The primary goal this season isn’t to make the playoffs. It’s to continue building a foundation in terms of both culture and development, while keeping an eye out for ways to gather future assets in the hope they become a perennial high-seeded playoff team.

The Philadelphia Flyers have made no secret about how high they are on prospect Jett Luchanko, and as the final round of roster cuts could be happening any day now, it's looking increasingly likely that the team's first-round draft pick could be make the Opening Night roster.

The likelihood for Luchanko, should he make the roster, is that he'll get a handful of NHL games in for the experience, then go back to Guelph with a to-do list of things to work on over the course of the junior season to bring to camp next summer.

After making the final round of cuts on Friday afternoon, the Philadelphia Flyers roster sits at the maximum 23 players, which includes 2024 first-round pick Jett Luchanko.

And then there were 23. Ahead of Monday’s leaguewide deadline, the Flyers trimmed their roster by 14 players on Friday. The biggest news is that 2024 first-rounder Jett Luchanko remains with the big club,

Jett Luchanko remained with the big club and centered what looked like the Flyers' projected third line. On Wednesday, at least on paper, Lycksell appeared to be the favorite among the bubble forwards to make the roster.

Forward Jett Luchanko remains with the Flyers after the team reduced its training camp roster by 14 players on Friday.