The Flyers trimmed their roster to 25 players Wednesday by sending centers Mike Vecchione and Mikhail Vorobyev to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
They need to get down to 23 players by 5 p.m. Tuesday. The season starts next Wednesday in San Jose.
The Flyers have two preseason games left — facing Boston on Thursday and the Islanders on Sunday, both at the Wells Fargo Center — and coach Dave Hakstol said he expected the final roster decisions to go “down to the wire.”
If the Flyers decide to keep impressive rookie defensemen Travis Sanheim, Sam Morin, and Robert Hagg, they might get down to 23 by sending Matt Read and Brandon Manning to the Phantoms.