Flyers sign Christian Dvorak to one-year contract

The Philadelphia Flyers are one of the first teams to strike first in free agency.

According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Philadelphia Flyers have signed forward Christian Dvorak to a one-year contract. The deal will have a $5.4 million cap hit through the 2025-26 season.

Dvorak came to the end of his big six-year contract extension, which he signed with the Arizona Coyotes in August 2018. That deal carried an AAV of $4.45 million.

The Palos, Illinois native had spent the last four seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, the team he was traded to for a couple of draft picks in September 2021. Over most of the past four seasons with the Canadiens, he has been a solid secondary scorer, except for the 2023-24 season, when he missed the beginning of the year while recovering from knee surgery performed at the end of the 2022-23 campaign.

In two of his four years in Montreal, Dvorak posted over 30 points. This past season, he notched 12 goals and 21 assists for 33 points in 82 games, helping the Canadiens end a four-year playoff drought. Ultimately, the Habs were knocked out in the first round by the Washington Capitals.

Across nine seasons in the NHL, the former London Knight has hit the 30-point mark six times, but has never scored 20 or more goals in a season. In 534 appearances, he’s potted 105 goals and 144 assists for 249 points, including five points in 14 postseason games.

Dvorak comes to a Flyers team that is trying to build into a potential playoff contender. Last week, the team traded for Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras. While there’s still some work to do, it’s clear that general manager Daniel Briere is willing to spend to make his team a little better.

According to PuckPedia, the Flyers are projected to have over $8.8 million in cap space for the 2025-26 season.