The Philadelphia Flyers are so back. After demolishing the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night in the most entertaining game of the season so far, the feeling surrounding this team feels impenetrable. The dark cloud looming over this current rebuild that the front office is pursuing, has once again been waved away to briefly see some immaculate sunshine.<\/p>\n
Cutter Gauthier was traded away to the Ducks because he didn\u2019t want to play for the Flyers after they drafted him fifth overall. It\u2019s a story that has been beaten to death and repeated ad nauseum since the move happened two years ago. But, it will always remain at the front of every single Flyers fan\u2019s mind because of what could have been as they see the forward blossom into a very good goalscorer out west.<\/p>\n
So, as the Flyers lay a 5-2 beatdown against the Ducks on Tuesday night, headlined by former Anaheim star Trevor Zegras getting some vital revenge in the form of two goals<\/a>, the feeling of being a fan of the Orange and Black has never been better since the puck dropped this season. And that same feeling is permeating through the Flyers locker room.<\/p>\n Cam York touches on Cutter Gauthier trade and fans booing<\/p>\n During an interview on 97.5 The Fanatic<\/a> the day following that dominant win over the new hated rivals, defenseman Cam York spoke about Gauthier\u2019s departure and what it felt like to have that result and be one of the key players in it.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, you know, I think Jonesy said it best. \u2018If you don\u2019t want to be a Flyer, you\u2019re not going to be one,’\u201d York said Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t really know what his deal is; I don\u2019t really know him as a person, but we don\u2019t really care. We have Jamie and we\u2019re super happy with him, he\u2019s an unreal guy and a great player.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, you know, it\u2019s a weird situation, I don\u2019t really know how it unfolded and stuff. But as players, we really want to win that game against them and shut them down. So, yeah kind of a weird one but it\u2019s always a super fun game to play especially when the fans are giving him a ton of crap.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s just perfect. The fact that what Flyers president of hockey operations Keith Jones said following the Gauthier trade two years ago is still in the heads of at least some players, feels special. A group that has come together to be Flyers and understand that it\u2019s just not for everyone, to find some companionship as this team starts to hopefully turn a corner. It\u2019s just nice to watch a team where you know they are actually enjoying what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n And then for York to just go the extra mile and not only really brush off anything Gauthier thinks about the Flyers, but to mention that the team absolutely loves how much the fans boo one specific and entitled player \u2014 it\u2019s just so heartwarming. <\/p>\n Plus, York really did come out to play on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Up against what is technically his hometown team, he led the entire Flyers in time-on-ice with 25:34 and finished with a goal and a primary assist. Aside from the actual point production, York also co-led the team in five shots on goal with Travis Konecny, had six total shot attempts. He was just everywhere on the ice.<\/p>\n Cam York scored from the between the top of the circles to extend the Flyers lead to 3-1. Noah Cates may have redirected the puck. \u2014 Andrew Cot\u00e9 (@acote_88) January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n York and the rest of the Flyers will have another opportunity to give it to Gauthier and the rest of the Ducks \u2014 because we haven\u2019t even mentioned the several dirty hits that Anaheim players<\/a> flung at our boys \u2014 on March 18 when they go and make the Californian road trip this season.<\/p>\n It is going to be a must-watch game after everything that went down this week.<\/p>\n \t
Goal: York (3) pic.twitter.com\/nW65sxi3ZS<\/a><\/p>\n