The Flyers made a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes after all, acquiring the rights to forward Massimo Rizzo and a 2025 fifth-round pick for the rights to forward David Kase.
The free-agent period went as expected for the Flyers: mild activity and a few names brought in to round out the roster. Let’s take a closer look at the five free-agent signings.
A low-cost deal that could be flipped at the deadline? Take a flier on a low-risk, high-reward player looking for a chance? There are a few scenarios for the Flyers in free agency starting Saturday.
The Flyers chose to turn to an area they feel is the foundation of success in the NHL: defense. They chose the upside of a budding defensive prospect in Oliver Bonk, in hopes that it will come to fruition with development.
Following a forward-thinking, plan-driven trade for Ivan Provorov, the Flyers trade involving Kevin Hayes was much more on par with what a rebuild commands. Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither will the Flyers.
As of Monday morning, both trades reportedly being worked on this weekend have not been formally completed by the Flyers and remain in a holding pattern.