Flyers Announce Their Opening Night Roster
After finishing the preseason 3-2-1, the orange and black are set to start another campaign against the Blue Jackets in Columbus on Thursday night. Earlier this week the Flyers announced their opening night roster consisting of 13 forwards 7 defensemen and 3 goalies.
Forwards: #10 Bobby Brink, #11 Travis Konecny, #14 Sean Couturier, #19 Garnet Hathaway, #21 Scott Laughton, #25 Ryan Poehling, #27 Noah Cates, #44 Nicholas Deslauriers, #48 Morgan Frost, #71 Tyson Foerster, #74 Owen Tippett, #86 Joel Farabee, #89 Cam Atkinson.
Defensemen: #5 Egor Zamula, #6 Travis Sanheim, #8 Cam York, #18 Marc Stall, #24 Nick Seeler, #26 Sean Walker, #36 Emil Andrae.
Goalies: #32 Felix Sandstrom, #33 Samuel Errson, #79 Carter Hart.
While defensemen #55 Rasmus Ristolainen, and #94 Ryan Ellis are both on injured reserves.
The main changes for the Flyers going into this season are the subtractions of Ivan Provorov, Kevin Hayes, and Tony DeAngelo from the end of last season. With the addition of Marc Stall, and Garnet Hathaway from free agency. And the duo of Ryan Poehling and Sean Walker from LA during the Provorov trade. While Bobby Brink, Tyson Foerster, Egor Zamula, and Emil Andrae all made the team out of training camp.
The biggest surprise coming out of training camp was Wade Allison being sent down to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. While goaltender Cal Peterson who the Flyers also acquired for Los Angeles in the Ivan Provorov trade was also delt to the Phantoms. While both Sam Errson and Felix Sandstrom were kept with the Flyers. The way it looks right now there will be three healthy scratches on opening night, one from each position. While Rasmus Ristolainen is currently sidelined with an undisclosed injured suffered in training camp.
The biggest storyline going into his season will be the return of both Sean Couturier and Cam Atkinson who both sat out all of last season with injuries. The season starts Thursday the 12th in Columbus followed by a matchup against Claude Giroux and the Senators for a Saturday matinee. With the home opener coming Tuesday the 19th against the Canucks.
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