When will the restricted free agents get signed? Who's the 1C? These are the 5 biggest questions facing the Flyers right now.

With the draft over and the major free agents off the board, the Flyers are winding down into quiet season until training camp. But there are still plenty of unanswered questions heading into next year as the Flyers aim to return to the playoffs.

Here are five of the most urgent questions facing the team this summer:

Perhaps the most immediate business for the Flyers is re-signing their final restricted free agents. With the big names like Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale sorted, they can turn their attention to Grebenkin and McDonald.

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Grebenkin, who missed the stretch run last year with an upper-body injury, has been on the ice and is progressing to be available for camp. After a successful year on the fourth line last year, Garnet Hathaway and Luke Glendening are both gone, carving out a space for Grebenkin after he returns from injury. He is a restricted free agent, and so is the defenseman McDonald, who played one NHL game last year, the only game of his career.

Both are likely to receive near-minimum contracts, with McDonald potentially on a two-way, and with nearly $15 million in cap space, the Flyers have plenty of room to maneuver, but it could carry into August when camp is closer.

Probably the same people as last year: Trevor Zegras and Christian Dvorak. General manager Danny Brière made a big swing to try and acquire Leo Carlsson via offer sheet, but after Anaheim matched, the Flyers are right back where they started. Finding a top-line center outside of the draft is a challenging task. Stars are more available via trade than ever, but the type of player the Flyers want is still frustratingly out of reach.

The only true star center to be traded this decade is Jack Eichel, whose trade market was clouded by a medical dispute. There are a few names out there on the trade market, like Red Wings center Dylan Larkin, but barring another huge, unexpected move, the top line is likely to look similar to last year down the middle. That doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement.

Matvei Michkov was the Flyers’ best skater down the stretch as they made their improbable run to the postseason, but managed just one point in the playoffs in what was ultimately an up-and-down sophomore campaign. He came into last year’s camp out of shape, but now, Michkov should know how coach Rick Tocchet and the Flyers want him to prepare for the year. Michkov was noncommittal during postseason availability about how much of the offseason he would spend back in Philadelphia, but no matter where it happens, his offseason training is critical to the Flyers’ success.

The 2025-26 season was by far the best of Dan Vladař’s career. He initially signed to be a tandem goaltender with Sam Ersson, and ended the year as the Flyers’ MVP, carrying the group into the second round of the playoffs. In the offseason, the Flyers swapped Ersson for Joseph Woll. Woll had the worst season of his career last year, with a .899 save percentage and a 3.34 goals-against average for the Toronto Maple Leafs, a lottery team. But behind better squads the year prior, Woll had a .909 save percentage and a 2.73 goals-against average, both clear upgrades from Ersson. If he can find that level of performance, and Vladař can maintain his own level, the goalies should be a team strength.

The Flyers snuck into the playoffs and won a series last year on the strength of their depth. Their leading playoff scorer was Zegras, with six points in 10 games. It was good enough for a Round 1 win, but in order to make the jump from a fringe playoff team to a Stanley Cup contender, the Flyers’ need one of their prospects to turn into a real star. No Flyer has put up a point-per-game season since Travis Konecny scored 61 points in 60 games in 2022-23. No Flyer has scored more than 82 points since Claude Giroux put up 85 in 2018-19.

In his nine regular season games last year, Porter Martone managed 10 points (four goals, six assists). That scoring trailed off a bit in the playoffs, but Martone flashed skill as both a playmaker and a goal scorer, with his toughness around the net and quick release. Martone and Michkov are the two highest-ceiling players on the current squad. If both can make big leaps this year, the Flyers’ ceiling — next year and for years to come — raises significantly. Having two stars on the wing can also mask the need for a superstar center.