Let the games begin folks. Flyers hockey is almost back, and we got you covered. We at Flyers Nitty Gritty are expecting big things from his club this season, and we will have you covered every step of the way.
Mark Friedman has officially made the team outright, and he becomes the second Jewish player in Flyers history to make the team outright, the only other Jewish player for the Flyers to do this was the late Larry Zeidel.
The only surprise in my opinion was Morgan Frost making the roster, and kudos to this young man for making the 23 man roster. Lance Green has highlighted him well, and it comes as no shock to me that he made the team outright. Frost wins the 13th Forward spot and that battle was between Carsen Twarynski, Linus Sandin, and Connor Bunnaman in the end.
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13 Forwards: Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek, JVR, Kevin Hayes, Travis Konecny, Nolan Patrick, Joel Farabee, Michael Raffl, NAK, Oskar Lindblom, Scott Laughton, Morgan Frost
8 Defencemen: Ivan Provorov, Erik Gustafsson, Travis Sanheim, Philippe Myers, Robert Hägg, Justin Braun, Shayne Gostisbehere, Mark Friedman
2 Goalies: Carter Hart, Brian Elliott
The Taxi Squad Roster shall include:
Alex Lyon, Andy Andreoff, Carsen Twarynski, Connor Bunnaman, Samuel Morin, and Nate Prosser
Assigned to the Phantoms:
Chris Bigras (D), Tyson Foerster (RW), Pascal Laberge (RW), Mason Millman (D), Pouliot (D), Ross (G), Sandin (RW), Sandstrom (G), Strome (LW), Willman (RW), Wisdom (RW), Wotherspoon (D), Wyatte Wylie (D), Egor Zamula (D)
Congratulations to Wisdom, Foerster, and Ross for making the jump to the AHL.
Notes:
David Kaše, Linus Högberg, German Rubtsov and Maksim Sushko will stay in Europe at least until there is more clarity with the AHL season.
Isaac Ratcliffe sustained a fractured rib in training and will be out a minimum of four weeks.
Tanner Laczynski is still recovering from core muscle surgery this offseason.
Ghost will be out tomorrow night, and no word will be given until tomorrow.