Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Nashville Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm may be the most interesting top-four defenseman that would be a fit for the Philadelphia Flyers. He has a friendly contract with one year left after this season at $3.75 million.
Issues would be that he’s left-handed and the Flyers may prefer a right-handed defenseman and that it would lead to some difficult expansion draft questions.
It would likely take a high draft pick and a good prospect to acquire Ekholm.
Charlie O’Connor and Adam Vingan: The Philadelphia Flyers would like to upgrade their blue line.