The Flyers made a significant move Thursday by signing defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen to a five-year contract extension worth $5.1 million annually, and it sounds like the Ristolainen contract could be the first of a series of moves that ultimately reshapes the Flyers’ entire back end.
According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman on his 32 Thoughts podcast (at the 32:50 mark), a lot more moves could be coming now that Ristolainen is locked up for five more years.
What does that mean? Well, it could mean Ivan Provorov, among others, could soon be on the way out.