The Philadelphia Flyers 2025 Off Season Thread

[purdue81]

Judge sets date for verdict in Carter Hart’s sexual assault case

The former Flyers goaltender will learn his fate on July 24 alongside the other four players charged in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case.

www.inquirer.com

 

[purdue81]

Knoblach and Hakstol must be twins separated at birth.

 

[Maverick426h]

God, the fucking Oilers are SO lucky!! That game-winner by Draisaitl went off Mikkola's knee/shin and right between Bob's legs. Florida was up 3-0 in this game and in complete control. One PPG by RNH and everything flipped completely.

Quite frankly, if you aren't watching, this is some of the best hockey that you will ever see, but I definitely thought the Oilers were dead. Now, they have a new life. That said, I still think Florida will respond and take game 5. Edmonton looked completely defeated for at least 4 straight periods and suddenly they are back in this series.

 

[Maverick426h]

Pickard will probably take over the net for the Oilers now, but I find it extremely difficult to believe that he is gonna outduel Bob for the remainder of this series. The dude is a career backup and while he's 7-0 this postseason, his stats are pretty terrible. Prove me wrong, but I say no shot. It's a bit of a miracle that he's still undefeated in these playoffs. It's really only because his team scores about five goals per game when he starts...Lol

 

[lasgop8]

Judge sets date for verdict in Carter Hart’s sexual assault case

The former Flyers goaltender will learn his fate on July 24 alongside the other four players charged in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case.

www.inquirer.com

I cant believe it took this long but hopefully it puts an end to all doubts about Hart.

 

[lasgop8]

On top of taking Trouba's full hit a few months ago. Anaheim single-handedly bailing them out of cap hell. And they have Gauthier.

Ducks might need to be your #1 most hated team soon.

Edit: Shit, they have Vatrano and Strome from the Rangers too.

They are so dumb taking on all those contracts in full and giving the Rangers back some picks and prospects .

Just gives us another reason to hate them on top of having Gauthier.

 

[lasgop8]

Some tid bits from the Athletic:

Some other odds and ends:

• A team source rejected any suggestion that the Flyers might be interested in a trade for Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague, who, like York, is left-handed but has much greater size (6-foot-6, 245 pounds). Don’t expect the Flyers to be involved in discussions about Hague moving forward.

• Multiple team sources said they had no knowledge of any deal with 24-year-old forward prospect Maxim Shabanov. A report out of Russia last week indicated the Flyers had signed Shabanov out of the KHL. One of the sources, though, indicated that the club remains very interested in adding him and is hopeful it will happen.

So, who is Shabanov? Here’s Corey Pronman’s assessment of him from February:

“Shabanov has been one of the top scorers in the KHL this season as a 24-year-old. He’s an excellent skater with the speed and edge work of an NHL player. He has good puck skills and offensive sense, and makes a lot of plays at full speed. Shabanov is also a midrange shooting threat who can score goals versus good goaltenders. The issue with him will come down to size. He’s about 5-foot-8 and, while talented, it’s debatable whether it’s the special variety of talent you need at his size to make it to the top league.”

• A team source reiterated that the club is not going to be in the market for any big-money free agents this summer. So, no, the Flyers will not be pursuing Mitch Marner.

As for Sam Bennett, I do believe the Flyers would have been interested had Bennett not gone on another remarkable playoff run. As it stands now, they figure he’ll probably be out of their price range.

• The Flyers will be adding another assistant coach to Tocchet’s staff, which now includes Jaroslav Svejkovsky and Jay Varady, but they’re in no rush to do so. Don’t expect that to happen until July.

 

[lasgop8]

Star Philadelphia Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov was a near-unanimous admission to the 2025 NHL All-Rookie Team Thursday, and he was joined on the squad by two of his biggest rivals.

Michkov, 20, was one of five players named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson, Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf, and San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini were each unanimous selections after collecting 187 points in the voting process.

Michkov, with his 186 points, was exactly one point off a unanimous selection. Seems silly, doesn't it?

 

[lasgop8]

Yea, I agree on passing on Marchment. Don't need to bring older players.

Year after next 2026 Connor McDavid will be 31 and will be a free agent.

 

[Retroram52]

Pretty stupid for the Flyers to whiff on Marner. Typical WTFC type of off season. Just kind lolligaggon along not doing a whole lot except going on vacation. This is one of the many reasons why we suck every year.

 

[awaz]

Some tid bits from the Athletic:

Some other odds and ends:

• A team source rejected any suggestion that the Flyers might be interested in a trade for Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague, who, like York, is left-handed but has much greater size (6-foot-6, 245 pounds). Don’t expect the Flyers to be involved in discussions about Hague moving forward.

• Multiple team sources said they had no knowledge of any deal with 24-year-old forward prospect Maxim Shabanov. A report out of Russia last week indicated the Flyers had signed Shabanov out of the KHL. One of the sources, though, indicated that the club remains very interested in adding him and is hopeful it will happen.

So, who is Shabanov? Here’s Corey Pronman’s assessment of him from February:

“Shabanov has been one of the top scorers in the KHL this season as a 24-year-old. He’s an excellent skater with the speed and edge work of an NHL player. He has good puck skills and offensive sense, and makes a lot of plays at full speed. Shabanov is also a midrange shooting threat who can score goals versus good goaltenders. The issue with him will come down to size. He’s about 5-foot-8 and, while talented, it’s debatable whether it’s the special variety of talent you need at his size to make it to the top league.”

• A team source reiterated that the club is not going to be in the market for any big-money free agents this summer. So, no, the Flyers will not be pursuing Mitch Marner.

As for Sam Bennett, I do believe the Flyers would have been interested had Bennett not gone on another remarkable playoff run. As it stands now, they figure he’ll probably be out of their price range.

• The Flyers will be adding another assistant coach to Tocchet’s staff, which now includes Jaroslav Svejkovsky and Jay Varady, but they’re in no rush to do so. Don’t expect that to happen until July.

Really hope they do pass on Bennett. Someone is going to give him a STUPID contract after this playoff run and I don't want it to be the Flyers.

 

[awaz]

Pretty stupid for the Flyers to whiff on Marner. Typical WTFC type of off season. Just kind lolligaggon along not doing a whole lot except going on vacation. This is one of the many reasons why we suck every year.

Saving the cap space for next year instead. Will get a clearer picture of what that group will look like in July though.

 

[lasgop8]

Really hope they do pass on Bennett. Someone is going to give him a STUPID contract after this playoff run and I don't want it to be the Flyers.

I agree i dont think Bennet will have an impact on our team as compared to the contract we will have to give him.

Secondly if i were him and i was a free agent i wouldn't pick the Flyers to sign with next year so i dont think we have to worry about him.