similar to the one Tyson Foerster got from Philadelphia. Also 23, Foerster had 25 goals and 45 points for the Flyers this past season. Philadelphia signed him in May to a two-year deal with a $3.75 million AAV. If the Rangers had more cap space, a long-term deal for Cuylle would have made a lot of sense. Instead, it's a cost-effective bridge deal that avoids the risk of an offer sheet — Shayna (@shaynagoldman_) July 1, 2025 Cuylle started the 2024-25 season on the third line with Kaapo Kakko and Filip Chytil, both of whom were traded midseason. He ended up with stints in the top six. His ice time jumped to 15:05 per game from 11:08 in his rookie year. New Rangers coach Mike Sullivan could experiment with him on one of the top two lines this coming season. 'He's not scared of anything,' teammate Braden Schneider said last season. 'The way he plays shows that every night. He's a guy who goes 100 mph into a battle. He'll be first on the puck and then he'll be going to the net looking for goals, and he's been getting them. I love the way he plays.' The Rangers signed defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to a seven year, $7 million AAV deal earlier Tuesday. With him and Cuylle on the books, the Rangers have around $1.5 million in cap space, though they could create a little more by sending a player on an entry-level contract to the AHL.
