General manager Ron Hextall has to make some interesting and difficult roster decisions before the Flyers board a plane to San Jose on Monday afternoon.
The Flyers have 25 healthy players in camp and need to trim their roster to 23. They will open their season Wednesday in San Jose.
Assuming Hextall keeps seven defensemen and 14 forwards — the goalies will be Michal Neuvirth and Brian Elliott — here are some of the questions the fourth-year GM faces:
- Does he keep six rookies? That would be a club record to start a season.