Flyers Rumor Roundup

Rumors have been swirling around Philadelphia Flyers players of late. Let’s corral them and put them all in one place.

Scott Laughton

Scott Laughton‘s name has circulated throughout the rumor mill during the past week or so.

According to Sportsnet’s Elliott Friedman, lot’s of teams are calling on Laughton:

“Well, he [Briere] made the big trade this week and people started to call him a bit more and I heard at the [NHL] combine, one of the names that was probably mentioned the most was Scott Laughton. He’s signed for three more years at three million a season. He’s a really good player. Teams are always looking for centres. I think the Flyers believe this… look… they’re turning their team over, they’re gonna have a lot of young players, you need good veterans around them… in a perfect world I think they’d like to keep Laughton, but, and this is a but, if they get the right price they’ll consider it.”

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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 11, 2023

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been hot on Scott Laughton’s trail for the last couple of seasons. With Kyle Dubas now the President of Hockey Operations in Pittsburgh, one might wonder if the Pittsburgh Penguins may inquire for the Flyers veteran forward.

Travis Konecny

The Edmonton Oilers are looking to upgrade their right wing position and have their eyes on Flyers forward, Travis Konecny.

“The Philadelphia Flyers are open for business this off-season,” Kurt Leavins of the Edmonton Journal wrote. “And a contact of mine with connections to the player reports that the Oilers are one of the teams that has reached out to ask about Travis Konecny.”

It’s worth noting that the Oilers only have three picks in this years NHL Draft, with only a second round pick coming in the first three rounds.

Kailer Yamamoto seems to be a consensus name to be involved in a deal as the Oilers are tight on cap space and don’t have much to offer asset wise until 2024. Yamamoto has one year left on his current deal which comes with a $3.1m cap hit. He’ll be a restricted free-agent after the season and could be a nice trade chip come the 2024 trade deadline.

Travis Sanheim

While nothing has come out nationally about a potential suitor for Travis Sanheim, I’ve been told a few teams are kicking the tires on Travis Sanheim. One team in particular in the Winnipeg Jets have been circling around Sanheim for a few months now.

With the recent signing of Damon Severson to an eight-year, $50 million contract and the trade to the Columbus Blue Jackets, I have renewed hope Sanheim can be moved.

If an eight-year, $50 million contract for an average defensemen sounds familiar, it’s because that’s exactly the contract Travis Sanheim signed. The sign and trade of Severson proved that Travis Sanheim can in-fact be moved.

It must be said though that while Severson was only traded for a third round pick, he was set to become an unrestricted free-agent this July.

With Ivan Provorov already traded, might eyes now shift to the Flyers new “best defenseman”?

Carter Hart

Trade talks have cooled down on Carter Hart as sources have said that teams now want to wait for his name to be cleared from the Team Canada investigation before they trade for the young net minder.

I believe we’ll learn more about this in the coming weeks but I would be surprised to see Hart moved before his name is cleared. Unless of course there is a team with a solid back-up who can keep them afloat during a potential Hart suspension.

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