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Why Christian Dvorak’s extension isn’t as bad as you think
When the Philadelphia Flyers signed Christian Dvorak to his one-year contract last July 1, the idea was the Flyers were putting a short-term bandage on what looked like a significant problem. The center depth would still be an issue moving forward, but at least the Flyers had some semblance of an immediate answer to help Sean Couturier and Noah Cates carry the workload. The price of $5.4 million AAV was considered a bit steep, particularly for a guy who registered 33 points in 82 games la...
Tuesday Morning Fly By: The rumors are dying
*Game 4 tonight for those of us enjoying (is “enjoying” too strong a word? Consuming? Perceiving? Whatever) the Stanley Cup Final. Big game. Must win for those Canes. Anyhoo, remember how all of us wanted to find a way to trade for Robert Thomas? Turns out the asking price was a little… it was a bit much. [ BSH ] *It’s getting to be high season for the rumor mill but it seems like the current crop of rumors is drying up completely, at least for us. Like this Dylan Larkin thing is...
Who experts think the Flyers will draft at 21st overall after the Combine
The 2026 NHL Entry Draft is going to be here before we know it. The scouting combine took place in Buffalo this past weekend, and we’re starting to get some post-combine mock drafts based on the information learned there. How much that information ultimately ends up factoring into teams’ decisions or not is another story, but the Philadelphia Flyers have been consistent in drafting based on at least one combine test. The Flyers have the 21st overall pick in this year’s NHL Draft. Aft...
Why Flyers might consider bringing back goaltender Sam Ersson
The Flyers’ longer term goaltending situation is getting complicated. With reports coming down that an extension for Dan Vladar is effectively already in place , it’s clear that the Flyers feel that they really have something in their new starting netminder, but beyond that, the situation is less certain. The backup role is not quite settled, and the Flyers have a couple of prospects in Aleksei Kolosov and Carson Bjarnason who are still chipping away at it in the AHL, but don’t look nearly rea...
BSH 2026 Community Draft Board, No. 18: Oscar Hemming is a power forward in development
We’re getting into a bit of a trend here, and after spending some time digging into a project winger last time out, we’re diving straight into our next one. After some dramatics delayed his move from Finland to North America, Oscar Hemming got in for a key second half of this season with Boston College of the NCAA. A winger with some real size and speed, Hemming presents as a prototypical power forward, and while this season didn’t leave him with a ton of runway to show the completeness o...
Giving some final bloody thoughts on The Boys
The Boys wrapped up its fifth and final season recently. Showrunner Eric Kripke has exposed us to a plethora of hilarious and horrifying moments during its run, starting out as a faithful adaptation of a crude parody of superhero comics and evolving into one of the more impactful critiques of modern American society. Jason and I are going to discuss our thoughts on the show as a whole, but let’s start with the end. Jaypo, what did you think of The Boys finale? Jason : While I had my issue...
Report: Blues wanted Porter Martone in Robert Thomas trade talks with Flyers
It’s no secret that the Philadelphia Flyers were in deep trade talks with the St. Louis Blues about center Robert Thomas before last year’s deadline. They need to get a top-line center somehow and Thomas was seen as a fairly perfect fit. But now we know exactly what St. Louis wanted in return and there’s a reason why the deal didn’t happen. On paper, Thomas really is the perfect fit for the Flyers. He’s a 26-year-old, right-handed center that can skate extremely well and has regularly put...
Monday Morning Fly By: Markets cool
*We’ll kick things off with a bit of news, as the Flyers were able to knock out some business and get one of their depth centers signed to an extension. [ BSH ] *And then in more broad news, just as it looked like the market for a Larkin trade was heating up, the Flyers might just have found themselves out of the hunt for that one. [ BSH ] *Of course, that might not be the worst thing for the Flyers? Let’s dig into the counterargument a bit, shall we? [ BSH ] *Some would still a...
BSH 2026 Community Draft Board, No. 17: Wyatt Cullen is a late-blooming, fast riser
We’ve crossed into the second half of the first round, and it’s time at last to check in with NTDP winger Wyatt Cullen. Something of a later-developer, Cullen’s game took a massive step forward this season, and while he still has some areas in need of polishing up, the flashiness of his playmaking game and the upside that lies ahead for him has made for a very intriguing package, and has brought his rise up the major draft rankings to a meteoric rate. Pre-draft rankings Ra...
We already know who the Flyers are picking at the 2026 NHL Draft
The 2026 NHL Draft isn’t starting for a few weeks but we might as well skip the whole process because we know who the Philadelphia Flyers are going to be selecting with the first-round pick at 21st overall already. They’re just making it so obvious. Saturday was the final day of the 2026 NHL Draft Combine, as all the top prospects came down to Buffalo to speak with any team remotely interested in them, hop on a bike, lift some weights, make some jumps, throw up a little bit in a garbage c...
Flyers’ search for a top-line center just got a lot harder
The Philadelphia Flyers have been linked to quite a few potential trade targets recently. After the team bolstered its center depth by adding Trevor Zegras and Christian Dvorak last offseason, they’re now focused on getting a pivot who can play atop the lineup, or at least has the potential to do so. We’ve talked about Mason McTavish, Mat Barzal, and Matty Beniers over the last week or so, but those all went to the side on Thursday afternoon when it was reported that Dylan Larkin is reque...
Where Flyers players finished in 2025-26 NHL Award voting
The Philadelphia Flyers made strides as a team this past 2025-26 season, snapping their playoff drought and winning a series against the Penguins in round one. Although the sweep to Carolina might have left a bitter taste, it was a season with a lot of promise and positives. Some of those pluses came in the form of recognition by the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) and others around the league who gave some nods to Flyer players (and a coach). While the Flyers are still looking ...
8 notable prospects the Flyers interviewed at the NHL Draft Combine
This week, the NHL is holding the Draft Combine as a showcase of the draft class’ skills and physical traits. Typically, this is a week where we start to get an idea of what players are on each team’s boards, as the players that the teams speak with are often made public. The Flyers are no different, as we’re starting to get an idea of the players the Flyers may like at No. 21. According to the Inquirer’s Jackie Spiegel, here are a list of the players the Flyers met with at the Comb...
3 lessons the Flyers can learn from the Red Wings’ failed rebuild
Every single team in the NHL follows the same path from taking their foot off the gas just ever so slightly to rebuild — in an either tear-it-all-down sort of way or just making some key trades to set them on the right course — but it is the end result that truly matters. Some period of not being competitive at all, to varying degrees, which is then hopefully followed by a longer stretch of time where the team is competitive and potentially even contending for the Stanley Cup. The Philade...
Yegor Zavragin traded to better KHL situation, likely delaying Flyers arrival
Yegor Zavragin, the Flyers bluechip goaltending prospect and their third-round pick (87th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft, appears to be switching teams in the KHL. And the move should be for the better in terms of his development. On Saturday, Zavragin was sent from his SKA St. Peterburg club to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (HC Metallurg) along with Yegor Zelonov. In exchange, Metallurg sent back Alexei Maklyukov. TRADE #KHL To Metallurg: #LetsGoFlyers prospect Yegor Zavragin and Yegor Zel...
BSH 2026 Community Draft Board, No. 16: Adam Novotny is a big-time doer
Adam Novotny is a winger who has slowly started to get more traction as the season went on. While he was seen as a fun story as he followed a familiar path from Europe to the CHL and had some potential, during the second half of his campaign with the OHL’s Peterborough Petes, he started to get so much more attention and is now seen as a player who should at the very least go in the first two-thirds of the first round later this month. While it’s not the most well-tread road, Novotny came ...
Flyers better not think about trading for Darnell Nurse
It’s no secret that the Philadelphia Flyers are going to explore as many avenues as possible this offseason to try and upgrade their roster. Whether that is aiming as high as they can to nab a first-line center to solidify this forward group for the next few years as they push into being regular playoff contenders; or maybe just getting a solid defenseman who could be on the younger side, so that they can feel better about trading away Rasmus Ristolainen — which would also do the same playoff ...
2025-26 Player Grades: Nick Seeler filled his role admirably
It’s kind of inspiring, really, that Nick Seeler has turned himself into an every night NHL defenseman. He was out of the league when the Flyers gave him a call in 2021. All these years later, and it’s not a single shift that goes by with Seeler on the ice that he isn’t bruised or battered in some way. He performs a thankless job: the third-pair defensive defenseman, out to receive pucks in places they haven’t invented pads for until Travis Sanheim can catch his breath. Surely, the rest of the...
Flyers re-sign center Jacob Gaucher to one-year deal
The Flyers are settled into their offseason already, but they’re still finding time to chip away at their smaller bits of business left on the docket. The most recent development for them comes with the announcement that they’ve re-signed center Jacob Gaucher to a one-year, two-way contract extension, which carries an average annual value of $850,000 ( per Puckpedia ) and covers the penultimate of his final two seasons before he hits unrestricted free agency. OFFICIAL: We have signed forw...
Why a Dylan Larkin trade could be a mistake for the Flyers
With reports Thursday afternoon that longtime Detroit Red Wings center (and captain) Dylan Larkin is requesting a trade out of town , the Philadelphia Flyers might have found their top-line center essentially falling into general manager’s Danny Briere’s lap. But is it too good to be true? Are there some major red flags that come with a Dylan Larkin trade to the Flyers? Of course, a few things would have to happen in order for Larkin to end up wearing the Flyers sweater for the next five ...
Friday Morning Fly By: New targets emerge
*Big news yesterday, huge news, absolutely relevant to your interests: Dylan Larkin has requested a trade out of Detroit. [ Sportsnet ] *DANNY GET ON THE PHONE! TREVOR GO GET YOUR BOY! [ BSH ] *While we are talking targets for Danny B. to aim at, if you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website you can check out his case for (and against!) acquiring John Carlson. [ PHLY ] *Some other potential targets discussed in this here mailbag. [ The Athletic ] *Anyway we also got some...
Early 2027 Stanley Cup odds show growing respect for the Flyers
The Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights are the last two teams standing in the battle for the Stanley Cup this year, but the other 32 teams have their sights set on the offseason and how they can better themselves for the 2027 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Philadelphia Flyers were one of the 16 teams in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, and their odds somewhat reflect that for the 2027 Stanley Cup. Flyers have 18th-best odds to win 2027 Stanley Cup Depending on which sports...
Dylan Larkin just became the Flyers’ dream trade target
The Philadelphia Flyers have been linked to a few centers in trade rumors in recent weeks, and another center is reportedly demanding a trade from his team. Elliotte Friedman reported on Thursday afternoon that Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has requested a trade. “There’s a lot to unpack here. First, should mention that no one would comment. Not Larkin, not agent Pat Brisson, not Red Wings Executive Vice-President & GM Steve Yzerman. “Second, Larkin’s involvement i...
BSH 2026 Community Draft Board, No. 15: Xavier Villeneuve could be the power play quarterback the Flyers need
We’re just about hitting the true midpoint of the Community Draft Board, and next up, we’re welcoming into the mix defenseman Xavier Villeneuve. A name that might be familiar to some of the prospect watchers around here, Villeneuve just wrapped up his third season in the QMJHL with Blainville-Boisbriand, where he was teammates with Flyers 2024 second-round pick Spencer Gill. Villeneuve put up a productive — if somewhat uneven — draft season, and has made a lot of fans for himself off of h...
Flyers announce two-game Rookie Series against Rangers in September
We now know the dates where we will see all the current and potentially new Flyers prospects on the ice at the same time in a slightly competitive setting. It might feel like the playoffs just ended for this team but we have even more hockey just around the corner. The Philadelphia Flyers will play their annual Rookie Series this September in Allentown against the New York Rangers. The team made the announcement Thursday regarding the two-game matchup which begins on Saturday evening, Sep...
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