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2025 Philadelphia Flyers UFA primer: Team needs, cap situation, and possible targets

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Apr 11, 2025; Newark, New Jersey, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin (71) controls the puck as New Jersey Devils goaltender Jake Allen (34) defends the net during the first period at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images

For a rebuilding team like the Philadelphia Flyers, the draft is the most important event of the offseason.
But this July 1, Flyers general manager Daniel Briere has more flexibility to attack the unrestricted free agent market than he ever has before.
For the first time in Briere's tenure, the Flyers actually have cap space entering UFA Day, mostly due to the money freed up by the trade of Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost to Calgary. That doesn't mean that Briere will be one of the big spenders on Tuesday afternoon; in fact, he almost certainly will not be. The Flyers' internal plan remains patience until next summer, when all of their dead money is off their books.
But for the first time, Bri...

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