By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
The wrap-up on Flyers development camp is a pair of scrimmages that allow players to get competitive and showcase their skills against an opponent. On Friday evening, there was a 3-on-3 tournament that split the prospects into four teams. On Saturday evening, in the final on-ice event of camp, there was a 5-on-5 scrimmage.
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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
At the start of the offseason, the Flyers had a lot of cap space and figured to be big players this weekend as free agency opened. There is still a chance that happens, but it looks likely that the Flyers will have to put a lot of the $15.1 million in remaining cap space on their restricted free agents.
Still, the Flyers enter the weekend without a third-line winger. That spot could be left to an open competition in training camp, but many teams like to fill out the roster and let players earn their spot by beating someone out. That means the Flyers could still be in play for a variety of free agent wingers on the market.
Here are a few targets to watch as July 1 arrives.
By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
When development camp rolls around for the Flyers, you usually scan through the roster and look for the familiar names, top prospects like Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee. Newly-drafted prospects like Cam York and Bobby Brink also stand out.
There can be several undrafted and unsigned players who can join a team’s development camp as invites, many of them flying under the radar. One name among that group stood out on the Flyers camp roster. You know him best by his last name.
Carson Briere, whose father Danny Briere spent six of his 17 seasons in Orange and Black, essentially grew up at the Flyers practice facility in Voorhees. Carson was born in Arizona while his father played for the Phoenix Coyotes, but grew up in Haddonfield, NJ. His father welcomed Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier into their home as roommates, putting Carson around two of the top players the Flyers have on the roster at the moment in their earliest professional years.
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On this week's Flyerdelphia Podcast, the guys review the NHL Draft and look ahead to free agency.
It was another busy week for Chuck Fletcher and the Philadelphia Flyers, as they selected seven players at the NHL Draft, including trading down in the first round from the 11th overall pick to the 14th overall pick and selecting defenseman Cam York. They also moved back into the second round, then moved up on Day 2 to the 34th overall pick to select Bobby Brink before selected five other players.
During the week, the Flyers re-signed defenseman Travis Sanheim and goalie Brian Elliott, traded forward Ryan Hartman to Dallas for forward Tyler Pitlick and extended qualifying offers to Ivan Provorov, Travis Konecny and Scott Laughton.
The guys review the Flyers draft, analyze the Sanheim and Elliott deals and the Hartman trade, try to project what kind of deals Provorov, Konecny and Laughton could get and look at some possible free agent targets for the Flyers as free agency begins on July 1.
Join Kevin Durso, Matt Mastrogiovanni and Jeff Quake for more of the best Flyers talk.
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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
It’s been a very busy two weeks for Chuck Fletcher that figure to get busier with free agency officially opening on Monday. After making two trades and acquiring and signing Kevin Hayes in the early part of June, the Flyers had a solid draft, getting a top defensive prospect and maneuvering their way back into the second round to steal a potential first-round talent.
Fletcher’s recent moves include making a trade that brought forward Tyler Pitlick to the Flyers for pending restricted free agent Ryan Hartman and re-signing both Travis Sanheim and Brian Elliott.
As the weekend approaches, Fletcher discussed the recent moves and upcoming free agency on Wednesday during development camp.
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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
Development camp has always been a time that is not about evaluation. It is a place to work on weaknesses, to mold your skills and to get insight from coaches who can help you take the step to the next level.
There are three top forward prospects that are showcasing skills at development camp with their sights set on training camp in September, with a chance to make the Flyers roster.
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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
The Flyers had options for who could be the backup for Carter Hart in goal next season. With days left until two in-house options reached free agency, the Flyers made their choice.
The Flyers have re-signed goalie Brian Elliott to a one-year, $2 million deal, GM Chuck Fletcher announced on Wednesday afternoon.
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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
The free agency negotiation period has been open since Sunday and it is generally a time of speculation more than anything. Any reports of signings likely will not start to surface until the weekend and cannot become official until Monday.
For the Flyers, this free agency period may be less about new additions and more about re-signing restricted free agents instead. With notable contracts awaiting Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny and approximately $17 million in cap space available, the Flyers focus has to be on retaining these players within the cap that they have available.
It makes for a very different approach to free agency than expected. When the 2018-19 season ended, the belief was that the Flyers would try to get deals done with their own free agents first, then attack the trade market and free agency with the remaining cap space. Instead, Chuck Fletcher got active early, worked several trades to acquire players for next season.
Is it possible the Flyers are done making new additions? That could be the case.
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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
Last week, the home openers were officially announced, leaving us with two known dates on the Flyers 2019-20 schedule -- the season opener against the Blackhawks in Prague, Czech Republic on Oct. 4 and the home opener in Philadelphia on Oct. 9.
On Tuesday, the rest of the schedule was released. The entire schedule can be viewed here, but here are 10 games that you should look forward to this upcoming season.
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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
The Flyers reached an agreement with one restricted free agent on Monday and traded another, signing Travis Sanheim and dealing Ryan Hartman to Dallas. That still left four restricted free agents to sign at the NHL level and a handful at the AHL level as well.
The Flyers announced on Tuesday that they have extended qualifying offers to four players -- defenseman Ivan Provorov and forwards Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton and Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
Two other pending restricted free agents, Justin Bailey and Jacob Graves, did not receive qualifying offers, making them unrestricted free agents as of July 1.
It is almost certain that Provorov ($874,125) and Konecny ($874,125) will not accept the qualifying offers and work on larger and more extensive deals. The qualifying offer allows the Flyers to retain RFA rights through July 1 to work on a new deal.
Laughton ($1.05 million) will also likely not accept and pursue a more substantial deal. Aube-Kubel ($761,250) is the most likely to accept his qualifying offer.