Observations from Flyers camp:
1. The fact that the Flyers put Andrew MacDonald on waivers Monday and plan to bench Sam Gagner, Vinny Lecavalier and Luke Schenn for their opener Thursday says this: The front office would like several do-overs.
MacDonald, Lecavalier and Schenn are on then-GM Paul Holmgren’s watch, while Gagner was acquired by GM Ron Hextall, who, as an assistant GM, was undoubtedly consulted before the Flyers gave MacDonald a six-year $30 million extension in 2014.
MacDonald ($5 million cap hit), Lecavalier ($4.5 million), Schenn ($3.6 million), Gagner ($3.2 million) have a combined $16.