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Flyers Off Season Rumor Mill Summary for July 13th

The NHL offseason has a lot of moving parts and it can be hard to keep up, especially with a large offseason due up for the Philadelphia Flyers. There are a plethora of rumors that float around, often from both fake sources and credible sources. This is a new daily update mill that I want to start in order to provide quick updates (attached with sources/tweets) in order to address daily rumors that you might see on your twitter feed, or for those who don’t have twitter: these updates can come to your attention.

The update mill will be posted daily.

1. If the Flyers make a trade with the Nashville Predators, their target would be Ryan Ellis.

Source: NHL Rumors Daily (they correctly predicted the recent Duncan Keith trade a few days prior and had Minnesota as potential suitors for Eichel in April)

The Flyers were linked to Ryan Ellis at the 2021 Trade Deadline, but nothing ever materialized. There has been no credible source outwardly saying that Ellis has been made available again since,

2. Chuck Fletcher more-or-less confirms that Jake Voracek ~could~ be left unprotected in the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft

Source: Snow the Goalie Podcast’s, Russ Joy

3. The Flyers chances for Seth Jones could be dwindling due to the fact that he will not commit to a contract extension in Philadelphia

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1415031808908046342?s=20

Source: Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts podcast @ 50:00 mark

4. The Flyers could pursue a trade for St. Louis Blues star winger Vladimir Tarasenko

Source: The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford

In his report, Rutherford throws around the package idea of sending F Morgan Frost and D Philippe Myers in exchange for Tarasenko. Rutherford also mentions teams like the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins and Las Vegas Golden Knights are also in play.

5. Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher and Assistant GM Brent Flahr held a press conference about the upcoming offseason

Topics included: Expansion Draft, Entry Draft and Free Agency

Below are some highlights of the press conference:

A. Chuck Fletcher has put his protection list together (Deadline for the Protection List is July 17th) and he is open on making a side trade with the Seattle Kraken for them to take a specific player.

B. In regards to trade activity, Chuck says the phones have been busy but a trade is unlikely to happen before the NHL Expansion Draft on July 21st

C. In regards to the 13th Overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft, the Flyers are open to trading it. However, if they keep the pick, they will draft the best available player, despite their position. He also leaves open the possibility of taking a goaltender.

D. The Flyers’ primary objective this offseason seems to be the defense. Chuck Fletcher also doubled down and defended young players who had down years last season, saying not to over-react. You can assume that he still may be reluctant to part with their younger players via trade.

E. Chuck says that they will announce coaching additions for the Flyers NHL Coaching Staff and Phantoms AHL Coaching Staff soon.

F. Chuck Fletcher didn’t give much acknowledgement to the Duncan Keith trade or any affects it may have in the Seth Jones sweepstakes. But, however, at least we know that he knows it happened.

G. The Flyers RFA’s (Travis Sanheim, Carter Hart and Nolan Patrick) are not a priority now and will be extended qualifying offers after the NHL Entry Draft and NHL Expansion Draft towards the end of July.

If you want the TLDR: Chuck didn’t say much and didn’t give any real tangible specifics. What I’ve gathered is no moves or trades will be made before the Expansion Draft on July 21st and the RFA’s (Travis Sanheim, Carter Hart and Nolan Patrick) will be handled towards the end of July. The Flyers will pick best player available in the Entry Draft on July 23rd, despite any position, at 13th overall, if they decide to keep the pick.

6. Minnesota Wild have bought out F Zach Parise and D Ryan Suter

Chuck Fletcher has ties to both, Suter and Parise, as he was the General Manager of the Minnesota Wild when they each signed their 13 year/$98 million contracts with the Wild in 2013. Suter, 36, and Parise, 36, will both effectively become UFA’s this offseason. There are no news updates as to whether the Flyers are interested.

7. Gabriel Landeskog could potentially test free agency

Source: Darren Dreger, TSN

There has been no linkage to Landeskog from the Philadelphia Flyers perspective, as of right now, but that could change once and if Landeskog decides to pursue free agency.

 

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