The Philadelphia Flyers are keeping Carl Grundstrom in the fold for another season.
According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, the Flyers have re-signed the defenseman to a one-year contract that carries a $1 million cap hit through the 2026-27 season. It’s a step down from the two-year deal he signed with the San Jose Sharks in July 2024, which came with an AAV of $1.8 million. Had he reached July 1, he would have been on track to become an unrestricted free agent.
Grundstrom spent all of the 2024-25 season with San Jose before landing in Philadelphia in October as part of a trade that sent him and Artem Guryev to the Flyers in exchange for Ryan Ellis’s contract and a sixth-round pick in this year’s NHL Draft. From there, he split time between the Flyers and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
In 47 games with Philadelphia, Grundstrom produced nine goals and four assists for 13 points, finished at plus-7, and logged just under 12 minutes of ice time per night. He was also productive in the minors, posting six goals and nine assists for 15 points in 19 games with the Phantoms, along with a plus-5 rating.
Originally drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the 2016 draft, Grundstrom was later included in the package that sent Jake Muzzin to the Los Angeles Kings in January 2019. After six seasons in the Kings’ system, he was traded to the Sharks for Kyle Burroughs in June 2024.
Through 339 regular-season NHL games, the 28-year-old has 52 goals and 37 assists for 89 points.
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