Flyers Told to Chase Top UFA Blue-Liner

The Flyers are being pushed toward one of the top pending UFA defensemen, which tells you the noise around their blue line is getting louder. When a team is linked this aggressively to a veteran defender, it usually means someone in the front office sees a hole that cannot be ignored. Philadelphia has spent enough time in the league’s awkward middle to know that patchwork fixes only buy time, not certainty.