Will the Philadelphia Flyers extend Christian Dvorak?
Anthony Di Marco of the Daily Faceoff joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was asked about Christian Dvorak’s future with the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Host: “So just quickly on (Christian) Dvorak. What are the Flyers plan to do with them? Is he a great fit that he’s going to extend? Or is that piece?”
Anthony Di Marco: “Look, I think it’s funny. You say that I spoke to a Flyers source earlier this morning. I don’t think the Flyers are looking to sell at this point. I haven’t checked the standings.”
Host: “Just because it doesn’t matter, everybody’s so close.”
Di Marco: “Yeah, the Flyers have been a quality team to this point in the season, not like gangbusters, by any means. But I think they’re right in thick of the playoff race. I don’t think they’re planning to extend him anytime soon, but I don’t think there’s any plans to trade him, especially given his chemistry with (Trevor) Zegras.
I do think they are open to extending them. And the number that I heard tossed around today was two years and maybe around the same AAV of $5 million, and I think they’re going to wait this out closer to the offseason, maybe even past the deadline here.
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I don’t think even if they lose them for nothing, it’s the end of the world. But I think at this point in time, though premature, two years in that $5 million range, if he were to keep up his pace, it’s something that would make sense to the players, because, look, they don’t have a lot of depth at center on their roster, in their pipeline. It’s very questionable.
And Jett Luchanko will be at an NHL center next year. Jack Nesbitt is still a project and is a ways away. So it would make sense that Dvorak be able to keep up the pace of play, find that chemistry with Zegras, operate in that hybrid center kind of role with Zegras, and maybe walk them in for two years around the same cap hit number.”
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