The Philadelphia Flyers are in Calgary to take on the Flames on Monday afternoon and they'll be doing so without 2014 first-round pick Travis Sanheim.
According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the Flyers have made Sanheim a late scratch ahead of Monday's game. It's unclear if it is for trade-related reasons, as we've seen with Jakob Chychrun and Vladislav Gavrikov in the last week. Sanheim took the warm-up before the game and as Flyers reporter Giana Han points out, he has family in the crowd.
The 26-year-old signed an eight-year contract extension, $6.25 million, with the Flyers back in October that won't kick in until the 2023-24 season, running through the 2030-31 campaign.
In 57 games this season, the Elkhorn (Manitoba) native has 16 points (four goals, 12 assists), 34 penalty minutes and is a minus-seven.
PHI/CAL starts in 3 minutes on @Sportsnet 1. Flyers have made Travis Sanheim a healthy scratch— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) February 20, 2023
Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny kicked off the shooting in warmups vs the Calgary Flames.
Sanheim played juniors here and has family in the crowd.
Konecny bought a house nearby recently and is now calling it his hometown team (which Sanheim vehemently objected to). pic.twitter.com/BS1WQeA8dj— Giana Han (@giana_jade) February 20, 2023
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