Flyers tried giving away a forward for free: nobody wanted him
Wade Allison was waived by the Philadelphia Flyers on October 6th, 2023, and has since been demoted to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League.
After the team waived him, they hoped another NHL team would claim him as they were unable to secure a trade that involved Allison.
The Flyers explored the trade market for Wade Allison and found no takers. Not sure what the ask was, but PHI's main goal was getting rid of a contract, so I can't imagine it was much.
Allison needs to put in the work to get back to being a consistent NHLer - for any team.
Allison needs to put in the work to get back to being a consistent NHLer - for any team.
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In addition, Allison's AHL coach Ian Lapierre spared no words when it came to his effort: nonexistent.
His confidence may have been affected by the negative publicity in addition to being known as an injury-prone player. It may be that Allison needs to show everyone they're wrong since his time in the NHL was short because of consensus in the Flyers organization.
Allison's lack of effort on ice seems to have spread to the NHL, as other teams have noticed it as well.
Related to his comments on Allison, Laperriere demoted Allison to the 4th line for today's game.
Laperriere also said that every organization -- not just the Flyers -- notice.
Danny Briere may have been unable to find a trading partner for the bottom-six forward in the first place for this reason.
Head coach Ian Lapierre demoted him to the 4th line, and he has 2 PIMs in 5 games since being sent there.
Asked about Wade Allison's play since coming back to LV, Ian Laperriere minced no words. The Phantoms coach laced into to power forward, saying he's "seen nothing" positive about Allison's play in thr first four games to date.
| POLL | ||
24 OCTOBRE | 105 ANSWERS Flyers tried giving away a forward for free: nobody wanted him Do you think Wade Allison will make it back to the NHL? | ||
| Yes | 41 | 39 % |
| No | 64 | 61 % |
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