Philadelphia Flyers
The whole organization. One connected view.
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan DivisionOpen GM workspaceNot on file
Roster referenceNot on fileOfficial roster unavailableKnown commitmentsUS$88.8M23 / 32 contracts pricedFarm system#17Middle · board consensusNext game@ CBJNov 14
Line combinations
Source interpretation unqualified · 2026-10-19No unit on file.
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Contract horizon
Cap & contractsKnown AAV · 2026–2723 priced deals · 9 AAV unknown
Ceiling · ConfirmedUS$104M
Known committed share85.4%
Ceiling less known AAVUS$15.2M
ForwardsDefenceGoalies
Line: season-specific ceiling. * Outlook or assumption. Balance is not certified cap room.
Cap outlook assumptions
Local to this panel; does not change the GM financial scenario ceiling.
Sources, coverage & amounts
Sum of known AAV, not a complete payroll forecast or available cap room. Relief, bonuses and other charges are excluded. The file may contain later-dated signed terms; its file stamp is not a historical as-of reconstruction.
NHL/NHLPA · 2026–27: $104M · 2026-05-06
NHL/NHLPA · 2027–28: $113.5M · 2025-01-31 · subject to adjustment
Elliotte Friedman / Sportsnet · 2028–29: $127.5M · 2026-09-25 · reported estimate, not confirmed
Beyond that, no published limit in the checked sources. Any chosen growth is a planning assumption, not a forecast. Expiring commitments do not automatically fund a complete future roster.
7 contracts with unresolved terms remain outside the bars.
- F
- 52,300,000 USD
- D
- 29,462,500 USD
- G
- 7,010,000 USD
0 priced signed extensions included this season.
Contract ledger · file stamp 2026-09-21
Compare all seasons · data table
USD amounts, rounded to the dollar. Known AAV only: zero does not mean a future roster is funded. Missing amounts stay separate; this balance is not certified cap room.
7 contracts with unresolved terms remain excluded. Contract ledger file stamp: 2026-09-21
| Season | Known AAV · USD | Ceiling · USD | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selected | US$88,772,500 | US$104,000,000 | |
| US$85,022,500 | US$113,500,000 | ||
| US$71,475,000 | US$127,500,000 | ||
| US$67,475,000 | Not published | ||
| US$38,950,000 | Not published | ||
| US$27,550,000 | Not published |
Prospect pathways
Prospects
Porter MartoneRW · Michigan State Univ.NHLETA —
Jett LuchankoC · Guelph StormNHLETA —
Jack NesbittC · Windsor SpitfiresNHLETA —
Context & more prospects
Farm-board notables; recorded development stage, not an arrival forecast.
Porter Martone: 35 GP · 2025–26 · 50 points
Jett Luchanko: 11 GP · 2025–26 · 17 points
Jack Nesbitt: 55 GP · 2025–26 · 58 points
Selection follows the farm board's published notable order. The NHL step is a pathway, not a confirmed move. Arrival dates and current rights are not verified here.
Oliver Bonk
Jack Berglund
All pathways & roster lanes →What changed
All movesRetained history or declared window unavailable or held for validation; coverage unknown.
Results, standings & source context
Not on file regular season · current roster
Team overview
What the contracts tell us
What the contracts mean for the next moves
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Next game
2026–27
Upcoming games, columns & export
| Date | Opponent | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| at CBJ | Regular season | ||
| vs EDM | Regular season | ||
| vs BUF | Regular season | ||
| at OTT | Regular season | ||
| at MTL | Regular season |
Retained attention
Philadelphia Flyers retained attention report
Retained declarations only. Sampling, language and population coverage, name matching, missing-input treatment, original reporting window and use permission are unverified. Scores and ranks are not validated comparisons; no effect on play is established.
Player-news field 0; global-news field unknown.
Retained player references: Matvei Michkov (98) · Trevor Zegras (97) · Porter Martone (93)
Michkov scores twice, Flyers hold off Avalanche (2026-10-20) · Postgame RAV4: Michkov, Flyers Roll Past Avalanche (2026-10-20) · Avalanche at Flyers projected lineups (2026-10-19) · Flyers Recall Forward Jacob Gaucher; Place Owen Tippett on IR (2026-10-19) · Flyers Recall Forwards Bump and Knuble from Lehigh Valley (2026-10-19)
Contract ledger · researched 2026-09-21
Philadelphia Flyers contracts, 2026–27 onward
Every contract CapOrCup could source, one row per player, one column per season. Certified rows match a club or NHL release. Reported rows come from a named outlet and are labelled. Contracts with no public source are listed separately, and none are estimated.
| Player | 2026–27 | 2027–28 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | |||
| Trevor ZegrasCertifiedCM-NTC | |||
| Travis KonecnyCertifiedRNMC | |||
| Sean CouturierCertifiedCNMC | |||
| Owen TippettCertifiedRM-NTC | |||
| Christian DvorakCertifiedCNTC | |||
| Noah CatesCertifiedL | |||
| Tyson FoersterCertifiedR | |||
| Noel AcciariCertifiedC | |||
| Nikita GrebenkinCertifiedR | |||
| Carl GrundstromCertifiedR | |||
| Matvei MichkovReportedR | |||
| Zachary Aston-ReeseCertifiedL | |||
| Nolan FooteCertifiedL | |||
| Denver BarkeyCertifiedC | |||
| Alex BumpCertifiedL | |||
| Jacob GaucherCertifiedC | |||
| Danila KlimovichCertifiedR | |||
| Porter MartoneCertifiedR | |||
| Jack StudnickaCertifiedC | |||
| Defence · | |||
| Jamie DrysdaleCertifiedDM-NTC | |||
| Travis SanheimCertifiedDNTC | |||
| Cam YorkCertifiedD | |||
| Rasmus RistolainenCertifiedD | |||
| Nick SeelerCertifiedDNTC | |||
| David JiricekReportedD | |||
| Simon BenoitReportedD | |||
| Hunter McDonaldCertifiedD | |||
| Cam DineenCertifiedD | |||
| Spencer GillCertifiedD | |||
| Ty MurchisonCertifiedD | |||
| Goalies · | |||
| Joseph WollCertifiedG | |||
| Dan VladarCertifiedGM-NTC | |||
| Sourced total | |||
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Cap or Cup · league-wide signals
Who is earning the cap hit
Each priced PHI skater compared with every priced skater at the same position in the league. Open a signal for the full drill-down on the league board: the tests, the numbers, and what would change it.
Private scenario · 2026–27
Philadelphia Flyers cap planner
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Line 1
Zegras · Dvorak · Konecny
Line 2
Tippett · Couturier · Foerster
Line 3
Cates · Michkov · Acciari · Grebenkin · Grundstrom
Line 4
Aston-Reese
Pair 1
Sanheim · Drysdale · Ristolainen
Pair 2
York
Pair 3
Seeler · Benoit · Jiricek
Retained chart · declared date 2026-10-19
Philadelphia Flyers retained lineup report
Declared source: Sportradar NHL feed (trial) (licence ended 2026-10-28). Ranks and units come from the retained report. Current lineup, club decisions, original publication, coverage, identity mapping and use permission are unverified. The first goalie on the chart is not a confirmed starter.
Roster source
Players in the roster sources
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | ||||
| Defense · | ||||
| Goalies · | ||||
2025–26 production
Reported club scoring
Club totals with PHI.
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Range not available Travis KonecnyR | |||||
| #2Range not available Trevor ZegrasC | |||||
| #3Range not available Christian DvorakC | |||||
| #3Range not available Owen TippettR | |||||
| #3Range not available Matvei MichkovR | |||||
| #6Range not available Noah CatesL | |||||
| #7Range not available Travis SanheimD | |||||
| #8Range not available Sean CouturierC | |||||
| #9Range not available Jamie DrysdaleD | |||||
| #10Range not available Cam YorkD |
Shots for
shots a game, expected per shot
Shots against
allowed a game, expected per shot
From the video · model judgement
How they gained the zone in condensed games
Read from the league's free condensed games: entries carried in against dumped in, entries denied at the line for and against, and the rest of what the model could see. A condensed game is a sample of the game, so these are observations from the games read, not season counts.
Games read: PHI at WSH (2026010020), PHI at BOS (2026010028), BOS at PHI (2026010040).
Coaching style · 2025-26
does not chase matchups; keeps pushing with a lead
How the bench was run, measured from the shift charts and the play-by-play (a mid-season coaching change is not separated). Each is set against the league median; style words appear only where the club is clearly away from it.
System group
Plays like Colorado Avalanche, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vegas Golden Knights, Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars
Four groups found by clustering every club's shot profile for and against. The group is described only by the features that set it apart from the league; no label is invented for it.
Goal archive ·
Philadelphia Flyers: every goal, with the league's video
Preseason, regular season and playoffs are kept apart. Each row links to the NHL's own highlight page; no video is hosted here. Where a clip has been reviewed, the reading of it is a model judgement of the frames, not a measurement.
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Assistant GM
Philadelphia Flyers: the front-office read
Every idea below is computed from sourced contracts, 2025–26 production, roster lanes, pick ownership and standings. Nothing is a rumour. Prices are computed guides from production and contract surplus, not market quotes.
Direction and front office
Holding
Standing pat: little trade activity.
How this GM trades: . Sunk-cost risk: watch.
Decisions that cannot wait
Most urgent
Ranked by how soon the decision is forced: offer-sheet dates, cap compliance, deadlines and sell-offs.
Matvei Michkov
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Brandt Clarke (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Seth Jones (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Sam Malinski (COL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Tyson Foerster
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Plan for the cap you might get
Cap outlook
Sourced commitments against the announced or projected ceiling, and against a flat cap at today's (the ceiling stayed flat in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24). Unpriced contracts are not counted, so real room is smaller.
| Season | Committed | Ceiling | Room (projected) | Room (flat cap) | Needs growth | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | ||||||
| 2027–28 | ||||||
| 2028–29 | ||||||
| 2029–30 |
Long, expensive contracts: Trevor Zegras ( through 2029–30: ); Travis Konecny ( through 2032–33: ); Sean Couturier ( through 2029–30: ); Jamie Drysdale ( through 2029–30: ); Travis Sanheim ( through 2030–31: ); Owen Tippett ( through 2031–32: ); Christian Dvorak ( through 2030–31: ); Cam York ( through 2029–30: ).
Expansion: none announced
Protection slots are worth something
The NHL has not approved or announced an expansion team or expansion draft. In June 2026 it gave the Friedkin family a six-month window to explore a second Texas team in Houston or Austin (about $3.5 billion for the fee and an arena). The Board of Governors met on September 22, 2026 without announcing a decision; any expansion would still need a vote of the Board. No expansion draft is announced. Reported, not official: a Houston or Austin team could be awarded before the end of 2026 and would begin play in 2029-30, which would put its expansion draft in June 2029. The league is also reported to be talking with at least two other groups about a 34th team. Checks here apply the rules to today's rosters and contracts as a planning scenario, not a forecast. The format is not announced either: one new club per draft (a club could face a draft in consecutive years) or two clubs in the same draft (a club could lose two players at once). Under the 2021 rules a club protects 7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (or 8 skaters and 1 goalie). Every no-movement clause in force must be protected and uses a slot, so its real cost is the player it pushes off.
If a draft is announced: ask a no-move player to waive for the draft, trade an exposed player now rather than lose them for nothing, or make a side deal with the expansion club to steer its pick.
Where the roster is thin
Needs
A position (centre, wing, defence pair or goal) counts as a need when most of its regulars are unsigned past this season, or when they produce below the league average for that position.
Left-shot defence
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
Right-shot defence
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
See it coming
Offer-sheet exposure
This club's own RFAs for summer 2027: what their production is worth on the open market, which compensation band an aggressive offer would fall in, and whether the club could match with the room it has committed. The 2027–28 ceiling is not set; this uses the current ceiling.
Matvei Michkov
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Comparable market salary
- Offer-sheet band
- 2027–28 room (sourced)
Players other clubs might move
Trade targets
Realistic targets, not wish lists: young players stuck behind veterans, salary a cap-strapped club has to move, rentals on selling clubs, and good contracts priced by what they are worth. Young franchise-core players and anyone with a no-move or full no-trade clause are left out.
Brandt Clarke (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Seth Jones (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Sam Malinski (COL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Cole Hutson (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Price guide
Shakir Mukhamadullin (EDM)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Donovan Sebrango (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Price guide
Nick Perbix (NSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Ilya Lyubushkin (NSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Brandon Carlo (STL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
John Carlson (TBL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Sean Durzi (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Tony DeAngelo (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Jordan Spence (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Olen Zellweger (BUF)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Restricted free agents, summer 2027
Offer-sheet candidates
RFAs at clubs tight on cap. Compensation depends on the offer's AAV band and must be paid in the offering club's own picks; the Carlsson offer sheet in July 2026 showed how far a club will go to match.
Matias Maccelli (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Calum Ritchie (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Gabe Perreault (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Trades with three or more clubs
Multi-team ideas
Chains where every club receives a player in a need lane, gives up roughly what it gets, and stays under the cap. Salary retention is used at most once per contract (the 2025 MOU bars a second retention on the same contract within 75 regular-season days) and never above 50%.
ANA → DET → PHI
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → PHI: Justin Faulk (sell-high, )
Gate at PHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - PHI → ANA: Tyson Foerster (sell-high, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → CHI → PHI
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → CHI: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at CHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - CHI → PHI: Kevin Korchinski (blocked, )
Gate at PHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - PHI → ANA: Tyson Foerster (sell-high, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → PHI → CGY
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → PHI: Justin Faulk (sell-high, )
Gate at PHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - PHI → CGY: Tyson Foerster (sell-high, )
Gate at CGY: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - CGY → ANA: Matt Coronato (salary, , CGY retains )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → NSH → PHI
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → NSH: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at NSH: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - NSH → PHI: Nick Perbix (rental, )
Gate at PHI: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - PHI → ANA: Tyson Foerster (sell-high, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
Ideas to start from
Trade concepts
Each is priced from the player's tier and the contract's surplus over its remaining term, then cap-checked: salary in against salary out. A shape to test, not a final price.
Concept: Cole Hutson (WSH)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: John Carlson (TBL)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Sean Durzi (NYR)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Sell while the price is high
Sell-high candidates
Players in their prime who produce more than their cap hit suggests, with the deal ending within two seasons: the moment their trade value peaks.
Tyson Foerster
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Scenario basis
Players to build around
Young players to build around
Players under 24, judged on NHL games played and five-on-five scoring rate, their prospect ranking, and what they are producing now.
Matvei Michkov
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
Nikita Grebenkin
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
Denver Barkey
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
Carter Sotheran
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Ilya Pautov
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Summer 2027
Free-agent targets
Pending UFAs (26 to 32, no extension signed) in this club's need lanes. The current cap hit is shown for reference, not as an estimate of the next contract.
Quinn Hughes (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
Vince Dunn (SEA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
Artem Zub (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
Alexandre Carrier (MTL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
League context
Where the market is going
Price of production at signing: cap hit per point of pace in the season before the deal, from the sourced contract ledger. Samples depend on how many deals are priced.
The ledger holds contracts still active in 2026-27, so one- and two-year deals signed in 2024 are missing from the 2024 column. Segments with different term mixes are therefore not comparable here; the term-matched reading is the pricing study on the integrity page.
Goalies: by raw save percentage, a goalie's season after changing teams is almost unrelated to the one before (correlation across moves, vs for goalies who stayed). Adjusted for shot quality the gap disappears ( stayed vs moved): the system changes the shots a goalie faces, so judge goalies on goals saved above expected. of established-goalie trades returned a first-round pick against for productive skaters ( goalie trades: a small sample).
Largest cap hits signed in summer 2026: Leo Carlsson (), Connor Bedard (), Cutter Gauthier (), Pavel Dorofeyev (), Alex Tuch ().
Ask the Philadelphia Flyers assistant GM
Answers use only the ideas above, the club's contracts and trades, and the CBA, and cite each one. If the facts do not support an answer, it says so.
GM horizon
Daniel Briere: 3.4 years in
How long GMs have lasted since 1967, and what that implies for a GM who has served this long. A GM who expects to be gone soon has a reason to buy today; this is the base rate, not a read on him.
Win-now premium
Philadelphia Flyers: what deadline rentals cost
A rental is a pending unrestricted free agent bought between January 1 and the deadline. Its price is the pick value sent, in expected career NHL games. Part of a price can be rational: a win is worth more to a club on the playoff line. This splits the price above the league mean into what the standings on the trade date explain and what they do not.
Win value is the rise in the club's chance of reaching the playoff line from one more win, in percentage points. Units are expected career games of the picks sent; a price in cap-share dollars needs the Worth model on rentals, which is not adopted. Not netted: the rental's quality, salary retained by the seller, and players or prospects sent. A rental's expiry is quoted from the trade's NHL.com story, or from the contract archive where the story is silent (an archive expiry can be a restricted one).
Farm-system consensus · front-office read
There is usable depth here, but the organization needs development wins rather than assuming draft pedigree will carry it.
- 01Separate near-term graduates from long-horizon bets.
- 02Find the position where opportunity is blocked or missing.
- 03Move a future only when the playoff gain survives the downside case.
Draft picks · 2027–2029
Philadelphia Flyers picks
Every round for the next three drafts: the club's own picks, picks it has acquired, and picks it has traded away, with any conditions. "Own" means the pick was checked against the club's trades since 2023; "Own, unconfirmed" means no trade is on record but that check has not been done.
Roster moves · as of 2026-10-19
Philadelphia Flyers roster moves
Retained move reports within 45 declared days. Original publication, coverage and same-day event order are unverified; no current roster state is inferred.
Declared source: Sportradar NHL feed (trial) (licence ended 2026-10-28)
Not on file (No qualified retained reports for this declared window, or records held for validation; coverage unknown.)Injury listings · as of 2026-10-20
Philadelphia Flyers injury listings
Club injury listings: source metadata is invalid or unsupported; this feed is unqualified; use entitlement is unverified. CapOrCup does not guess them; its own availability measure, games not dressed, is unaffected.
Waiver wire · last 3 league days
Placed on waivers, league-wide
Retained source-labelled waiver reports within three declared days. Report linkage, same-day event order and outcomes are unverified.
Fit components (description)
Who fits here: fit: not yet validated
No ranking of who fits Philadelphia Flyers is shown until the move backtest passes. What follows describes how Philadelphia Flyers plays and is coached, and the roster rules any addition must clear. The lane-based matchmaker stays on the Assistant GM.
Head coach: , in charge since 2025-10-09 (86 regular-season games on file). Assistants: Not on file.
How this staff has used players (2025-26), against what position and prior minutes predict:
Contracts counted toward the 50 limit: . Active roster for the 23-man limit: Not on file.
as of 2026-04-16
Philadelphia Flyers
trades
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
- 2026 1st-round pick ()
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2026 1st-round pick ()
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
- 2026 4th-round pick ()
Florida Panthers receive
GM: Bill Zito
- Garnet Hathaway
- 2026 6th-round pick
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2026 5th-round pick
- 2027 4th-round pick · now back with FLA
Salary retained:
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: John Chayka
- Samuel Ersson
- Emil Andrae
- 2026 3rd-round pick
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2027 7th-round pick · conditional · now back with CAR
Minnesota Wild receive
GM: Bill Guerin
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
Boston Bruins receive
GM: Don Sweeney
- Alexis Gendron
- Massimo Rizzo
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Brett Harrison
- Jackson Edward
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Boris Katchouk
Minnesota Wild receive
GM: Bill Guerin
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Philip Tomasino
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- Yegor Zamula
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
Tampa Bay Lightning receive
GM: Julien BriseBois
Ottawa Senators receive
GM: Steve Staios
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Max Guenette
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Christian Kyrou
Dallas Stars receive
GM: Jim Nill
- Samu Tuomaala
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Carl Grundstrom
- Artem Guryev
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
- Ryan Ellis
- 2026 6th-round pick
Columbus Blue Jackets receive
GM: Don Waddell
- Ivan Fedotov
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2026 6th-round pick
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Tucker Robertson
Seattle Kraken receive
GM: Jason Botterill
- Jon-Randall Avon
Seattle Kraken receive
GM: Jason Botterill
- 2nd-round pick · No. 36
- 3rd-round pick · No. 68
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2nd-round pick · No. 38
- 2nd-round pick · No. 57
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2025 1st-round pick · No. 12
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- 1st-round pick · No. 22
- 1st-round pick · No. 31
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
Anaheim Ducks receive
GM: Pat Verbeek
- Ryan Poehling
- 2025 2nd-round pick
- 2026 4th-round pick
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Erik Johnson
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Givani Smith
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- Scott Laughton
- 2025 4th-round pick
- 2027 6th-round pick · now back with PHI
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Nikita Grebenkin
- 2027 1st-round pick · now owned by PHI
Salary retained:
Los Angeles Kings receive
GM: Rob Blake
- Andrei Kuzmenko
- 2025 7th-round pick
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by PHI
Salary retained:
How the ledger is built
- 2024–25 onward: parsed from NHL.com's season trade pages, which list every trade. Each card links to the NHL.com announcement.
- 2019–20 to 2023–24: parsed from NHL.com trade announcements tagged to a club. Some trades are missing; those seasons are marked partial.
- "Details incomplete" means the announcement did not state one side; the original sentence is shown instead of a guess.
- Picks in 2027–2029 show their current owner from the verified pick ledger.
Statistical schedule · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-20
Philadelphia Flyers: difficulty rank #15Range not available
Every game priced by the model with the club's rest state. Difficulty averages four league ranks (opponents , rest , travel , back-to-backs ); expected points is the model's own forecast and depends on the club as much as the schedule. League table on the schedule page.
By month: 2026-09: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-10: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-11: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-12: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-01: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-02: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-03: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-04: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back.
Game by game
games
Price is the model's chance for this club at the morning of the game with rest known; it moves when rosters are published. The spot names what the schedule did to the club that night.