"Glue guys are so important,'' Flyers coach Dave Hakstol was saying the other day, which is as good a reason as any to explain why 28-year-old Corban Knight survived another day of cuts Tuesday.
The Flyers sent 22-year-old Nicolas Aube-Kubel and 21-year-old Philippe Myers to Lehigh Valley on Tuesday, reducing to six the number of cuts still needed to begin the season on Oct.4 with 23 players.
Knight, remarkably, remains. On the surface, he doesn't fit the profile of what the Flyers purport to be building – a youth-infused lineup. His age is old in hockey's timeline; his six years of mostly minor-league experience suggest a player who has taken his shot already and settled into a nice lifestyle at the AHL level.