The nearly year-long legal battle between forward Ryan Johansen and the Philadelphia Flyers has ended with a decisive win for the team. An NHL arbitrator
The Philadelphia Flyers were within their rights to terminate Ryan Johansen's contract last summer and they don't have to pay the rest of the forward's contract, an arbitrator ruled on Tuesday, according to multiple media reports.
An arbitrator has ruled in favour of the Philadelphia Flyers in the grievance filed by the NHL Player’s Association in regards to the termination of Ryan Johansen, according to TSN insider Darren Dreger.
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.
We have an update on the Ryan Johansen vs. Philadelphia Flyers situation: there is no update. Well, that’s not entirely true. The skinny is that the Flyers’ Johansen saga won’t be coming to an immediate solution, so we are still a ways away from getting a verdict there.
DENVER — The Avalanche fell to 0-2 after another uninspiring goaltending performance at Ball Arena on Saturday. Jack Johnson and the Columbus Blue Jackets scored five times before the game was halfway through and held the lead the rest of the way, defeating Colorado 6-4.
The NHLPA has filed a grievance on behalf of free agent center Ryan Johansen after the Flyers terminated his contract in August, the organization announced Thursday.
Philadelphia acquired him from the Avalanche before the trade deadline, taking on his reduced $4M cap hit to provide relief in the deal that sent defenseman Sean Walker to Colorado.
It appears that Ryan Johansen is done with the Philadelphia Flyers before he even started. At Friday’s exit interviews, Flyers general manager Danny Briere shed some light on Johansen’s situation, and his comments were far from reassuring.
Ryan Johansen has yet to play a game in the Philadelphia Flyers organization, and, apparently, he is not going to be joining the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL just yet, either.
The NHL trade deadline always raises plenty of questions about what teams can or cannot do contract-wise, as well as how certain moves impact different teams.
When the Colorado Avalanche traded for Ryan Johansen this offseason, the team was hoping he could potentially fill the void at the second-line center spot.
When the Colorado Avalanche went and acquired Ryan Johansen over the summer, I wasn’t immediately convinced he was the answer at second line center. After watching tape of him in Nashville, I was even more sure that he wasn’t going to get the job done.
It was clear that soon-to-be 31-year-old Ryan Johansen just didn’t fit into the rebuild plans of incoming Nashville Predators general manager Barry Trotz.