The NHL's free-agent market opens Friday, but don't expect Flyers general manager Ron Hextall to be pushing an oversized shopping cart.
Oh, he will be shopping. He just doesn't have a lot of cap space to spend freely on big-name free agents.
Hextall, who is committed to building through the draft, will be looking for bargains - forwards who can improve the team, on and off the ice, and not break the bank.
Unless he can trade veteran defenseman Mark Streit or fading winger Matt Read, the Flyers don't have the money to pursue top free agents like Steven Stamkos, Milan Lucic, Kyle Okposo, or Loui Eriksson.