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Flyers roster, player-by-player capsules

Forwards Player   Ht./Wt.   '16-17 GP   G-A-Pts.    P.-Edouard Bellemare   6-0/198   74   7-7-14    Bellemare's game grew while he was playing for surprising Team Europe in the World Cup, and he hopes the momentum carries into the season.

Forwards

Player   Ht./Wt.   '16-17 GP   G-A-Pts.

P.-Edouard Bellemare   6-0/198   74   7-7-14

Bellemare's game grew while he was playing for surprising Team Europe in the World Cup, and he hopes the momentum carries into the season.

Nick Cousins    5-1/188    36    6-4-10

After some impressive OHL and AHL seasons, the feisty Cousins will start the year as a third-line left winger who will also get power-play time.

Sean Couturier    6-3/211    63    11-28-39

With Travis Konecny and Jake Voracek as his wingers, Couturier should get a lot more scoring chances and might reach 20 goals for the first time.

Claude Giroux    5-11/185    78   22-45-67

Unlike the second half of last season, the Flyers captain is healthy and ready to improve his production.

Boyd Gordon    6-0/201    65    2-2-4

Signed as a free agent, Gordon is terrific in the faceoff circle and should bolster a penalty kill that has struggled the last two seasons.

Travis Konecny    5-10/184    60    30-71-101*

Konecny had a team-high six points in the preseason, and he adds speed, energy, and creativity to an attack that was stagnant last year.

*OHL statistics

Roman Lyubimov    6-2/207    52    7-7-14**

A former KHL player, he adjusted nicely to the smaller NHL rinks in the preseason and gives the Flyers some needed size.

*KHL stats

Michael Raffl    6-0/200    82    13-18-31

A versatile left winger who can play on any line, Raffl is trying to find the form that produced 21 goals two seasons ago.

Matt Read    5-10/185    79    11-15-26

After consecutive disappointing seasons, Read needs to bounce back and regain his scoring touch.

Brayden Schenn    6-1/190    80    26-33-59

Coming off the best season of his young career, the physical Schenn is effective at all three forward positions, but he starts the year suspended for three games.

Wayne Simmonds    6-2/183    81    32-28-60

The consistent and hard-nosed forward scored a career-high 32 goals to lead the Flyers and finish fourth among NHL right wingers.

Chris VandeVelde    6-2/190    79    2-12-14

VandeVelde, who played for coach Dave Hakstol at North Dakota, is a grinder who does his best work on the penalty kill.

Jake Voracek    6-2/214    73    11-44-55

Based on an outstanding preseason, Voracek looks ready to rebound from a disappointing year, when he had 25 fewer points than in 2014-15.

Dale Weise    6-2/205    71    14-12-26

Signed as a free agent, the right winger brings size and some scoring ability to the third line.

Defense

Michael Del Zotto    6-0/194    52    4-9-13

Del Zotto, who is expected to miss the first month because of a knee injury, is playing for a contract extension on a team that has some top-notch defense prospects waiting in the wings.

Shayne Gostisbehere    5-11/186    64    17-29-46

He will build off last season, when he exploded onto the scene and became one of the league's most dynamic offensive defensemen.

Radko Gudas    6-0/204    76    5-9-14

The team's most physical blue-liner, Gudas starts the season on a six-game suspension - and needs to play with the discipline he showed at the end of last season.

Andrew MacDonald    6-1/190    28    1-7-8

He played solidly after replacing the injured Del Zotto last season, and he begins the year on the top pairing, alongside Gostisbehere.

Brandon Manning    6-1/205    56    1-6-7

A steady defender who plays with an edge, Manning has been thrust into the lineup because of Gudas' suspension.

Ivan Provorov    6-1/203    62    21-52-73+

A two-way player who seems destined to blossom into an elite defenseman, Provorov dominated juniors and earned a roster spot with a superb camp.

+ Juniors stats

Nick Schultz    6-1/203    81    1-9-10

Playing in the final year of his contract, Schultz gives the Flyers veteran leadership and steady play on the back end.

Mark Streit    5-11/192    62    6-17-23

Another team leader who is in the final season of his contract, Streit will be a mentor to Provorov and will quarterback the second power-play unit.

Goaltending

Player   Ht./Wt.   '16-17 Rec   GAA

Steve Mason    6-4/210    23-19-4   2.51

Mason carried the Flyers to a playoff berth with strong play down the stretch, and he was one of their best players in the recently completed exhibition season.

Michal Neuvirth    6-0/209    18-8-2   2.27   He gives the Flyers two goalies capable of being a No. 1, and, like Mason, he is in the final season of his contract and playing for an extension.