John Carlson

The Flyers will be back on home ice, where they enter play on Wednesday with a 6-1-1 record, but get the task of facing the NHL's best team, the Washington Capitals.

The deal -- a six-year, $40.5 million deal with an average annual value of $6.75 million -- is more than just the completion of a deal in time for Ivan Provorov to report for training camp on Friday morning. It is a win for both sides -- for Chuck Fletcher and the Flyers and for Provorov as well.

Minnesota running back's Toby Gerhart and Adrian Peterson remained out of Vikings practice Thursday as they get ready to host the Eagles on Sunday at Mall of American Field (Listen Sunday, 1pm on 97.3 ESPN). "I won't be surprised if both players don't play in Sunday," Vikings beat writer Judd Zulgadd of ESPN 1500 told me today on the Sports Bash...