The Philadelphia Flyers have completed one week and five games in the preseason. The roster is down to 35 players with three games remaining and roster battles are heating up.
The goalies are the leading topic at camp now with Alex Lyon and now Neuvirth dealing with injuries. Brian Elliott is also working his way back from an injury. That has all eyes on Carter Hart and Anthony Stolarz, two goalies just trying to throw their name into the competition. News, notes, quotes and more from training camp.
The Flyers got off to another good start in Friday's game, but the finish was hardly similar to the previous three games. The Flyers suffered their first loss in the preseason since Sunday's opener, dropping a 3-2 decision in overtime to the Islanders. More on Friday's game from Allentown in our Postgame Review.
The Flyers picked up another preseason win with a lot of the contributions coming from young players trying to solidify their spot on the NHL roster. The standouts from Wednesday’s win at MSG in our Postgame Review.
It was difficult to find many positives out of this game, a 3-0 loss for the Flyers to the Islanders, and an injury to Travis Sanheim only added to it.
With the Flyers offseason plan essentially complete -- with the exception of training camp happenings -- have the Flyers done enough to show improvement in key areas from a season ago?
Right now, the James van Riemsdyk signing means that the Flyers were willing to spend to make upgrades. Make no mistake, Ron Hextall made a statement with this move. The Flyers are ready to be players on the market, not just on draft weekend.
With almost $22 million available in cap space entering the 2018-19 season, the Flyers have the funds to make some deals. So what do the Flyers do with this cap space?