The hot stove is heating up earlier than ever this season and the Philadelphia Flyers have already been mentioned in a few different rumors.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman wrote in his 32 Thoughts column last week about embattled center Morgan Frost and the Chicago Blackhawks being a potential fit. He once again mentioned the Flyers while talking about another young player on Monday’s podcast. That player is Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman David Jiricek.
Friedman speculated that the entire Jiricek situation going down in Columbus is heading to an eventual trade. And in the middle of it, kiboshed any notion that there is one frontrunner to acquire the 20-year-old defenseman, but instead what a trade package could look like for the player, and what the Blue Jackets might be looking for.