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Flyers miss out on a chance to clear crucial cap space as Kraken select Carsen Twarynski in expansion draft The Kraken passed on the opportunity to select a big-name, big-salary Flyers player like James van Riemsdyk or Jakub Voracek.
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Rises to taxi squad Twarynski was added to Philadelphia's taxi squad Wednesday.
Impact Twarynski has only cracked the big club's lineup four times this year, going scoreless while posting a minus-3 rating over that span.
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Returned to AHL affiliate Twarynski was sent to AHL Lehigh Valley on Thursday.
Impact Twarynski has cracked the big club's lineup on four occasions this year, going scoreless over that span. The 23-year-old winger will likely continue to spend most of his time in the minors or on Philadelphia's taxi squad.
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Shifts to active roster Twarynski was promoted to the active roster Wednesday.
Impact Twarynski is now eligible to play in Wednesday's road game versus the Sabres. The 23-year-old has spent most of the season on the taxi squad, and he's suited up in just three games, recording no points, six hits and a minus-2 rating.
MARCH 31, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Bumped to taxi squad Twarynski was reassigned from the active roster to the taxi squad Tuesday, per CapFriendly.
Impact As a result, the 23-year-old didn't play against the Devils. Twarynski hasn't logged any AHL action and has taken the ice just three times for the Flyers in 2020-21, so expect the bouncing to and from the taxi squad to continue for the foreseeable future.
MARCH 23, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Taking part in Phase 2 Twarynski is with the Flyers as part of Phase 2 of the NHL's Return to Play, Bill Meltzer of NHL.com reports.
Impact Twarynski spent the bulk of the year playing in the minors with AHL Lehigh Valley but did log 15 contests with Philadelphia in which he notched one assist, 14 shots and 40 hits while averaging 10:41 of ice time. While the winger will likely spend the bulk of the postseason in the press box, Twarynski could see himself thrusts into the lineup if an injury or two crops up.
JUNE 30, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
