NHL Daily: Could Flyers-Vegas be Trade Partners? B’s May Get Better

We will knows the extent of goalie Carter Hart’s injury when the Philadelphia Flyers resume practice Tuesday in Voorhees at 2 p.m.

Maybe he makes a quick recovery and is able to make the upcoming West Coast trip?

But if Hart — who was injured when he collided with Carolina’s Seth Jarvis on Friday — is going to be sidelined for a while, the Flyers will have a decision to make.

Do they go with rookies Felix Sandstrom and Samuel Ersson and take their lumps — and probably improve their draft position? Or do they pursue a trade and try to be more competitive? If they did the latter, the Vegas Golden Knights have a surplus of goaltenders and would likely deal one of them.

Speaking of potential deals, could powerful Boston get even better before the March 3 trade deadline? The holiday trade freeze ends today.

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Flyers say it’s an upper-body injury. May be a concussion. https://t.co/soU7d3XCke

— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) December 24, 2022

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