Flyers place Hayden Hodgson on waivers, have more shuffling among forwards
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Flyers place winger on waivers, have more shuffling among forwards originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
VOORHEES, N.J. — John Tortorella expected a good bit of roster movement.
With injuries and the head coach wanting to see what he has, the Flyers’ lineup was not going to stick off the bat.
“I think there could be some rotating people coming in and out of here until we kind of settle what they are when they’re playing in a National Hockey League game or a couple of weeks that mean something in the National Hockey League,” Tortorella said Monday. “I can’t make predictions. We’re just going to see how they react.”
After beating the Devils, 5-2, in their 2022-23 regular-season opener Thursday, the Flyers will have changes for Game 2.
Fourth-liner Hayden Hodgson was placed on waivers following practice Friday at Flyers Training Center. He played only 4:46 minutes Thursday and had just one shift in the third period. The Flyers lost Owen Tippett in the first period to an upper-body injury, so Tortorella worked with 10 forwards to close out his first win as Flyers head coach.
“Hodgy struggled. He did, he struggled,” Tortorella said Friday. “I have to make those calls along the way. When Tip went down and Hodgy struggled, it kind of hurt [Nicolas Deslauriers] a little bit because I just felt the flow of the game, I ended up going three lines quite a bit there that second half of the game.”
Hodgson somewhat surprisingly edged out Zack MacEwen for the season-opening fourth-line role. MacEwen, who cleared waivers Monday, could be right back this Saturday when the Flyers host the Canucks (4 p.m. ET/NBCSP).
Last season, the 26-year-old Hodgson “emerged out of nowhere,” general manager Chuck Fletcher said in May. Hodgson opened eyes with AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley and then earned an entry-level contract in March. He had an impressive NHL debut and played six games for the Flyers. The season prior, he was placing for two different teams in the ECHL.
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