The top priority for the Philadelphia Flyers this offseason should be to find a top defenseman to pair with Ivan Provorov. These three candidates who could.
Following Matt Niskanen’s retirement, the Philadelphia Flyers plummeted. The Flyers were a top ten team in the NHL during 2019-2020 with Niskanen. Without him (and a few other changed pieces,) Philadelphia hardly holds within the top twenty.
Before 2020-2021, Fletcher only made two signings. Erik Gustafsson and Derrick Pouliot made up the two defensemen signed following Niskanen’s departure.