{"id":601071,"date":"2026-06-17T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/601071\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:39:15","slug":"flyers-free-agent-target-tells-ducks-hes-moving-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/601071\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers Free Agent Target Tells Ducks He&#8217;s Moving On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Philadelphia Flyers free agency target has told the Anaheim Ducks that he is moving on from the team. Per Pierre LeBrun with The Athletic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/ducks\/player\/john-carlson-8474590\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Carlson<\/a> has informed the Ducks that he is moving on from the team and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7366274\/2026\/06\/16\/nhl-rumblings-carlson-rielly-hischier\/?source=user_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.qlA.cRP5.eNkcwTyl9l9b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will enter free agency.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, LeBrun writes that the 36-year-old prefers to move back to the East. That is what initially linked Carlson, the long-time Washington Capital, to the Flyers. The insider also mentions that he expects a 2-year, $10 million AAV deal to be on the table for the future Hall of Famer. <\/p>\n<p>LeBrun notes that the Tampa Bay Lightning is a team to watch for Carlson. Especially since they\u2019re at risk of losing defenseman Darren Raddysh this summer, the team to watch for Carlson is. However, he would be a perfect fit for the Flyers. <\/p>\n<p>The Flyers have long been in need of a solution on the power play, and Carlson would bring just that. During his long NHL career, the right-shot defenseman has 49 power-play goals and 278 power-play points. He\u2019s played 1159 NHL games in his career, tallying 170 goals and 785 points with a career rating of +112. <\/p>\n<p>Carlson is well beyond his prime. But he could still give the Flyers top-pair minutes, especially if playing alongside minute-eating, reliable defenseman Travis Sanheim. <\/p>\n<p>With competitive hockey still ahead of the 17-year veteran, there is likely to be a big market of teams. All of which, with a competitive window. It is not a very full free agency class, so Carlson will find his way towards the top of the list for many teams. It should be a quick-moving market. <\/p>\n<p>If you were the Flyers, would you give Carlson the 2-year, $20 million deal that LeBrun expects to be on the table for Carlson?<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/flyers-land-joseph-woll-simon-benoit-trade-ersson-andrae-instant-reaction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flyers Land Joseph Woll &amp; Simon Benoit, Trade Ersson &amp; Andrae; Instant Reaction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Philadelphia Flyers free agency target has told the Anaheim Ducks that he is moving on from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,1739,13923,5,281,4,56,6244],"class_list":["post-601071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheimducks","tag-ducks","tag-flyers-free-agency","tag-hockey","tag-john-carlson","tag-nhl","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-pierre-lebrun"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116767618699267845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601071","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=601071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}