Philadelphia Flyers cut 15 junior players from Training Camp

by Travis Hughes on Sep 19, 2011 1:06 PM EDT in Philadelphia Flyers News

Cuts!

The first round of cuts were made on Monday from Philadelphia Flyers training camp and, well, no surprises. A bunch of junior-level players, including promising invitee Tomas Hyka, 2011 draft picks Nick Cousins, Derek Mathers Colin Suellentrop and Marcel Noebels, and 2010 pick Brendan Ranford have all been returned to their junior clubs.

The cuts also mean that just three non-roster invitees remain in camp: Michael Nylander, Adam Mair and Garrett Roe, a small forward out of St. Cloud State.

The full list of cuts: Etienne Boutet, Ricard Blidstrand, Shayne Campbell, Nick Cousins, Campbell Elyniuk, Austin Fyten, Sam Grist, Simon Gronvaldt, Michael Houser, Tomas Hyka, Derek Mathers, Jonathan Narbonne, Marcel Noebels, Brendan Ranford, Colin Suellentrop.

55 players are left in camp. Notables that made it through this round of cuts: Sean Couturier, Brandon Manning (the only junior-level defenseman remaining), Jason Akeson (same deal) and Roe, who clearly must have done something right to avoid the first cuts.

Here's the link to our running roster, which has been updated with the cuts.

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Im sure at least one of the 15 guys are thinking this.

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by Prometheus74 on Sep 19, 2011 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

i lol'd

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by DannyMcG on Sep 19, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

You didn’t remove Lehtivuori.
And who put the “lol” on Adam Mair? +1

by mtitanic on Sep 19, 2011 1:23 PM EDT reply actions

Oh wow I just noticed that too.

Good thing I’m in my research lab and the door’s shut because I really did LOL.

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by Chemistry66 on Sep 19, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I was too busy laughing at the Devils to remove Lehtivuori, apparently.

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by Travis Hughes on Sep 19, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions

What did the Devils do? (I do so love the Devils imploding in horrifying ways.)

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by 02h32m01s on Sep 19, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Last season was just funny.

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by Travis Hughes on Sep 19, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

It would have been more funny if they didn’t go on a tear late in the season.

by 02h32m01s on Sep 19, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Better question...

What DIDN’T they do?

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by Chemistry66 on Sep 19, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Or there's this

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by Chemistry66 on Sep 19, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I love the goalie-shrug at the end.

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by LeepinLizardz on Sep 19, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Hahahahaha, awesome

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by hintzy64 on Sep 20, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Roe has an AHL contract so thats the reason he is still at camp.

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by sa cyred on Sep 19, 2011 3:32 PM EDT reply actions

Clarification

So, these players were returned to their Junior team but to they remain property of the Flyers? What about someone like Tomas Hyka who was an invitee? He is now back to being a “free agent?”

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by Mitchell Green on Sep 19, 2011 7:40 PM EDT reply actions

Those who came in as invitees/free agents go back to being free agents; those who are flyers draft picks but don’t have contracts go back to juniors but we still hold their rights. Hyka is an interesting case, because I’m not entirely sure we were allowed to offer him a contract, but I’d need to look into it more. He was drafted in the CHL import draft though and will play in the Q, so he should go back to being an undrafted junior player and re-enter the NHL draft pool next year.

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by DragonGirl0583 on Sep 19, 2011 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm, seems like a shame to let Hyka slip away.

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by Mitchell Green on Sep 19, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed; but the rules for signing an undrafted free agent allow a window of opportunity for signing players under 20 who played in North America the previous year, but no such opportunity for European players under 22. I’m not sure if there’s another loophole somewhere else, since those are the qualifications to be eligible to play in the NHL. I haven’t done a complete search though.

But that doesn’t preclude them from putting a priority on snagging him in the next draft; depending on how he does this year, and if they have a pick in the right round.

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by DragonGirl0583 on Sep 19, 2011 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions