Erik Johnson

An emotional trade deadline day for the Flyers was another step in the right direction of the team's rebuild for the future.

The Flyers made two trades at the trade deadline, sending Andrei Kuzmenko to Los Angeles and Scott Laughton to Toronto.

The NHL trade deadline is eight days away. On the trade candidates for the Flyers, the approach to making trades, and the evaluation process.

Matvei Michkov had a goal and an assist in his return to the lineup in the Flyers shootout win over the Sharks on Monday night.

Matvei Michkov got his first NHL point, an assist on a Travis Konecny power-play goal, but the Flyers fell to the Flames on Saturday night.

The Flyers reduced the training camp roster by 14 players on Friday, bringing it to the final 23 likely to make the opening night roster.

The preseason comes to a close as the Flyers face off against the New Jersey Devils on home ice on Thursday night.

The Flyers get back on the ice to continue the preseason on Monday night against the New York Islanders, with goalie Alexei Kolosov making his preseason debut.

With the Flyers preseason now past the halfway point, here are five observations from the first four games.

Sam Ersson made 37 saves and Matvei Michkov scored an empty-net goal and added an assist in a 2-0 preseason win over the Islanders.