Wednesday night’s showdown between the reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Vegas Golden Knights, and the Los Angeles Kings turned into a heated battle following a thunderous hit by Kings’ forward Hayden Hodgson on Golden Knights’ captain Mark Stone.
Even during the NHL preseason, Pacific Division rivalries are cooking.
The LA Kings signed more than a dozen free agents this summer. Hayden Hodgson has played in the Flyers organization for the past two seasons while Mikhail Maltsev spent the past two seasons playing in Colorado for the Eagles and the Avalanche.
It was only of time before some major player movement happened, and the Blue Jackets, Kings and Flyers jumpstarted a potentially wild offseason with a whopper of a three-team trade Tuesday afternoon.
The Philadelphia Flyers locked up the last of their restricted free agents (RFAs) in the past week by signing Wade Allison, Linus Högberg, and Hayden Hodgson.
Earlier, Hayden Hodgson signed a 2yr/$1.6mil two-way/one-way extension. Last season, he made his NHL debut with the Philadelphia Flyers. Hodgson, in his first against the St.
Laughton missed roughly three and a half weeks with a concussion.
The Philadelphia Flyers are determining what they have for the future of their organization. They are not making the postseason for a second consecutive season and are in the process of undergoing an “aggressive retool,” according to general manager Chuck Fletcher.
The journey to the NHL has been anything but easy for Philadelphia Flyers forward Hayden Hodgson. Hodgson played five years and 294 games in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he recorded 157 points (87 goals and 70 assists) with the Erie Otters, Sarnia Sting, and Saginaw Spirit.
The Flyers carried a 13-game road losing streak into Thursday's game in St. Louis. In this time of experimentation and evaluation, some of the newest Flyers made contributions.
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