The Philadelphia Flyers are talking to two pending free agents about a contract extension
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Roster Shakeups Around the NHL episode, on when asked about the Philadelphia Flyers, and pending free agents Christian Dvorak and Trevor Zegras.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Kyle Bukauskas: “All right, Elliotte, the Philadelphia Flyers. So they were part of your Headlines on Saturday, including names like Christian Dvorak, Egor Zamula. We can throw Trevor Zegras into that conversation, too. What have you all got on the Flyer front?”
Friedman: “Well, I got a couple of DMs from Flyer fans, and I guess there was some of this sentiment over social, you can’t keep track of it all. But I got a couple DMs from Flyer fans who were really mad. Like, they’re like, this is not the Flyers news we want to hear.
And they’re saying we want to hear about Zegras extensions, and not so much about Dvorak. And you know, Dvorak is, like a little bit of an older center. You know, we shouldn’t be extending that guy. We should be taking care of Zegras. Why, why are they not trying to extend Zegras? And I was like, Okay, you guys need to take a chill pill. Like, you guys really need to calm down. Life is not that linear.
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I think I had written before, a while ago, about how the marriage between the Flyers and Zegras is going really well, and Dvorak and Zegras have worked really well together.
And of course, they’re going to try to extend Zegras. I’m sure they’re talking about it, but I believe they are talking about it. I think I mentioned that once before. Just because, you know, people can do more than one thing at a time.
The Dvorak thing is interesting because, and I think the reason it popped up now is, as I mentioned, when you sign a one-year deal like Dvorak did, the earliest you can extend the player is January 1st. So around this time of year, I do often check around, and I say, okay, like there’s guys who sign one-year deals. Are any of them going anywhere?
But the other reason I really found out about this one is that people are trying to find centers out there. Like, look, LA just traded Phillip Danault, and you know, they talked about maybe a guy like (Samuel) Helenius is getting more of a chance. Well, he’s not playing very much, so they’re looking for a center again.
And I think a bunch of teams are out there looking for guys. And Dvorak is an obvious name. He’s on a one-year deal. Is he available? And I got, I heard from a couple places that it was kind of hinted to them that Philly’s going to sign him, and the player wants to stay, and so they’re probably going to work out something.
Now, the key phrase I said, there is, it’s got to work out for both sides. And that’s what I said on Saturday night. And I think there’s a logic here as to what, you know, Philly wants to do and what the player wants. Where I think both sides are trying to find the sweet spot, and that’s what they’re trying to do.
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But I think at the end of the day, he’s been good for Philly. He’s been good for, it’s been good for him. And I think, but, I do think Philly is trying to be smart about what they do.
So we’ll see how it all works. Like, like, I think when there’s a will, there’s a way. Clearly there’s a will. The, and, both sides, I assume, are going to be creative. But the thing is there, is that other teams sure believe that Dvorak will work out something there. We’ll see. He’s been a really good fit there. But yes, I still do think they’re also going to work on Zegras.”
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