2022-2223 Philadelphia FlyersThe opening-night roster has been established.
Well, mostly. Probably.
In the immediate aftermath at 5 p.m., the Flyers delayed announcing their final roster. ET Monday deadline was missed by the Flyers because their initial 20-man roster with the league wasn’t going to match their actual roster on Thursday. Due to salary cap complications, general manager Chuck Fletcher his staff needed to submit a list that maximized their usage of long-term injured reserve (LTIR) allowance, which meant that multiple players who had “made” the team — namely, Wade Allison, Tanner Laczynski and Egor Zamula — had to temporarily be sent to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in a paper transaction.
All three were reunited Tuesday when Fletcher announced a cap compliant 23-man roster.
There are many new faces on the roster, as well as surprises and unanswered queries. Let’s dive in to them all. We will start with the bubble players, who have clearly earned their place on the roster.
Camp jobs: Who was the winner?
Morgan Frost, Owen Tippett
They were both virtually locked in camp since neither was waiver-exempt anymore. The Flyers would have been at risk of losing them if they sent them down to AHL. Given the team’s lack of depth down the middle with
