{"id":509791,"date":"2026-03-18T16:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509791\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:02:23","slug":"flyers-sign-cole-knuble-to-entry-level-deal-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509791\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers Sign Cole Knuble To Entry-Level Deal \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Flyers signed forward prospect\u00a0Cole Knuble<\/a>\u00a0to his entry-level contract today, the team announced. It\u2019s a two-year pact starting next season, but he\u2019ll make his pro debut in the coming days with AHL Lehigh Valley on a minor-league deal for the last few weeks of 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Knuble was a fourth-round pick back in 2023. The Michigan native and son of former Flyer\u00a0Mike Knuble<\/a> is an undersized but stocky 5\u201910\u201d center and put up 30 goals and 66 points in 57 games in his draft year with the USHL\u2019s Fargo Force. A Notre Dame commit, he joined the Fighting Irish in the season following his selection. He\u2019s remained there since, wrapping up his junior season with a loss to Michigan in the Big 10 playoffs last week.<\/p>\n

While Knuble\u2019s offensive game shifted more from goal-scoring to playmaking in college, he was still a reasonably productive threat. He hit at least 20 points in all three seasons, including a career-best 39-point effort in 34 games as a sophomore to lead the team. His production took a step back this season, though, in what was the program\u2019s worst showing in 21 years. As Notre Dame only mustered a 9-21-2 record, Knuble churned out a 9-22\u201331 scoring line in 36 games with a -19 rating.<\/p>\n

He will now look to shake off the bad taste in his mouth and bring his skilled, high-energy checking game to the Flyers. His offensive step back this year will likely make it hard for him to win a roster spot in training camp in the fall, but the Flyers have shown a willingness to reward their young players for strong training camp and AHL showings sooner than anyone expected (Denver Barkey<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jett Luchanko<\/a>\u00a0being some recent examples).<\/p>\n

The Flyers have one of the better prospect pools in the league. Knuble wasn\u2019t viewed as a top-10 name in the pool, even entering the season on the heels of his sophomore breakout, but he has real upside. Philly won\u2019t be keen on using a player with his height primarily as a bottom-six checking piece down the middle long-term, though, so he\u2019ll need to hit the ground running on the scoresheet, too, to give himself a shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Flyers signed forward prospect\u00a0Cole Knuble\u00a0to his entry-level contract today, the team announced. It\u2019s a two-year pact starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[20996,5,56,405],"class_list":{"0":"post-509791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-cole-knuble","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","11":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116251024180717746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}