Flyers to recall Andrae, Lycksell, Abols from Lehigh Valley
Deadline Day has officially come to a close, and while the Flyers didn’t see a positively massive overhaul of their roster, there’s still been some notable movement — going out was Andrei Kuzmenko (to the Kings), Scott Laughton (to the Maple Leafs), and Erik Johnson (to the Avalanche). And, ahead of the deadline, the Flyers’ NHL roster wasn’t exactly robust (Johnson was their extra defenseman hanging around and they had no extra forwards, with Garnet Hathaway out with injury), there is some definite need for reinforcements.
To fill in some of these gaps, Flyers General Manager Danny Briere said in his post-deadline availability, the plan is to recall Olle Lycksell and Rodrigo Abols, at least for the weekend, and we’ll see what happens from there. On top of that, Emil Andrae will be joining them on that recall, and, so says Briere, the plan is to keep him up for the remainder of the regular season. Each of these players, since they were on the Phantoms’ roster at the time of the 3:00 deadline, will maintain their playoff eligibility, and so long as none of these recalls are officially categorized as emergency recalls (which is yet to be seen), this will burn three of the team’s available four post-deadline recalls.
And, if nothing else, this is a well-deserved nod to each of these players. They’ve been playing significant roles with the Phantoms and showing very well in those heavy minutes — Abols has been largely consistent on both the defensive and offensive sides, and has points in seven of his last 10 games, Lycksell is scoring above a point per game rate on the season, and Andrae has taken off after a bit of an initial settling back in period. The Phantoms have been a little up and down on a collective level, but these three have been instrumental in the success that they have found, and it’s nice to see them get the nod here. We’ll see what they’ll be able to do this weekend, back in action with the big club. ...
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