With the draft in the rearview and the initial rush of free agency now petering out, the picture of theThe Flyers don’t open the season for 3½ months, but their roster more or less seems finalized after a whirlwind summer. New general manager Danny Brière wasted no time resetting the squad, trading away veterans who no longer fit the club’s direction in Ivan Provorov,, and Tony DeAngelo .
The first thing you’ll notice here is that Tippett is playing on his off wing. With a logjam of right wingers in Konecny, Tippett, Atkinson, Tyson Foerster, Wade Allison, Hathaway, and Bobby Brink, at least one player will be moving to the left. Insert the 24-year-old Tippett, who exploded for 27 goals and 49 points last season in his first full campaign in Philadelphia. Tippett played some left wing last season and seems to have genuine chemistry with Frost.