Flyers
In the final part of our three-part series, reviewing the Flyers prospects at development camp, we look at the goalies.
The Flyers agreed to terms and avoided arbitration with a young goaltender, signing Alex Lyon on Saturday to a two-year contract.
In the second part of our three-part series, reviewing the Flyers prospects at development camp, we look at the defensemen.
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.
For the Flyers, the addition of James van Riemsdyk could give them a much-needed catalyst to propel the team’s power play to a top spot in the league.
The free agency frenzy has come and gone and Ron Hextall went out and made a splash, signing forward James van Riemsdyk to a five-year, $35 million deal. The guys react the Flyers big signing, look at the rest of the free agent landscape and take an early look at what the Flyers lineup could look like next season.
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.”
After six seasons in Toronto, what does James van Riemsdyk bring the Flyers in his return to Philadelphia through free agency?
