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Quick Hits: July 1, 2024 1) One week after the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup and three days after the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft, free agency season is upon us. Flyers general manager Danny Briere has said that the team is not planning on being active in the free agent market this s...
Quick Hits: July 2, 2024 1) The Philadelphia Flyers made it official on Monday: Highly touted prospect Matvei Michkov, the seventh overall pick of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, signed his entry-level contract with the Flyers. As with all ELCs, it's a two-way contract. However, it's unlikely that Mich...
Quick Hits: July 3, 2024 1) The Flyers released their 2024-25 regular season schedule on Tuesday. The season starts with a four-game road trip (opening in Vancouver on October 11) to play the Canucks, Flames, Oilers and Kraken. The home opener on October 19 against the Canucks will bring thei...
After everyone had an off day for the Fourth of July, on-ice work resumes on Friday at the Flyers' 2024 Development Camp at the FTC in Voorhees. Below are the assigned players to Team Briere and Team Jones. On Saturday, camp concludes with a Team Briere vs. Team Jones scrimmage. TEAM BRIERE Fo...
Saturday is the final day of the Flyers 2024 Development Camp at the FTC in Voorhees. There is no morning skate ahead of the 6 p.m. EDT scrimmage between Team Briere and Team Jones. From 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. there is a Fan Fest on the FTC premises, including an autograph signing session with th...
Quick Hits: July 7, 2024 1) The Flyers' 2024 Development Camp wrapped up on Sunday with a scrimmage between Team Briere and Team Jones, won 7-3 by Team Jones. The first two periods were played at 5-on-5. The third period was divided between a 4-on-4 segment at 3-on-3. Rather than penalties, there...
Quick Hits: July 8, 2024 1) The World Junior Summer Showcase will be held from July 26 to August 3 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. As usual, there will be two squads representing Team USA (USA Blue and USA White) and one apiece representing Canada, Sweden, and Finland. The WJSS tour...
Yesterday afternoon, I received a text from Flyers Alumni Association president Brad Marsh. We'd spoken by phone a couple of hours earlier about several upcoming Alumni events and setting up a related Zoom call. Brad was on his way to an "Every Child Deserves a Bike" adaptive bicycle presentation at...
Quick Hits: July 10, 2024 1) The Flyers' annual summertime Community Caravan tour makes a stop in Ocean City, NJ, on Wednesday. Flyers winger Tyson Foerster and defenseman Jamie Drysdale are among the players who will be on hand from noon to 2 p.m. EDT at the Sports and Civic Center (6th St. and...
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Quick Hits: July 12, 2024 1) Flyers defenseman Erik Johnson spoke via Zoom with the local media on Thursday to talk about his decision to sign a one-year contract extension with the team. Johnson said that he understands he's no longer an every game player or likely to log major minutes (he's ave...
Former Phantoms and Flyers power forward has signed a one-year KHL contract to play for Kazakhstan-based team Barys Astana for the 2024-25 season, per a Tweet by the club. Allison spent the entire 2023-24 season in the American Hockey League. Shortly before the start of last season, Allison pass...
Quick Hits: July 15, 2024 1) Flyers Daily: On this week's Mondays with Meltzer, Jason Myrtetus and I have an in-depth discussion on highly touted incoming Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov. What traits does he share with players who've gone on to attain stardom? What are the most outstanding character...
Quick Hits: July 16, 2024 1) Veteran Flyers winger Garnet Hathaway spoke yesterday via Zoom with members of the local media. Hathaway discussed his recent two-year contract extension, his on-ice chemistry with regular linemate Ryan Poehling, his understanding of his role on the team and more. Loo...
USA Hockey, Hockey Canada and the Swedish Ice Hockey Federations have announced their rosters for the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, Michigan. The Finnish federation has not yet posted its rosters. Team USA has not yet revealed how it will divide its rosters into USA White and USA Bl...
Quick Hits: July 18, 2024 1) Flyers 2024 fourth-round pick Heikki Ruohonen is one of 12 forwards attending the Finnish Ice Hockey Association's pre-WJSS camp in Vierumäki from July 20 to 24. Assuming Ruohonen is part of the Finland roster for the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase (July 26 to Aug...
Quick Hits: July, 19, 2024 1) In the current edition of the Flyers Daily podcast, Jason Myrtetus discusses what elements over the remainder of the offseason will go into setting realistic expectations for the 2024-25 season. Jason also speaks with wing prospect Denver Barkey in a conversation rec...
Quick Hits: July 20, 2024 1) Flyers 2024 fourth-round pick Heikki Ruohonen is attending Team Finland's World Junior Summer Showcase preparation camp (July 20-24) in Vierumäki. Prior to departing for the WJSS exhibition series in Michigan, the Finnish team will play "friendlies" against national...
Quick Hits: July 22, 2024 1) Mondays with Meltzer: In this week's Monday edition of Flyers Daily, Jason Myrtetus and I take a look at the Flyers offseason, which has not been full of subtractions and additions beyond the Cam Atkinson buyout and the signing of rookie winger Matvei Michkov. We disc...
Quick Hits: July 23, 2024 1. Matvei Michkov arrived from Russia in New York on Monday. Today, he will travel to the Philadelphia area for the first time since secretly meeting with Flyers general manager Danny Briere and others in Hockey Operations last summer before the 2023 NHL Entry Draft....
Quick Hits: July 24, 2024 1) The Flyers will formally introduce highly touted rookie right winger Matvei Michkov at an 11 a.m. EDT press conference at the FTC in Voorhees alongside general manager Danny Briere. Michkov will have Flyers skating coach Slava Kouznetsov as an interpreter. 2) Brie...
On Thursday, the Flyers announced that Travis Konecny has signed an eight-season contract extension that will kick in for the 2025-26 season. The new deal will run through the 2032-33 season. Beginning in 2025-26, the average annual value (AAV) on Konecny's contract will go from its current $5.5...
Quick Hits: July 26, 2024 1) Some notes on the eight-year contract extension (kicking in for the 2025-26 season) that right winger Travis Konecny signed on Thursday: * The player has a complete no-movement clause for the first six seasons of the contract extension. * In the final two seaso...
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