This wasn’t one of those jaw-dropping summers for the Flyers, where the big-named free agent was reeled into Philadelphia, or a handful of exciting players decided to sign with the club. It was simply one that netted a few depth pieces: guys like Dale Weise, Roman Lyubimov and Boyd Gordon.
The latter may be the biggest unknown to Flyers fans, but he may prove to be the most important addition.
Let’s have Ron Hextall explain just exactly what they see in Gordon.
“If you look at Gordon, he’s a specialty player. He’s a faceoff guy, penalty killer, shot blocker.