Kevin Durso

In the first of a three-part series, we review the Flyers prospects at development camp. We start with the forwards.

The Flyers have signed Christian Folin to a one-year deal, Hextall announced on Thursday morning. Terms of the deal have not been released.

With no short-term options available in the free agent market or through a trade at this time, the Flyers focus shifts to internal options for filling out both the bottom-six forward group and defensive pairings.

The Flyers had a need for a scoring winger and got one in James van Riemsdyk. “We felt with the fit, we needed size, we needed goal scoring, we needed a left winger,” GM Ron Hextall said. “This one just fit all around for us and I think James felt the same way.”

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.

According to multiple reports, the first from TSN’s Frank Seravalli, the Flyers and forward James van Riemsdyk have agreed to a five-year, $35 million deal that will become official when free agency opens at noon on Sunday.

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?

GM Ron Hextall has talked about wanting to add a veteran forward and veteran defenseman to the lineup. The Flyers certainly have room in their bottom-six group of forwards and definitely can improve on the blue line. Here are few targets in free agency among forwards and defensemen.

Willie O’Ree, Gary Bettman, Martin Brodeur, Martin St. Louis, Alexander Yakushev and Jayna Hefford are being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as members of the 2018 class.

All eight selections from the 2018 NHL Draft will be on the ice, as well as 25 other prospects, as part of the team’s development camp, being held from June 27 through July 2.

From his draft day last June until now, Nolan Patrick has gone through quite the journey and while his rookie season with the Flyers wasn’t the biggest success by the numbers, it was a year of overcoming adversity and tremendous growth, showing just how far he has come already since his draft day.

It’s worth noting that in drafting five Americans — and three Swedes as well for that matter — that the Flyers don’t have to jump to sign anybody from this year’s draft class.

Ron Hextall is looking for ways to improve the Flyers in the present, so while selecting prospects has been his comfort zone, he was looking for deals. But this wasn’t a typical draft weekend, and deals weren’t there to be had.

The Flyers made six selections on Day 2 of the NHL Draft, including five in Rounds 4-7. Here are scouting reports on those five players.

With their other pick in the seventh round, the Flyers selected center Marcus Westfalt at 205th overall.

With the 174th overall pick, the Flyers selected center Gavin Hain.

With the 143rd overall pick, the Flyers selected goalie Samuel Ersson.

With the 127th overall pick, the first of two in the fifth round for the Flyers, they selected defenseman Wyatte Wylie.

With the 112th overall pick, the Flyers selected defenseman John St. Ivany.

Now that Adam Ginning is one of the newest members of the Flyers, it’s time to get to know the Flyers prospect. Here is a scouting report on Ginning.

With the 50th overall pick, the Flyers selected defenseman Adam Ginning.

The Flyers have one pick in the second round, their own at 50th overall. They do not have a third-round pick and will have six remaining picks in Rounds 4-7. Here’s a few of the players still on the board that are worth watching on Day 2 of the draft.

In Ron Hextall’s time as GM, the Flyers have selected two defensemen and four forwards in the first round, all listed as centers. So Friday night presented a first from the Flyers, a natural winger being selected in the first round.

Now that Jay O’Brien is one of the newest members of the Flyers, it’s time to get to know the Flyers prospect. Here is a scouting report on O’Brien.

Now that Farabee is one of the newest members of the Flyers, it’s time to get to know the Flyers prospect. Here is a scouting report on Farabee.

With the 19th pick, the Flyers selected center Jay O’Brien.

The Flyers selected left wing Joel Farabee with their first of two picks in the first round of the NHL Draft on Friday.

According to a report by Marc Antoine Godin of The Athletic Montreal, the Flyers will sign defenseman Sam Morin to a new three-year deal.

With the NHL Draft getting underway in a few hours, here are six targets for the Flyers with their two first-round picks.