The Philadelphia Flyers are selling at the trade deadline, so far moving forwards Nic Deslauriers and Bobby Brink for, well, not forwards. To fill some spots they created in the lineup, the Flyers turned to the waiver wire.
Announced by multiple reporters all over online but not the actual team at the time of writing, the Flyers have claimed veteran depth center Luke Glendening off of waivers from the New Jersey Devils.
PHI claims Glendening
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 6, 2026
VAN claims Douglas
FLA claims Reinhardt
Glendening, 36, is a pending unrestricted free agent and has a league-minimum $775,000 cap hit to go along with it. It would not be shocking if this is his final ride in the NHL after a very lengthy career.
Flyers secure fourth-line center role with waiver claim
The very veteran forward is best known for his time with the Detroit Red Wings, where he made his NHL debut all the way back in 2013 and rode out through some interesting years with some legendary players on that roster, such as Pavel Datsyuk. And now, he’s gone through Dallas, Tampa, and one year in New Jersey to wind up on the 2025-26 Philadelphia Flyers.
He has a total of 916 NHL games played and has never averaged more than 16 minutes in a season — Glendening is a pure depth center and has almost always been that while in the NHL. Now, that is what he is going to be for the Flyers for the rest of the season.
It’s not even the fact that the Flyers are parting ways with some forwards and need a warm body for the rest of the season. They were having winger Carl Grundstrom play at fourth-line center for the last few games. That is before they traded anyone.
By adding Glendening, they address a need that has existed since Rodrigo Abols went down with an injury almost two months ago. He will play in almost every Flyers game for the rest of the season, we imagine, and be a fine addition as a penalty killer and someone to just be capable of taking faceoffs.
In 52 games for the Devils this season, Glendening has scored four points and all of them are assists.
