Flyers Off Season Updates and Rumor Mill Summary for July 22nd

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 lot 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.

This update mill will be posted daily.

Philadelphia Flyers trade defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, a 2022 2nd Round Pick and a 2022 7th Round Pick to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for salary cap relief.

The @ArizonaCoyotes have acquired Shayne Gostisbehere from the @NHLFlyers.

Details: https://t.co/KcLDmuxl4K pic.twitter.com/Wy4etojnN3

— NHL (@NHL) July 22, 2021

Source: NHL

Philadelphia Flyers are reportedly OUT of the Jack Eichel sweepstakes but still could pursue a trade with Buffalo for forward Sam Reinhart and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen

Friedman – I've heard the Flyers are out on Jack Eichel, but they have talked about Sam Reinhart and Rasmus Ristolainen. The acquisition of Ryan Ellis may change their situation on Ristolainen, though. #LetsGoBuffalo

— WGR 550 (@WGR550) July 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/HockeyHoundShow/status/1418232875091169280?s=20

Source: Eliotte Friedman, HNIC

Philadelphia Flyers are reportedly NOT out of the running for UFA defenseman Dougie Hamilton

Dreger on Insider Trading talking Dougie Hamilton: “Philadelphia would like to do something but the Flyers don’t have a ton of cap space, but Chuck Fletcher can be creative so I wouldn’t count him out of this as well.”

— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) July 22, 2021

Source: Darren Dreger, TSN

Philadelphia Flyers WERE looking at a trade with Columbus involving goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and defenseman Seth Jones (unknown if they are still pursuing)

https://twitter.com/HockeyHoundShow/status/1418323913474461699?s=20

Source: Elliotte Friedman, HNIC

Philadelphia Flyers GM Chuck FletcherPress Conference following the Shayne Gostisbehere trade

Watch LIVE as Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher meets with the media following today’s trade with Arizona. https://t.co/ZezQEfa9tK

— x – Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 22, 2021

Below are the highlights:

A. Flyers are still in the open market for a right-handed defenseman

Fletcher confirms that they are in the market for a RHD. Says that they have options there internally, but "a right shot would be great."

— Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) July 22, 2021

B. Some teams asked for defensive prospect Cam York or the 13th overall pick in exchange for taking Shayne Gostisbehere

Fletcher said he spoke with every team over the league over the last half year. One team wanted York to take Ghost. Another wanted the 13th overall pick.

— Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) July 22, 2021

C. Defenseman prospects Cam York or Yegor Zamula could get top 6 minutes to start the season

Fletcher said team could have had both Ellis and Ghost on it hockeywise. This was a cap move. But also hopeful York and/or Zamula can contribute in NHL while still on their ELCs.

— Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) July 22, 2021

D. Chuck is actively listening to offers on the 13th Overall Pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft

CF on listening to offers for our 2021 1st round pick: “We’re ready to draft at 13. I will say I’m open to using it if we can add a player that can help us. I’m more active on listening on 13 this year than previous years…If something makes sense via trade, we’ll look into it.”

— x – Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 22, 2021

E. Chuck Fletcher drops a potential hint that they’ll have a “better team by next Wednesday”

Fletcher on more potential activity, including the free agency period: "I do expect we’ll have a better team at this time next Wednesday and that’s exciting."

— x – Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 22, 2021

F. Chuck indicates that the team isn’t looking to move Robert Hagg and is planning to re-sign UFA defenseman Samuel Morin

Fletcher mentions Morin (UFA) and Hagg as part of the plan.

— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) July 22, 2021

https://hwhockey.net/nhl-off-season-transaction-tracker-for-july-22nd/The Official 2021-2022 Philadelphia Flyers Schedule is released

Download it. Print it. Cherish it.

Is it October Yet? https://t.co/vIJZ7lIkhr pic.twitter.com/2Yg73fjkNK

— x – Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 22, 2021

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