Flyers

Now playing in North America, Flyers 2016 first-round pick German Rubtsov has started off strong and could be on a fast track to reaching the professional ranks and the NHL soon enough.

ESPN’s Corey Pronman released his farm system rankings on Tuesday and had the Flyers moving up to the top spot on the list from sixth a year ago.

This upcoming season will see a new goalie duo in town for the Flyers. Returning is Michael Neuvirth, back for his third season in the Orange and Black, while Brian Elliott is the newcomer to the tandem.

After spending three seasons in St. Louis, including a difficult one last season, new expectations come for Jori Lehtera as he joins the Philadelphia Flyers.

Shayne Gostisbehere was just another Flyers player who didn’t have the kind of year he wanted in 2016-17. But now fully healthy and with a full summer of work and a new contact under his belt, he’s ready to be more explosive in the 2017-18 season.

Jaromir Jagr is still, somehow, without a contract. The Flyers shouldn’t be the team that signs him to one.

On this week’s episode, we look at the offseason hiring of Kris Knoblauch as the new assistant coach of the Flyers and the impact he could have on the team right away. Join Kevin Durso, Rob Riches and Dan Heaning as they take a closer look at the newest assistant coach of the Flyers.

Flyers captain Claude Giroux knows last season wasn’t a good one for himself or the Flyers and motivation is setting in as the 2017-18 season approaches.

The first thing Ron Hextall mentioned about Kris Knoblauch was his teams’ success on the power play, an area that the new NHL assistant coach will run from the start with the Flyers. In the short-term, Knoblauch is supposed to help improve a Flyers power play that ultimately was inconsistent.