{"id":448680,"date":"2024-08-20T12:52:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=448680"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:52:46","slug":"philadelphia-flyers-place-forward-on-waivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/20\/philadelphia-flyers-place-forward-on-waivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Flyers Place Forward on Waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some big news has emerged on Tuesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/14\/best-flyers-by-sweater-number-41-50\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> have placed forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johanry01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Johansen<\/a> on waivers on late Tuesday morning. A post from the team added that Johansen is being placed on waivers in order to terminate his contract. This post on social media added this is due to a material breach. However, there would be no further comment at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Philadelphia Flyers have placed forward Ryan Johansen on unconditional waivers today for the purpose of terminating his contract due to a material breach. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7P9aRhVIl2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7P9aRhVIl2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlyers\/status\/1825926263854305574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Flyers Place Ryan Johansen on Waivers<\/h2>\n<p>Johansen has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/19\/blue-jackets-trade-top-six-winger-to-canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/19\/nhl-rumours-nashville-predators-yaroslav-askarov-trade-request\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/17\/nhl-rumours-colorado-avalanche-star-contract-update\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> over his 13-year NHL career. Last season, he totaled 13 goals and 10 assists for 23 points in 63 games. Johansen had a Corsi for of 53.8 and a relative Corsi of 2.4<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver native has 202 goals and 376 assists for 578 points in 905 career games. Johansen was drafted fourth overall of the 2010 NHL Draft. His best goal-scoring season was when he notched 33 in the 2013-14 season with the Blue Jackets. He had his highest point total in a season with 71 in the 2014-15 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Johansen was traded to the Flyers by Colorado on March 6 and placed on waivers. He cleared and was assigned to Lehigh Valley of the AHL. However, he didn&#8217;t play at either level because of a hip injury.<\/p>\n<p>Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman added that Johansen <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1825928376709795985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can appeal the termination<\/a>. Friedman adds that the Flyers aren&#8217;t commenting on the situation, but will present if they have to. The injury <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers-put-f-ryan-johansen-on-unconditional-waivers-citing-material-breach-1.2164025\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">could be at the centre<\/a> of why Johansen may appeal.<\/p>\n<h3>What It Means<\/h3>\n<p>The 32-year-old has 60 days to appeal the decision and settlements usually occur when this happens. Johansen is in the final year of a contract that sees him make $8 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>Both Philadelphia and Nashville were set to owe him $4 million after the Predators retained half of his salary when he was originally dealt to Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>A settlement could possibly allow the Predators to<a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexDaugherty1\/status\/1825934243509448819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> get some salary cap relief.<\/a> However, they&#8217;ll have to wait for the appeal process to play out.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some big news has emerged on Tuesday that the Philadelphia Flyers have placed forward Ryan Johansen on waivers on late Tuesday morning. A post from the team added that Johansen is being placed on waivers in order to terminate his contract. This post on social media added this is due to a material breach. 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