Kevin Kurz

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

Noah Cates and Tyson Foerster, key Philadelphia Flyers pending restricted free agents, have been re-signed to what seem like reasonable contract extensions. Cates inked a four-year, $16 million deal on June 3, while Foerster agreed to a two-year, $7.5 million extension on May 29. Both are viewed internally as key pieces of the core group moving forward. But now, attention now turns toward another potential core piece: defenseman Cam York, 24, also a pending restricted free agent.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

Ben Stafford always had grander plans. After four years as a spunky two-way center at Yale University and three more bouncing around minor-league hockey, the Minnesota native dreamed of a career in military medicine. He spent one year at medical school after hanging up his skates, before that path changed and he joined the United States Marine Corps, deploying to places such as Fallujah, Iraq and Kuwait.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

The state of the Philadelphia Flyers' rebuild after two years under general manager Daniel Briere essentially can be summed up like this: They are not a team that has lost games on purpose (other than maybe the final game of this past season in Buffalo, when they started the leaky Aleksei Kolosov in net for the first time in four months), they have no plans to tank in the future - on the contrary, they plan on trying to win again next season - and, of course, they are still short on...

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

In the final days and weeks leading up to the NHL Draft, set to take place June 27-28, the proverbial grains of salt that need to be taken with every public comment from an NHL team official more resemble boulders. Still, Philadelphia Flyers assistant general manager Brent Flahr, who oversees the club's scouting staff and draft process, might have offered a hint about how the club will approach having the sixth pick in the first round in a Q&A with The Athletic on Monday afternoon.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Kurz

It's been just over two years since Daniel Briere became the Philadelphia Flyers' full-time general manager and the rebuild officially began. That means the fruits of the unpleasant labor over the past two seasons, in which Briere has subtracted from the NHL team much more than he has added, in the name of rebuilding the system, should finally start to appear. It's going to be gradual, though.