Michael Del Zotto
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Even with no action on the ice, it was a busy week for the Flyers. More of the 2015-16 team came into focus while the prospects remain a talking point. Here is a look at this past week's content from Flyerdelphia.
The Flyers on Thursday avoided arbitration with Michael Del Zotto, signing him to a two-year, $7.75 million contract.
View image | gettyimages.com One of the Flyers first-round draft picks has officially been signed. The Flyers and defenseman Ivan Provorov agreed to a three-year entry-level contract on Friday. The deal is the maximum at entry level, worth $925,000 per year with bonuses.
In just a little more than four months, Flyers GM Ron Hextall has gone from your average, ordinary general manager to a magician at work. He traded 40-year-old veteran Kimmo Timonen, who had not played all season and had two months left in his playing career, for Chicago’s second-round pick. He turned Braydon Coburn into […]
Upon the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, Flyers GM Ron Hextall had a checklist of items. Find a new head coach to take his visions and blueprints of the roster and make them work on the ice. Check. Dave Hakstol makes the jump from the NCAA to the NHL in 2015-16. Acquire a stud defenseman. Check. […]
It has already been an eventful offseason for the Flyers and the offseason is only really just beginning. True to their word, the Flyers and GM Ron Hextall sent Craig Berube packing not long after the conclusion of the season and made the new hire official prior to the NHL Draft. Enter Dave Hakstol, the […]
Before Dave Hakstol can start coaching the team, he needs to know what players he has to work with on the roster. Ron Hextall continues to add to the many decisions the Flyers will have to make this offseason. Last week, Hextall tapped into the KHL for two free agents – defenseman […]
View image | gettyimages.com The story drags on for now. Ron Hextall has not made a decision on Craig Berube's future as head coach. That was how the Flyers GM opened his press conference on Wednesday, emphasizing diligence in all decisions to be made this offseason. "As soon as I sort through that I’ll […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers offseason is an array of questions. What was the true downfall of the team? What can make the team a playoff team again? What can make the team elite? How do they get there? Is there anybody here who can help them get there? Who stays and who […]
