Source: Flyers add another center in offseason by signing Dvorak originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers opened Day 1 of NHL free agency by signing Christian Dvorak to a one-year, $5.4 million contract, a source confirmed Monday to NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman first reported the deal.
The 29-year-old center is coming off a season in which he played all 82 games for the Canadiens, putting up 12 goals and 21 assists.
A little over a week ago, the Flyers started their addition down the middle by trading for 24-year-old Trevor Zegras.
With the trade of Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost, Tony DeAngelo, Andrei Kuzmenko, Cal Petersen and Jakob Pelletier coming off the books and the NHL salary cap rising, the Flyers had some room to spend.
They opened free agency with $15.14 million in cap space, according to PuckPedia.com. They still need to re-sign restricted free agent defenseman Cam York.
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“There’s a little bit of a window to add from the outside,” general manager Danny Briere said about free agency in April. “We’re not going to be able to fix every problem, but it would be nice to be able to, if the situation is right, add a player or two to come in and help on that front. That also should help taking a step forward.”
The Flyers have not changed their rebuilding plans, but they do need and want to get better this season. They hit “rock bottom” last season and the 2025-26 campaign will be Year 3 under Briere and president of hockey operations Keith Jones.
(More coming…)