"You can't have enough goaltending," Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said a couple of times over this past summer, once when signing Alex Lyon to a two-year, two-way deal, once when signing the twice-injured Anthony Stolarz to another one-year, two-way deal as well.
At that point, it was hard to figure where all five goalies the Flyers had under contract were going to play. Michal Neuvirth and Brian Elliott both were expected to be ready for Thursday's opener. Carter Hart, who they hope will develop into that franchise goaltender they have pined decades for, had to play regularly for the Phantoms.