The Philadelphia Flyers are sure to be busy this summer. They are going to be hard at work making sure their roster is ready for a big 2023-24 season.
They were one of the Metropolitan's best teams last season but fell off after the trade deadline. They eventually missed playoffs altogether.
They should be very active on the trade/free agent front this off-season. They need to make some additions if they want to be good next year.
The Boston Bruins are one team for them to be thinking about. The B's have a few players that the Flyers could use to better their chances going forward. These three stick out the most:
The Philadelphia Flyers need help at goaltender going forward
The Flyers lost Carter Hart and he isn't coming back. On the hockey side of things, they need to find a way to replace him in the long term.
They have Samuel Ersson and Ivan Fedotov but their future isn't clear when it comes to how productive they'll be. Help from the outside would be amazing for them.
The Bruins are going to shop Linus Ullmark (one year left on his deal) this summer. Whether they go through with it remains to be seen but the Flyers should be calling them on him all off-season.
Ullmark was the Vezina Trophy winner in 2022-23 and is a very good goaltender. The Bruins, however, are going to stick with Jeremy Swayman in the long term. He is also elite and younger. It is unfortunate but also the right decision for the Bruins to make.
If Ullmark came to the Flyers, he'd be their undisputed number-one guy. That would be one thing that they don't have to worry about anymore.