The Philadelphia Flyers announced they’ve recalled forward Carl Grundstrom from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Transaction: We have recalled forward Carl Grundstrom from the @LVPhantoms (AHL). pic.twitter.com/STpv07GmVL
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 7, 2025
Grundstrom, 27, was acquired by the Flyers in the deal that sent Ryan Ellis and his contract off to San Jose. Grundstrom has yet to see any action with Philadelphia, but he’ll at least be an option to get into the lineup when the Flyers host Ottawa Saturday afternoon. The forward has three goals and three assists for six points in 11 games this year for Lehigh Valley. Last season, Grundstrom played 56 for the Sharks, scoring three times while adding six assists.
With Grundstrom brought up, the Flyers could be looking to shuffle their lineup up somewhat despite squeaking out wins against Nashville on Thursday night and Montreal earlier in the week. The Swedish native could be replacing Nikita Grebenkin (who was seen doing gymnastic moves on the ice Friday during practice) or Nic Deslauriers but time will tell why Grundstrom has been brought up. It could also be a case of one of the Flyer forwards being banged up, so bringing him up could be a precautionary move if one of the wingers isn’t able to go tomorrow.
The move comes after the Flyers reassigned Aleksei Kolosov back to Lehigh Valley Friday afternoon now that Sam Ersson looks ready to go. Kolosov replaced Dan Vladar in the third period against Toronto before getting the start the following night against Calgary. In his brief time up with the big club, Kolosov had a 1.62 goals-against average and an impressive .929 save percentage.
As reported earlier, it’s been a rather hectic week to 10 days for the Phantoms. With Emil Andrae playing with the big club, Grundstrom now up, Jacob Gaucher briefly called up before returning to Lehigh Valley, Samu Tuomaala traded to Dallas in exchange for Christian Kyrou, and Dennis Gilbert injured last week, it’s been arduous at best. Despite all the movements, the Phantoms were third in the Atlantic Division with 7-3-1 record heading into Friday’s slate of games.
Elsewhere, on Friday morning Tyson Foerster, who was injured blocking a shot, was seen skating and looking like he wasn’t too far from returning to the lineup. There’s hope he’ll be ready for the Wednesday game when Philadelphia goes up against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. But he definitely won’t be in the lineup tomorrow against the Senators.
