According to Elliotte Friedman, the Philadelphia Flyers might be willing to reward the team’s performance by acquiring a cheap goalie or forward.
“It seems like something Keith Jones and Daniel Briere would think of doing to honor the guys who have given it their all. It would be very well received in the room “writes Friedman.
The Flyers were not anticipated to be in the running for a playoff place at the beginning of the current year. With Cam Atkinson and Sean Couturier both healthy, a minor boost was anticipated.
The Flyers are in third place in the Metropolitan Division and are in control of their future four days before the trade deadline. Despite having played two more games, they lead the New York Islanders by five points.
The story of Carter Hart is widely known, which leaves Sam Ersson as the team’s starting goalie. Although Ersson has done well, it wouldn’t hurt to get a more affordable, fairly experienced goalie. The NHL is giving Felix Sandstrom another chance after the Cal Petersen experiment failed.
Briere may target goalies Karel Vejmelka of the Arizona Coyotes and Kaapo Kahkonen of the San Jose Sharks.
This season, there has been a lot of rumors around Kahkonen. He has a $2.75 million cap hit and is a pending UFA. Though Kahkonen’s stats aren’t the most eye-catching, his play for the Sharks has been excellent. He is ranked first in high-danger unblocked shot attempts, among many other sophisticated analytics.
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