The Flyers sent defenseman Adam Ginning back down to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms Tuesday morning.
Transaction: We have assigned defenseman Adam Ginning to the @LVPhantoms (AHL) on a conditioning loan.
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 18, 2025
Ginning played five games so far for the Flyers, but he’s hasn’t had action in a while outside of practices. He was dressed fpr the opening four games of the season with Philadelphia before being a healthy scratch. His last game was Oct. 25 against the Islanders. He hasn’t registered a point yet in those five games, but did see a brief amount of time on the top pairing opposite Travis Sanheim for a game. He played 20:33 against Florida in the Flyers’ home opener but overall averaged 15:20 over the five games. He also had two shots against Florida in the season opener but didn’t register any since then.
The conditioning loan enables Ginning to go down to the American Hockey League without having to clear waivers. He’ll be down with the Phantoms for at least 14 days but should see some action. Lehigh Valley has a busy week ahead as they play the Rochester Americans at home tomorrow night before hitting the road for a game Friday against Providence and a game the following night against Hartford. Those three games should allow Ginning to get some playing time after basically only practicing the last three weeks.
The move also seems to indicate that Emil Andrae and Noah Juulsen are going to be Philadelphia’s third pairing for the next little while until Rasmus Ristolainen possibly gets closer to returning. And the Ginning move might be a stopgap for the Phantoms given the rather whirlwind of activity on their own blueline. As reported yesterday, Oliver Bonk was practicing yesterday by himself at the Flyers’ practice facility. Bonk has been out since Philadelphia’s training camp when he had an upper body injury. Meanwhile, the Flyers also sent Dennis Gilbert to Ottawa in exchange for Maxence Guenette. Guenette, who requested a trade away from the Ottawa organization earlier this season, hasn’t played a game this year. So it’s probably safe to say Guenette might need some time to get in game shape, hence placing Ginning back with the Phantoms enables that to happen. It’s doubtful Guenette is going to be rushed into the lineup, at least not until he’s ready.
In related news, Ristolainen also was skating yesterday at the Flyers practice facility. Ristolainen hasn’t played this season but given he’s skating again it’s conceivable he’s only a few weeks away from returning.
Rasmus Ristolainen wrapping up a rehab skate. He’s recovering from last season’s triceps tendon rupture.
On Oct. 27, Danny Briere said Flyers were hoping Ristolainen was about four to six weeks away from rejoining team. So he could be getting closer. pic.twitter.com/X6gf2YvxIv
— Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) November 17, 2025
It’s a bit of a challenging situation here, with the surplus of defensemen that the Flyers have in the organization at both the NHL and AHL levels, but they’re doing what they can to keep a rotation going, to find minutes where they can for everyone, but it’s going to be a continued uphill battle as we go.