Overview

• An arbitrator sided with the Flyers in the NHLPA’s challenge of Ryan Johansen’s August 2024 contract termination, TSN sources report.
• Johansen refused a March 2024 assignment to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley, citing injuries that Philadelphia later deemed insufficient.
• The Flyers cited a “material breach” when they terminated Johansen’s deal last summer, prompting the NHLPA to file a grievance.
• Johansen was owed about $8 million for the 2024-25 season, a cap hit originally split with Nashville that the ruling may eliminate.
• No official statement has been made by the Flyers, the NHLPA or Johansen’s representatives regarding the arbitration outcome.