Flyers General Manager Danny Briere shipped Ryan Ellis and his contract from his career-ending injury Sunday to San Jose. On Monday a new injury to a Flyers defenseman popped up. As Briere announced in his meeting with the media this morning, Cam York is dealing with a lower-body injury and the timeline for his recovery is a bit murky.
Cam York has a lower body issue. Right now, they see it as day to day. But Dennis Gilbert may stay up if they have to put York on IR to start.
— Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) October 6, 2025
As it stands, there is no real indication when York was injured. In the Flyers last game of the exhibition schedule against New Jersey on Saturday afternoon, York played the identical amount as his partner Travis Sanheim (25:28). York had five shots in the game alongside a block and a hit, and didn’t look to be hindered by anything at the time.
It’s not the best way to start a new season for York, especially being the team’s second-best defenseman and a key cog on the top pairing with Sanheim. It’s also bad timing given the Flyers are looking to get out of the gate on the right foot through October and see if they can remain in the hunt for a playoff spot into November without being completely buried in the Metropolitan Division. Finally, the fact York is starting his new contract possibly hurt for possibly a few days or a few weeks is irksome. York signed a five-year, $25.75 million contract ($5.15 million AAV) in July, so it would be ideal if he was in the lineup when the Flyers start the 2025-26 campaign Thursday night in Florida.
Briere said it wasn’t clear what the extent of the injury is, whether something that is simply day-to-day (as is the designation at the moment) or might take a week or two to fully recover from. The team will definitely err on the side of caution as they don’t want a nagging or recurring injury to such an important blueliner. Briere also stated if York is placed on Injured Reserve, the Flyers will keep defenseman Dennis Gilbert up with the club. Gilbert was placed on waivers Saturday and cleared Sunday.
After playing a full 82 games in 2023-24, York played 66 games with Philadelphia last season, scoring four goals and adding 13 assists for 17 points. He also endured the wrath of former coach John Tortorella, with a final flare up between the two allegedly the final straw before the Flyers fired Tortorella in March.
The Flyers roster will be official at 5 p.m. Eastern on Monday when clubs have to send their final roster for the season’s start into the NHL offices.
