The Flyers are shopping, and David Pagnotta says Simon Edvinsson is one of the defensemen they've asked about.
Philadelphia sits 5-10-6 and 28th in the NHL, so the pressure on Daniel Briere is real. A report that the Flyers are hunting for help now, rather than just poking around, fits where this season is.
Pagnotta said the Flyers are actively looking for upgrades both on the blue line and in the top six.
Beyond Detroit, Pagnotta said the Flyers have also talked with Chicago about a couple of players. He thinks Oliver Moore is one of them. None of it is confirmed, and no names beyond those two have been attached to the talks.
The Edvinsson interest isn't new. Elliotte Friedman's earlier Edvinsson report had the Flyers checking in on the defenseman, with a center cited as a possible stumbling block.
What's new is the tone. Philadelphia is described as a buyer with two needs, not a team kicking tires.
The standings explain the urgency. The Flyers have scored 47 goals and allowed 69, a goal differential of -22, and they lost 3-2 in overtime at Edmonton on Wednesday.
Edvinsson would be a swing for the fences. He's 23, went sixth overall in 2021 and has 175 NHL games on his résumé. But he hasn't played this season and is listed on IR in a contract dispute, out indefinitely, which makes any deal complicated.
Does the Flyers' blue line really need this much help?
Look at the pairs. Cam York is a -10 through 13 games and Oliver Bonk is also a -10 through 15, while David Jiricek has one point in 10 games. That's a lot of minutes going to players who are underwater.
So yes, a defenseman makes sense, and it should be the priority. Bonk's and York's ratings aren't all on them, but a team this deep in the standings can't wait for all three to sort themselves out.
The Moore piece is harder to sell. He has 4 points in 18 games for a Blackhawks team sitting 31st, and he logged 10:45 in Thursday's overtime win over Buffalo. That's not top-six production on its own, and the Flyers' reported interest in Moore already raised the question of what exactly they'd be buying.
Detroit has its own problems, having lost five straight, but nobody is calling either club a seller at any price. Philadelphia's next chance to show something comes Saturday at Columbus.
This article was written with the help of artificial intelligence, based on public reports and official sources.
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