{"id":512334,"date":"2026-03-01T18:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512334\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:53:07","slug":"vladar-garland-klapka-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512334\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladar, Garland, Klapka \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

While they have not been able to hold down a playoff spot, the Philadelphia Flyers have been a largely competitive team this season, and a significant reason for that has been the excellent play provided by netminder Daniel Vladar<\/a>. The team signed Vladar, a longtime backup, this summer to compete with Samuel Ersson<\/a> for the No. 1 role on the team, and he\u2019s run away with it. In 35 games, Vladar has a .907 save percentage and 2.42 goals-against-average. Vladar has one more year remaining on his deal at a $3.35MM cap hit, and The Athletic\u2019s Kevin Kurz asked Vladar<\/a> about the prospect of signing an early extension with the team. Vladar made it clear that it was too early for those questions, saying \u201cIt\u2019s too far ahead. I\u2019m living my life day by day, week by week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given Vladar\u2019s success this season, it\u2019s likely the Flyers have interest in locking him into an extension before his current deal expires. He won\u2019t turn 29 until August, meaning he isn\u2019t just a short-term stopgap option for Philadelphia. The team has some talented goalie prospects in its system, such as Carson Bjarnason<\/a>, Yegor Zavragin<\/a>, and Aleksei Kolosov<\/a>, but keeping Vladar is the kind of move that can help the development of those players, rather than hinder it, because of how his presence helps keep those young goalies from playing too much, too early in their NHL career. The key factor related to Vladar\u2019s situation is likely to be cost. Kurz pointed to the recent extension signed by Minnesota Wild starter Filip Gustavsson<\/a> as a comparable deal (five years, $6.8MM AAV), but it should be noted that Gustavsson had more extensive experience as a No. 1 goalie when he signed that deal.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the NHL:<\/p>\n

As the Vancouver Canucks chart their course through an uncertain competitive future, one veteran name drawing interest ahead of the trade deadline is that of winger Conor Garland<\/a>. According to Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen<\/a>, Senators head coach Travis Green is a \u201chuge backer\u201d of Garland, dating back to his own days as head coach of the Canucks, and as a result \u201cit would be no surprise if the Senators checked in on\u201d Garland. The 29-year-old has seven goals and 26 points in 49 games this season, and would instantly plug in somewhere in Ottawa\u2019s top-nine. The main area of contention regarding a Garland trade is likely to be his contract, as his six-year, $6MM AAV contract kicks in next year. That contract has a full no-move clause attached.
\nWith the Calgary Flames sitting near the bottom of league standings, the focus for the rest of the season is undoubtedly on maximizing the growth and development of the team\u2019s younger players, something that will be especially true after the trade deadline. One player poised to get an increased opportunity on the ice is 25-year-old winger Adam Klapka<\/a>, according to Sportsnet\u2019s Eric Francis<\/a>. Klapka is already a success story for the Flames\u2019 player development team, as the massive 6\u20198\u2033 has blossomed into an NHLer since signing as an undrafted player out of the Czech Extraliga. But the Flames, including head coach Ryan Huska, appear to believe there is room for Klapka to provide even more value on the ice. Under contract for an additional season at a $1.25MM cap hit, Klapka will be one of the players to watch in Calgary moving forward, as he\u2019s poised to gain a greater role once the Flames make their trade deadline moves. Through 57 games this season, he has notched five goals, 12 points, and 215 hits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While they have not been able to hold down a playoff spot, the Philadelphia Flyers have been a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[88131,64,63,7525,34715,49634,575,6597,3065,85,2371],"class_list":["post-512334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-adam-klapka","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-calgary-flames","tag-conor-garland","tag-dan-vladar","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}