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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Canucks Head Coach Named To Canada's 2026 Winter Olympics Team
A familiar name to Vancouver Canucks fans will be behind the bench for Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics. On Monday, Team Canada announced their coaching staff, which includes Rick Tocchet, who departed the Canucks organization this off-season. Tocchet will serve as an assistant coach for Canada, a position he held during the 4 Nations Face-Off.
New York Times
a day ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Philadelphia Flyers fan survey: What do you think of Briere, Tocchet, Michkov and more?
It's been a newsworthy few months for the Philadelphia Flyers. John Tortorella was replaced by Rick Tocchet. Trevor Zegras was acquired from Anaheim. Porter Martone is now arguably the top prospect in the organization, while another goalie and depth center were acquired in free agency. We're also about to enter the third year of the Daniel Briere and Keith Jones era — and with summer here, it's a good time, in our opinion, to gauge fan sentiment in the form of a brief survey. Results and analysis will be presented in a future piece. Anyone having trouble viewing the survey also can use this link. (Photo of Matvei Michkov: Scott Taetsch / Getty Images) Loading…
CBS News
16-07-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Philadelphia Flyers' 2025-26 NHL schedule features no Black Friday game, Olympic break and more
The Rick Tocchet era in Philadelphia begins with both its season and home opener against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, features no Black Friday game and 14 back-to-back sets. The Flyers will open the 2025-26 season on Thursday, Oct. 9, against the Panthers in Sunrise, Florida. It will be the third straight season the orange and black begin a season on the road. Four days later, the Flyers will host the Panthers in their home opener at what will then be called the Xfinity Mobile Arena in South Philadelphia on Oct. 11. The Flyers have a season-long six-game homestand to begin December. The club will have seven home games in October, December, and January. Philadelphia will have three four-game road trips in the 2025-26 season: Nov. 29-29, Dec. 14-20 and Dec. 28-Jan. 3. For the first time in two decades, the Flyers will not play on Black Friday. The last time the orange and black did not play on Black Friday in an 82-game schedule was 2005. The tradition is likely on pause because the Eagles host the Bears on Black Friday this year. The Flyers' last game before the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 break will be at home against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, Feb. 5. Their first game back after the break will be against the Capitals in Washington on Feb. 25. Philly will conclude its regular season on Tuesday, April 14, at home against the Montreal Canadiens. Philadelphia's full 2025-26 schedule can be found online by visiting or by clicking here.
New York Times
07-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
After Cam York contract, are the Flyers done for the offseason?
After inking restricted free agent defenseman Cam York to a five-year, $25.75 million deal on Monday ($5.15 AAV), Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere has nimbly taken care of what was the only obvious bit of pending business. As reported here previously, it was a drawn-out process with York. After his breakout 2023-24 season, there were talks toward the beginning of last season that broke down fairly quickly. When the club agreed to extensions with pending RFAs Tyson Foerster on May 29 and Noah Cates on June 11 — and York was left unsigned — it fueled speculation that York, who had an up-and-down 2024-25 for a few reasons, might be dangled as trade bait for a roster upgrade elsewhere. Advertisement Instead, the door still remains wide open for the 24-year-old to establish himself as key part of the future. There are no guarantees that will happen. The Flyers left themselves some flexibility here, as the deal doesn't include any trade protection (per a team source) despite them buying two seasons of what would have been unrestricted free agency for York. But there may not be a player on the Flyers' roster that is more looking forward to the coaching change to Rick Tocchet than York, who never really seemed to see eye-to-eye with John Tortorella and whose heated argument with the coach during a game in Toronto hastened Tortorella's firing two days later on March 27. As York said on getaway day after last season, once Brad Shaw took over on an interim basis, 'I able to play with a bit more freedom. Maybe not gripping the stick as tight. As a player, that's everything, in a way. It felt good to kind of get back to that, and have that mindset.' It stands to reason that a new five-year deal should help that mindset, too. If Briere is done for the summer, he's seemingly accomplished what he consistently said he set out to do — improve the team for the immediate future, while maintaining flexibility for the 2026 offseason. Yes, it's quite possible that the Flyers have already hit 'rock bottom' in their rebuild, as Briere said he was hopeful was the case in his comments immediately after Tortorella was let go. There are reasons for optimism they could start to turn a corner. The dreadful power play, 30th in the NHL last season and last for the previous two, will get some fresh eyes with Tocchet and assistant coach Yogi Svejkovsky. Tocchet, especially, has had success coaching power plays in the past. Unlike with Tortorella and former assistant coach Rocky Thompson, there should be more of a teaching element on the power play from the new staff. Advertisement The center depth is improved. No doubt that Christian Dvorak's one-year, $5.4 million deal is an overpay, but it was a necessary one considering how desperate the Flyers were for another pivot. To clarify: the Flyers didn't sign Dvorak with the idea of flipping him at the trade deadline. While that can always happen if the team ends up being terrible, Briere has made it clear in some of his comments that he owes it to the players who have been on the team for a few years now (think Travis Sanheim, Travis Konecny) to try and make a run at the playoffs. Both the Flyers and Dvorak agreed to this deal under the assumption that he will be around for the duration (and Dvorak, according to a source close to the player, is looking forward to playing for Tocchet again, too). There is more elite skill. That's in the form of Trevor Zegras, of course, whose YouTube highlight reel is as dazzling as anyone's in the league. Briere was universally praised for the deal, as he didn't have to surrender that much to acquire Zegras, who may simply need a change in scenery to resume a career that looked to be on the cusp of stardom. Even a return to Zegras' previous career high of 65 points would be a home run, especially if it comes with him skating in the middle of one of the top two lines, as is his and the team's preference. The league-worst goaltending has nowhere to go but up. Dan Vladar probably isn't going to be in the running for the Vezina Trophy anytime soon, with a career save percentage of .895, but he's an experienced goalie and, at age, 27, that he could still conceivably get better. If Vladar puts up just league-average numbers, allowing Sam Ersson to regain his form as a solid tandem guy before Carter Hart's departure midway through the 2023-24 season, that alone would be worth a double-digit improvement in points in the standings. Young players are arriving. A fifth-round pick in 2022, Alex Bump has emerged as a winger who, at this point, should probably considered likely to make the opening-night lineup. He may even be joined by this year's No. 6 overall draft pick Porter Martone and/or 2024 first-round pick Jett Luchanko, both of whom will come to camp in September with an eye on making the roster. And the Flyers expect their other young players already here to get better, too. Matvei Michkov, in particular, could be ready to break out after an outstanding rookie season. There remains the possibility for another notable move, particularly after Briere said he might be willing to go the offer-sheet route. That could be a way to upgrade the center position. Or, perhaps there could be trade talks involving Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram, who is still without a deal in Buffalo. Advertisement But that feels increasingly unlikely. The Flyers are now up against the salary cap for next season (they may even have to make a more or two before the season begins to get cap compliant), yet still have plenty of cap space to play with in less than a year, as they finally reach the end of a three-year process of carrying dead money in the name of resetting the team culture and acquiring future assets. Briere has been patient and methodical in his approach in getting here. There's not much reason to believe that's going to change between now and the start of camp in a little more than two months.
CBS News
07-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Cam York, Philadelphia Flyers agree to 5-year contract extension
The Philadelphia Flyers and restricted free agent Cam York have agreed to a five-year, $25.75 million contract extension, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the agreement had not been announced. York will count $5.15 million against the salary cap through the 2029-30 NHL season. That price could turn out to be a bargain with the upper limit rising from $88 million this past season to $113.5 million by 2027-28. Sportsnet in Canada was the first to report the agreement. Re-signing the 25-year-old defenseman takes care of an important piece of offseason business for the Flyers as they try to shift from rebuilding to contending. York was the final player on the roster without a contract. York, the 14th pick in the 2019 draft, has skated nearly 21 minutes per game so far in his pro career, all with Philadelphia. He has 77 points in 235 games for the Flyers, who have not made the playoffs since 2020. On paper, extending York is Flyers general manager Danny Briere's last piece of business for the summer. The Flyers hired Rick Tocchet as head coach earlier in the offseason. Last week, they added a goalie, center and defensive depth by signing Dan Vladar, Christian Dvorak and Noah Juulsen in free agency. Last month, they selected Porter Martone and Jack Nesbitt in the 2025 NHL draft.
