The Philadelphia Flyers had a lot of questions about their defense and penalty kill heading into the 2019-20 season. One way general manager Chuck Fletcher addressed these two issues was by adding Matt Niskanen from the Washington Capitals, who played an integral role on both of these improved aspects of the Orange and Black. The d-man had a couple of poor seasons with the Washington Capitals before heading slightly north to Pennsylvania, but you couldn’t have guessed it by the way he provided a steadying presence with Ivan Provorov to give Philly some confidence while they were in their own end of the ice.
2019-20 Player Review: Matt Niskanen
