*Welcome to the final day of July, Flyers fans! That means that, starting tomorrow, we are officially into the Summer Dead Season. The doldrums. The month at the cottage. Nothing will happen. Things are happening right now, though! Well one thing, anyway. The World Junior Summer Showcase. And some of our boys are really showing out so far. [BSH]
*Seriously, just look at your boy:
Porter Martone takes a stretch pass from Kashawn Aitcheson and Canada leads 1-0. #WorldJuniors
— Steven Ellis (@stevenpellis.ca) July 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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*Patrick Sharp thinks Denver Barkey is a pretty impressive player. Patrick Sharp: he’s just like us! [NBC Sports Philly]
*It’s always fun when someone digs into one of the Flyers’ prospects that we don’t hear all that much about. Like Ty Murchison, whose path to becoming an NHL prospect has been an interesting one. [Inquirer]
*Oh, the Oilers GM is out in the press making sure everyone thinks that he’s nearly done getting Connor McDavid signed to his extension?? Those talks must not be moving along as well as they would have hoped, eh? Anyway Connor, come home baby. [Sportsnet]
*And finally, because as always, summer is for lists, here’s the ten best contracts of 2025. In case you were wondering what those were. [The Athletic]
