Nick Schultz

VOORHEES — With seven defensemen in practice, it can be tough — even for the players — to keep up with who skates with who. Wednesday’s practice had a few firsts. Since the dawn of training camp, the top pair was Nick Schultz and Mark Streit...

The Flyers have signed defenseman Brandon Manning to a one-year, $625,000 contract extension

These days, the Flyers' top defense pair doesn't look like what many would have expected entering the season. Sure, Mark Streit is a no-brainer to be the team's top pair, but Nick Schultz? The Flyers signed Schultz on a one-year deal July 2 thinking he'd probably be the seventh defenseman...

The popular discussion among Flyers fans, certainly as evidenced by the questions in this on-the-fly #FlyersMailbag edition, is about Nick Schultz.

It was a long summer for Michael Del Zotto. The 24-year-old defenseman wasn’t getting many calls about NHL offers after a sobering season with the New York Rangers and Nashville Predators where he struggled to find his game that made him a Calder Trophy candidate in 2010...

PHILADELPHIA – When Nick Schultz got a call from Flyers general manager Ron Hextall in the summer, the message was clear. Schultz knew if he came to Philly it would be the seventh defenseman on the depth chart. Even when blood clots were discovered in Kimmo Timonen’s leg and lungs, the team went out and picked up Michael Del Zotto to play in the top-six...

PHILADELPHIA For all the head-scratching issues the Flyers have had with the salary cap in recent years, here comes another curveball. Actually, two. Standing in the batter's box is rookie general manager Ron Hextall, who dealt with little salary-cap space to open the season...