Tuesday afternoon, the Philadelphia Flyers announced another wave of cuts, bringing the team to their final roster battles.

Here are the moves the team made:

Assigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms:

F – Denver Barkey

F – Alex Bump

F – Alexis Gendron

F – Devin Kaplan

D – Emil Andrae

D – Helge Grans

D – Hunter McDonald

D – Ty Murchison

G – Carson Bjarnason

G – Aleksei Kolosov

Waived with the purpose of being assigned to Lehigh Valley:

F – Anthony Richard

The Flyers official moves leave the team with 29 players on the current NHL roster.

Philly’s roster moves give more clarity as to how the final roster battles will shape up.

With many players all but certain to be on the final roster, that leaves Rodrigo Abols, Nikita Grebenkin, Jacob Gaucher, Jett Luchanko, Adam Ginning, Dennis Gilbert, and Noah Juulsen fight for the final 2/3 forward spots, as well as the 6th/7th defenseman positions. You could even throw Egor Zamula into the mix.

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The Forwards

It’s safe to assume that there are 11 forwards that are safe in the roster battles. Brink, Cates, Couturier, Deslauriers, Dvorak, Foerster, Hathaway, Konecny, Michkov, Tippett, and Zegras are all guarantees.

Rodrigo Abols should have solidified his spot on the 23-man roster as well. Given how poorly the defensive battle has played out, it seems more likely than ever that the Flyers will roll with 14 forwards and 7 defensemen.

Nikita Grebenkin should have his spot on the Flyers final roster given his play compared to remaining players. To me, that leaves Jett Luchanko vs. Jacob Gaucher as the final forward battle.

Gaucher has outplayed Luchanko to this point, though there is still plenty of time left. However, the circumstances that Luchanko is under makes he believe he’ll earn the final roster spot. Gaucher is waiver exempt, and he has earned the right to be the first call up when the Flyers need to. Luchanko can either make the Flyers, or return to Guelph. That leads me to believe he’ll be on the opening night roster.

The Defensemen

Emil Andrae getting assigned to Lehigh Valley was a bit shocking. He had outplayed each of the defensemen in the battle for the final spots, including Zamula, whose spot likely remains safe. Zamula joins Drysdale, Sanheim, Seeler, and York as the Flyers defensemen who will be on the opening night roster.

That leaves Adam Ginning, Dennis Gilbert, and Noah Juulsen as the defensemen left to battle it out for the final two spots.

As mentioned earlier, with how poor the defensive battle has been, it seems likely the team will opt for the extra forward rather than the extra defenseman.

With the Flyers already having a defensive corps loaded with left-shot defensemen, it should make Noah Juulsen, a right-shot defender, feel pretty good about his chances, despite arguably having the worst preseason of the group.

Assuming the team opts for the right-shot depth, that would leave Gilbert and Ginning to battle it out for the final spot on the opening night roster.

There is still more to see from both defensemen, as well as Juulsen. Neither player is waiver exempt — though I doubt a team claims any.

Just a gut feeling, but I’d say Gilbert nabs the final roster spot.

The Injured

With the final roster battles, there are also plenty of what if. Three players, all of whom had a chance for the NHL roster are the start of camp, missed most or all of camp due to injury.

Karsen Dorwart has been out since the first day of camp after taking a hit into the boards. Dorwart very well could have, and in all reality would have been in that final forward roster battle. Instead, he is more likely than not headed to Lehigh Valley.

Lane Pederson, another forward, might not have been in the thick of things, but an early preseason injury for him leaves him as an after thought.

Oliver Bonk is the biggest what if of camp. Bonk had been dealing with an injury suffered during rookie camp, and never suited up. Not for the rookie series against New York, and not for a single day of NHL training camp or preseason. With how poor the defense had been, one of those last two spots could have been Bonk’s for the taking. Instead, he never had a shot. Part of me wonders what will happen when he is healthy. Will he get a chance to compete for an NHL job? Or, will he go straight to Lehigh. That will probably all depend how the defense plays early in the year.

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