Overview
- The Flyers placed defenseman Helge Grans on waivers on Monday, making him available to all NHL clubs for the standard claim period.
- Grans played 12:26 in his season debut against the Boston Bruins and was a healthy scratch in the next game against Carolina before the waiver move.
- If no team claims him, Philadelphia can reassign Grans to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the AHL as a way to reduce their current eight-defenseman carry.
- Grans has seven career NHL games and an extended AHL record of 298 regular-season games with 78 points, which frames him as a top-four AHL defender rather than an established NHL regular.
- He is in the second year of a two-year deal that converted to a one-way contract for 2026–27 with an $837,500 cap hit, and the waiver decision reflects short-term roster needs after Rasmus Ristolainen was placed on injured reserve.