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Flyers reveal new alternate captain on opening night

The Philadelphia Flyers were missing a member of their leadership group — well, at least officially. After trading Scott Laughton last season, the team didn’t officially replace him as an alternate captain.

Coming into this season, Sean Couturier maintained his role as the captain, with Travis Konecny hanging onto his as and alternate captain, and the Flyers revealed their other alternate captain on opening night, and it comes as no surprise.

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Sanheim is one of the leaders on the team, and now it’s official.

Couturier is still the longest-tenured member of the Flyers and is the deserved captain of the club. Sanheim has also spent his entire career in Philadelphia since being drafted with the 17th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut in the 2017-18 season and has been a stalwart on the blue line since.

Sanheim’s name was in trade rumors when Danny Briere took over as general manager in 2023, with a reported trade to the St. Louis Blues reportedly nixed due to Torey Krug invoking his no-trade clause.

That’s been a blessing in disguise for the Flyers as Sanheim has broken out in a big way over the last two seasons. He was named to Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February, and he did not look out of place.

Sanheim hit career highs in goals (10), assists (34), and points (44) in the 2023-24 season, and although he took a step down offensively last season, he averaged a career-high 24:30 per game. It could be argued that Sanheim was the Flyers’ most valuable player for portions of last season.

The 29-year-old defenseman has now played 579 career games with the Flyers. He’s been able to stay healthy over the last four seasons, only missing four games in total and playing in all 82 contests last season.

Congratulations to Travis Sanheim on a very well-deserved honor.

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Source: https://www.broadstreethockey.com/post/flyers-reveal-new-alternate-captain-on-opening-night/

 

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Friday Morning Fly By: Well, that’s one

*The Flyers are on pace to go 0-82 (we love this joke every single season after the first game, don’t we folks?) after dropping a relatively respectable game against the reigning champs from Florida. Could’ve been worse, for sure. RECAP!

*Perhaps the most surprising thing about tonight’s game was that Dan Vladar got the start over Sam Ersson, but Vladar looked pretty dang good! So maybe it wasn’t so wacky a decision after all. [BSH]

*Rick Tocchet obviously thought Vladar earned the spot. Just like he thinks Rodrigo Abols earned his. [Inquirer]

*The other news we got ahead of last night’s opener was that Travis Sanheim has been giving a much-deserved letter. We love that. [BSH]

*It’s hard to make any kind of real assessment after one game, but even before the game kicked off folks were postulating that it’s going to be real hard for the Flyers to find success this season. We shall see. [The Athletic]

*Other folks were making some bold predictions for the season, as we all love to do. [NBC Sports Philly]

*Speaking of, we made our own set of bold predictions! Even better than the other ones! [BSH]

*If you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website you can check out his questions facing the team. Charlie went with questions, not predictions. [PHLY]

*Anyway, looking to the future, the front office has made a lot of moves to set themselves up to have a ton of cap space to play with this summer. Problem is, it’s only October and they’re nearly out of options to spend all that money on. [BSH]

*And finally, just in time for the new season, we’ve got new merch!! We think you’ll really like it, so check it out. It’s fun. [BSH]

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Source: https://www.broadstreethockey.com/post/friday-morning-fly-by-well-thats-one/