On Friday, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere announced the team has signed defenseman Helge Grans to a two-year contract. The deal is a two-way contract for next season, becoming a one-way deal for the 2026-27 season.
The Flyers announced they’ve re-signed defenseman Helge Grans to a two-year extension. The deal carries a cap hit of $787,500 and is a two-way contract in 2025-26 before becoming a one-way deal in 2026-27, the team said.
The Philadelphia Flyers have an injury problem on defense. A regression to the mean, if you will, after surviving nearly unscathed until March of last season.
Even in the face of a significant number of injuries, the Philadelphia Flyers kept things close, falling 3-2 to Cale Makar and the Colorado Avalanche at the Wells Fargo Center on Monday night.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The Philadelphia Flyers were fortunate to have not dealt with the injury bug last season. Not anymore. Defensemen Emil Andrae, Cam York, and Jamie Drysdale are all injured at the moment, leaving the Flyers without six healthy defensemen.
The Philadelphia Flyers announced Monday that goaltender Samuel Ersson has been added to the injured reserve after sustaining a lower-body injury. Ersson
Heading into training camp and NHL preseason, the Philadelphia Flyers defense appears set in stone on paper. That is, for now, at least. For the sake of adding competition and taking another step forward in the rebuild, the Flyers certainly hope that this is not the case.