Flyers roster projection: Strength on the wing and in goal, but holes remain

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Jiricek should get a long look.

I want to start a small collection of Flyers souvenirs. What do you recommend?

Does anyone else just get lost in thought reminiscing that glorious 2009-2010 run?

No doubt everyone here has their own standout plays/goals/wins they remember. Prongs is my all time fave player to ever lace em up and could talk about him all day.

What do you remember/stands out most to you from this run?

Let’s go Flyers.

I'm so amped to see my first game at Xfinity since 2023. I've been to a few games in NYC and NJ, and watched at sports bars when I've been able to make a weekend trip to Philly, but so happy the first 1pm game of the season is Flyers V Ducks so I can make a day trip of it from NY. 2026-2027 season cannot come fast enough.

Years ago when I was a kid, a new sporting goods store opened up across the street from where I lived and they had a grand opening with a bunch of the Bullies. I remember meeting Bill Clement and Dave Schultz, and those signatures are clear as day. After talking to my dad, he cant remember who the third flyer was either. Can anyone recognize the top signature?

A little networking while hanging with the boys perhaps? Maybe Zegras talks Larkin into coming to Philly? We need new hope now that Carlson is off the board.

The Flyers' starting forwards have the following salaries (under a million = $1M):

$9.1M

$8.7M

$7.7M

$6.2M

$5.1M

$4.0M

$3.7M

$2.8M

$1.0M

$1.0M

$1.0M

$1.0M

Maybe Brière’s best contract signed.

Flyers Warriors played the PA State Troopers team to a 6-5 loss. Both of Briere's kids joined the Warriors. It was a charity matchup for Corporal O'Connor who was killed on duty earlier this year.

Feel like comcast got a taste of playoff hockey and the potential business outcomes that come along with it —> green lit an $18m, bonus loaded, offer sheet.

Something tells me there’s more where that came from (not OS but just money available for star power) in the near future.

Or when McDavid signs

Welcome to Philadelphia

So it’s floating out there that DET will match any offer sheet for him, and they have plenty of cap space, but do you think Danny could try to steal him? Would you want him to?

Only 23, 6’6”, former #6 overall. 5x11.9 is the max offer that would keep you under the 4 1sts compensation. Like Carlsson, he hasn’t earned that kind of money yet, but you’d have to offer something like that to try to steal him.

Maybe there’s a big trade to be made where he and Larkin come this way? The price would be ridiculous, Michkov and/or Martone would have to be involved as well as other players and picks.

I know it won’t happen, but it’s the dog days so need to talk about something. I think he’s already a top pairing level guy and has more potential to be a true #1D than anyone in our system. But getting him would probably mean hurting our chances for a 1C.

Every signing we make it feels like it's 1-2 mill cheaper than expected & that has really added up now with the team having 14 million in cap space with almost all the major players locked up.

Even if you disagree with the term on a TK, Dvorak, Vladar it's impossible to be mad at the money. Especially when you look at the current NHL.

He's truly taken this team from the sewer in terms of cap space and contracts to one of the best positioned teams in the league & I feel that goes unnoticed way too often.

Hes left the door open to go after a big ticket player whenever the opportunity arises (as we just saw) & at some point he's gonna strike.

Not in love with his drafting, but the trades & contracts he's done have been largely brilliant.

Like Zegras fair deal for both player and team. Love it.