{"id":72435,"date":"2025-12-29T02:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72435\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T02:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:59:14","slug":"philadelphia-flyers-christian-dvorak-discussing-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72435\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Flyers, Christian Dvorak Discussing Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

In yesterday\u2019s rendition of Saturday Headlines<\/a> with Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman, the insider suggested that the Philadelphia Flyers are working toward an extension with center Christian Dvorak<\/a>, and it could get done relatively soon. Since he signed a one-year deal with the Flyers last summer, Dvorak isn\u2019t eligible to sign an extension until January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

Although he has to wait a few more days until he can finally put pen to paper, Friedman articulated that the deal is as good as done. Friedman said, \u201cHe\u2019s played very well there. From what I can say, there are other teams out there who do no expect Dvorak to hit the market. They think he\u2019s going to sign, but both sides have to make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Friedman noted, if Dvorak signs an extension in Philadelphia, that removes another potential option for teams leading up to the trade deadline. Of centers that are projected to hit unrestricted free agency at the conclusion of the 2025-26 campaign, Dvorak is third in scoring.<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s no indication the Flyers were going to be in a position to trade Dvorak, even if they weren\u2019t close to extending him. Surprisingly, Philadelphia enters tonight\u2019s action in a divisional playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division and is second in points percentage in the Eastern Conference. Given how good he\u2019s been for them this season, the Flyers could have kept Dvorak as a pseudo rental as they look to return to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Barring any injuries or significant setbacks to his on-ice performance, the 2025-26 season will be the best of Dvorak\u2019s career. He\u2019s scored eight goals and 24 points in 35 games for the Flyers this season, averaging 17 minutes of ice time per game. His current career-high in points came during the 2019-20 season with the Arizona Coyotes, when Dvorak scored 18 goals and 38 points in 70 games.<\/p>\n

Aside from his offensive output, the best news for Philadelphia is that Dvorak is still relatively young. At 29 years of age, Dvorak could hold down the fort in the Flyers\u2019 middle-six for the next few seasons as they introduce younger talent to the team. His career 53.1% faceoff percentage could make him one of the better third-line center options for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In yesterday\u2019s rendition of Saturday Headlines with Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman, the insider suggested that the Philadelphia Flyers are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[37797,37798,69,4845,71,70],"class_list":["post-72435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-christian-dvorak","tag-newsstand","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}