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Despite having three head coaches since the 2024–25 season, one constant has remained for the Philadelphia Flyers: their third line. The trio of Tyson Foerster, Noah Cates, and Bobby Brink has been inseparable, providing a spark at both ends of the ice.
Coaching impact is always tough to evaluate, as it’s hard to differentiate between when a team is improving due to roster improvements and good fortune, or if they’re improving because the coach has good systems in place and is working well with the players.
Noah Cates scored his first career overtime goal to propel the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Owen Tippett also scored for the Flyers, while Vladimir Tarasenko scored his first goal since joining the Wild.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
The Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Noah Cates to a four-year contract extension last week, worth $16 million. Cates is 26 years old and scored 16 goals and 37 points in 78 games in 2024-25.
Man, it sure does seem like the Philadelphia Flyers are doing their level best to set the market for the Calgary Flames’ restricted free agents, doesn’t it?
Continuing the trend from last week’s re-signing of right winger Tyson Foerster, the Philadelphia Flyers took care of some house cleaning Tuesday morning, announcing they’d re-signed pending RFA Noah Cates to a four-year, $16 million contract.
Take Noah Cates’ name off the list of potential Vancouver Canucks trade and offer sheet targets. On Tuesday, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that they had re-signed the 26-year-old centre to a four-year deal with an annual average value of $4 million.
On Tuesday morning, the Philadelphia Flyers announced a four-year, $12 million contract extension for Noah Cates. The Minnesota-born center was scheduled
Despite trade speculations, Noah Cates is here to stay, earning an extension this morning with the Philadelphia Flyers for four years at a $4 million AAV.
On Tuesday, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere announced the team has signed forward Noah Cates to a four-year contract extension. The deal, which spans through the 2028-29 season, will carry an AAV of $4 million.
Arbitration decisions are still nearly two months away but one player may already be leaning toward going in that direction. Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff reports that Flyers forward Noah Cates is not believed to be interested in signing a long-term deal and instead, prefers to simply file for arbitration and take a one-year award.
There were not a lot of positives to draw from the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2024-25 campaign, but among them was the rebound season of centerman Noah Cates.
For quite some time, the Flyers have been desperate for depth and production at the center position. While Noah Cates may not be the answer as the team’s top-line center moving forward, he has definitely given the Flyers the production they need to win games.
Though he started off his 2024-25 season with a high plus/minus rating, the Philadelphia Flyers‘ Noah Cates wasn’t exactly playing his best. Unsustainable puck luck hid some of his struggles from box scores.
Noah Cates scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as the Philadelphia Flyers snapped their season-worst five-game losing streak, defeating the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla.
Per The Athletic‘s Kevin Kurz – who is with the team in Vancouver, while I am not – injured forward Noah Cates has resumed skating with the Philadelphia Flyers.
There didn’t seem to be a specific moment in the last game where Cates was injured, but on Tuesday morning, head coach John Tortorella told reporters that he was “banged up” and would be out for awhile.