With the draft completed, a major trade in the books, and the Flyers not expected to be big players in the free-agent market, the team’s 2017-18 roster is coming into focus.
General manager Ron Hextall will search for a goalie in free agency, which starts Saturday. Jonathan Bernier, Brian Elliott, and Keith Kinkaid (another Union College guy) are among the goaltenders expected to hit the market. Hextall also said, unconvincingly, that Steve Mason is still an option.
Last week Hextall said he envisions a platoon in the nets, and Mason is on record as saying that kind of system doesn’t work, so it would be surprising if he returned.