Flyers Send 6 More Players to Phantoms

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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 

UPDATE: As of Saturday afternoon, all six players cleared waivers and were at Phantoms practice. The Flyers also held a practice on Saturday morning and Cole Bardreau and Colin McDonald were not on the ice. Bardreau was also returned to the Phantoms, as he was part of their practice from Allentown. McDonald still had a locker stall in Voorhees, so there is no indication that he has been cut.

If both Bardreau and McDonald are indeed no longer on the Flyers camp roster, the roster would be down to 27 players, including goalie Alex Lyon, who will also likely be part of cuts, meaning the team would effectively have three cuts remaining.

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The cuts continued for the Flyers on Friday.

Six more players were placed on waivers, designated for the AHL. Forwards Greg Carey, Corban Knight and Phil Varone as well as defensemen Mark Alt, T.J. Brennan and Will O'Neil are all headed back to the Phantoms as part of the next round of cuts.

This leaves 29 players left on the training camp roster, not including injured players Anthony Stolarz and Derek Hulak. Ron Hextall said on Thursday that the Flyers would carry 23 players on the final roster, so six more cuts need to be made.

Nolan Patrick, Oskar Lindblom, Taylor Leier, Scott Laughton, Mike Vecchione, Colin McDonald and Cole Bardreau are among the forwards on the bubble still vying for a roster spot. Sam Morin, Robert Hagg and Travis Sanheim are in competition for two spots remaining on the Flyers blue line.

The Flyers are back in action on Monday night with a road game against the Rangers.

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