The Flyers are making a few changes on the fourth line.
The team announced Thursday that Garnet Hathaway has been traded to the Florida Panthers along with a 2026 sixth-round pick for a 2026 fourth-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick. The Flyers now own four picks in this weekend’s NHL draft: 21st, 53rd, 136th, and 213th.
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The 34-year-old winger played three seasons in Philadelphia and put up three points in 66 games last season, down from his 21 points in 2024-25 and 17 in 2023-24. Alongside Sean Couturier and Luke Glendening, he was part of a formidable fourth line in the playoffs, scoring one goal and recording one assist in eight games while asserting himself physically.
But Hathaway also picked up a few healthy scratches during the season and in the playoffs against the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Hathaway has one year left on his two-year extension, which is worth $2.4 million annually. The Flyers will retain 50% of Hathaway’s salary, leaving a cap charge of $1.2 million on the books for 2026-27.
With the move, Flyers have two of three salary retention spots available for next season, since Scott Laughton’s deal expired at the end of the season. The Flyers still have a projected $33.6 million in cap space with which to extend restricted free agents Jamie Drysdale and Trevor Zegras, and to make any new additions to the roster.
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