The Flyers announced their opening night roster which features a pair of teenagers in Michkov and Luchanko and 13 players that are 25 and under.
The organization’s top two prospects are expected to make their NHL debuts Friday in Vancouver.While most NHL teams spent the weekend mulling over their roster decisions before Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline, the Flyers said no thank you.
This is a big year for the center who will be a restricted free agent on July 1. Last season, Frost was a healthy scratch in 11 of the Flyers’ first 38 games. But after things boiled over and he sat down with Tortorella in early January, the Canadian became a mainstay. He improved from 11 points , including one power-play goal, in his first 27 games to 30 points , including 10 power-play points, across his final 44.
There’s a reason Hathaway was one of the first signings when free agency opened on July 1 — and he wasn’t even due for a new deal until next summer. Tortorella hates the word culture but Hathaway has been a key player in creating a new one in the Flyers room. Hathaway has fought his way — sometimes literally — to becoming an everyday player and has not only developed into one of the games’ biggest pests but a top forechecker and penalty killer.
What a difference a year makes. York went from Tortorella saying he wasn’t sure he was an NHLer last camp to the team’s best defender by February. This September he said he feels like he has just scratched the surface of what he can do. York’s game in his end exploded, and he became half of the Flyers’ top pairing, playing hard minutes — and a lot of them — against opposing top lines. Now the offensive game, something he was known for when drafted, needs to bubble to the surface too.
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