September has arrived, and with it comes the real start of hockey season. Training camps are only a little more than two weeks away, preseason follows quickly after that, and the regular season is right around the corner. Because of the two-game expanded schedule, the whole thing gets moving a little earlier than usual, which means it also wraps up about the same time.
For the Flyers, the month is packed. Rookie Camp opens on Friday, September 11th, followed by the Rookie Series games in Allentown at the PPL on Saturday, September 12th, and Sunday, September 13th.
Main camp on-ice sessions begin Thursday, September 17th, and that starts the real battle for roster spots. Preseason hockey gets underway Monday, September 21st, when the Flyers face the Capitals in Hershey.
Then, on September 30th, Philadelphia opens the season at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Flyers hockey is BACK this month. Get ready!
There’s also been plenty to catch up on since the last Daily. Corey Pronman’s 2025 NHL Re-Draft backed up the Flyers’ selections, even after a controversial 2025 NHL Draft that drew plenty of criticism, especially for the first round after Martone. The Flyers’ national broadcast schedule for the coming season is out as well.
One storyline that should not be chased by Philadelphia: Connor Hellebuyck requested a trade, but the Flyers should not pursue. There was also a look at Cale Makar’s record-setting contract and whether the Flyers’ Leo Carlsson offer sheet played a role in pushing the number so high. That led to a bigger question: when do the Flyers land a $20 million-a-year player, and who might it be?
And there’s a sweater watch, too. Hometown remix is almost here, and the rumors around the Flyers’ new jersey are already circulating.
Around the league, expansion talk is heating up again. Kevin Weekes is teasing that Houston may be closing in on the NHL’s 33rd franchise, even after Austin seemed to have a chance.
Makar’s deal is also rippling beyond Colorado. Aarif Deen noted that term was the one thing Makar wanted for sure, while Rachel Barkley explained how the contract changes the market for defensemen, including Carolina’s unsigned RFA Alexander Nikishin.
Elsewhere, there’s another ugly chapter for September trade history.
In Other News...
Flyers Offseason Theory Around Michkov Misses The Bigger Question
A social-media theory picked up a little steam around the Flyers this week, with some fans wondering whether the clubs aggressive offer-sheet play for Leo Carlsson was really about creating a path to move on from Matvei Michkov. The chatter has no supporting evidence, but it did manage to turn one of the summers most eye-catching moves into a referendum on what Philadelphia is trying to build and who it values most.
What actually happened is simpler: the Ducks matched the Flyers offer sheet, and the whole episode ended without any player movement or compensation changing hands. More importantly for Philadelphia, there has been no reporting suggesting the team wants to trade Michkov, and management still appears to view him as a central piece of the rebuild rather than a name to dangle in some hidden deal. [Read more 🡒]
Blue Jackets Still Have A Marchenko Situation To Watch
With the Flyers settling their own development plans for Jett Luchanko by sending him to Lehigh Valley for the full season, the focus around camp shifts to the kind of roster questions that can still reshape the lineup before opening night. Philadelphia has no shortage of those decisions to make, and the center picture is one of the more interesting ones as the team sorts through how best to use its younger pieces alongside the established core.
One possibility worth watching is whether Trevor Zegras gets a look down the middle when camp opens. It is the sort of trial that could affect both the daily lineup and the longer-term shape of the forward group, especially with the organization trying to balance patience, fit and upside. For a Flyers team looking to make smarter use of its talent, that kind of camp experiment can carry more weight than a standard preseason subplot. [Read more 🡒]
Oilers Injury Crunch Could Pull A Familiar Flyer Into Focus
Edmontons training camp is already running into injury trouble, and the ripple effect could eventually shine a light on a few familiar names around the league. With Frederik Andersen, Alec Regula, Matt Savoie and Mattias Janmark all set to miss camp, the Oilers may be forced to examine the free-agent market for help at a time when cap space is tight and depth matters more than ever.
Among the veterans being mentioned as possible fits is Luke Glendening, who spent part of last season in New Jersey and Philadelphia and gave the Flyers one goal in 10 playoff games. Adam Henrique is also being floated as another experienced option, but for now the situation remains more about possibilities than movement, with Edmonton still sorting through how it wants to patch the roster. [Read more 🡒]