Kevin Durso

A busy afternoon for GM Ron Hextall didn’t go according to the drawing board of Flyers fans. But what Hextall did is focus on the short term, positioning the Flyers to add and build in the upcoming offseason and beyond.

As expected, the Flyers moved one of their pending free-agent defenseman, sending Mark Streit to Tampa Bay. for a fourth and seventh-round pick and forward Valtteri Filppula. The Flyers also re-signed goalie Michal Neuvirth and forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to two-year deals earlier in the day. GM Ron Hextall explained the moves shortly after the deadline expired.

Michael Raffl left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury and did not return. GM Ron Hextall announced that Raffl will be out 6-to-8 weeks, essentially the remainder of the regular season.

The Flyers and goalie Michal Neuvirth have agreed to a two-year extension worth $5 million. In addition the Flyers also re-signed forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a two-year, $2.9 million deal.

The Flyers have several players who are pending free agents at the end of the season and all of them are viable trade candidates. Here is a look at the five most likely Flyers to be moved on Wednesday.

A 4-0 win over the lowly Avalanche showed that the Flyers aren’t the lowest of the low in the NHL this season. That said, a win like this is only worth two points in the standings, leaving the Flyers with a lot more work to do if they want to make a playoff run, as unlikely as it is.

With the trade deadline less than 24 hours away after the Flyers and Colorado Avalanche face off, both teams could look significantly different following the deadline. The opening face-off is set for 7 p.m.

As the playoffs start to draw closer for the minor leagues, both the Flyers AHL and ECHL affiliates took hits with unsuccessful weekends. Meanwhile, some of the junior prospects continue to show promise.

While some mock drafts have the Eagles going with a cornerback to shore up the defensive side of the ball, the Eagles need to give Carson Wentz any sort of weapon on offense may dictate the Eagles choice.

Flyers defenseman Brandon Manning was suspended for two games for a hit to the head on Pittsburgh forward Jake Guentzel in Saturday night’s Stadium Series loss.

The Flyers are not trending upward like they were at this time last season. They are also running out of time, with 21 games to go, the trade deadline just two days away and the Eastern Conference being as competitive as ever with five teams within four points of each other and three points of a playoff spot. The Flyers are not one of those teams. At this point, it seems inevitable that the Flyers will not make the playoffs. And that may be for the better.

With the Flyers taking things outside on Saturday night, another announcement involving the Flyers AHL affiliate came on Saturday evening as well. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms will face the Hershey Bears in the 2018 AHL Outdoor Classic on Jan. 20, 2018 to be held at Hersheypark Stadium.

The Phantoms managed to rally back twice to force overtime, but the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins got the better of Lehigh Valley in the end with a 4-3 overtime win on Saturday night at PPL Center.

Even though it seemed like the Flyers had the game for the taking at times if they could manage an equalizer, it just was one of those games, like Wednesday’s, that just wasn’t meant to be. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Penguins.

Ahead of Saturday night’s festivities in Pittsburgh, here’s a look back at the two previous outdoor games for the Flyers and things to focus on in Saturday night’s game.

Typically Flyers GM Ron Hextall is tight-lipped about his plans regarding any potential roster moves, but there was more transparency in Hextall’s remarks on Friday.

Wednesday’s Flyers loss to the Capitals was brought to you by the word frustration. That was the common word being thrown around after another loss slipped the Flyers farther back in the playoff race. After a big win on Sunday kept their dwindling playoff hopes alive, a loss to the superior Washington Capitals looked like the beginning of the end. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Capitals.

The Capitals snapped a brief two-game losing streak while the Flyers fell farther in the playoff race, losing to Washington on Wednesday, 3-1, at Wells Fargo Center.

Fans may have to wait a little longer for the Flyers-Penguins Stadium Series game, at least if Mother Nature gets in the way of things. The forecast in Pittsburgh this weekend calls for warmer temperatures approaching 70 degrees and rain on Saturday.

Much like last season, the Washington Capitals are taking a competitive Eastern Conference by storm, leading the way with 85 points in the standings. The Flyers have their work cut out for them heading into this matchup, as they look to keep fighting for a playoff spot as the season’s final 20 games rapidly approach.

With the Flyers schedule now featuring longer breaks between games, there was more time to speculate on the Flyers situation heading into next week’s trade deadline. Yes, the NHL Trade Deadline is just one week away from today. So what do the Flyers do?

As February starts to wind down, the race for the playoffs in the minor leagues and juniors is starting to heat up. Here is the latest look at how the Flyers prospects are faring in their respective leagues.

There were plenty of reasons the Flyers turned things around to get two crucial points, but it’s only the beginning for a team that still needs a big push for a playoff berth. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Canucks.

The Phantoms continued to show why they have been one of the best teams in the AHL this season, scoring four goals in the third period to secure a 7-4 win over the Comets on Sunday afternoon.

It’s hard to determine just what rock bottom would be for this Flyers team, but Thursday night’s game may have been it. The Flyers scored three goals for the first time since Feb. 2, but that was hardly enough in a 6-3 loss to the Oilers at Rogers Place.

Fresh off another loss that hurt their playoff chances, the Flyers return to the ice in a virtual must-win game against the Edmonton Oilers. The opening face-off is set for 9 p.m.

As the Flyers season continues to see-saw between playoffs and not, the Flyers prospects continue to keep hope high within the organization. Here’s a look at some of the prospects and their performances from the last week.

Make no mistake about it, the Eagles aren’t messing around when it comes to their search for new wide receivers. The list increasingly grew over the weekend, with reports circulating that the team would target Pierre Garcon and Alshon Jeffery in the offseason, joining names like Kenny Stills, DeSean Jackson and an ongoing trade rumor involving Torrey Smith.

The Flyers sat Shayne Gostisbehere for three games after a 5-1 drubbing to the Hurricanes in their first game back from the All-Star break. For eight days, Gostisbehere got extra time to work on things in practice and observe games and his mature approach to the situation has things back on track so to speak.