When asked about 24-year-old goalie Carter Hart, new Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere admitted trading Hart is not out of the question.
"I would say most likely Carter is going to be our goalie of the future," Briere told Glen Macnow and Mike Sielski on their Saturday 94WIP radio show. "Now, I'm not in a position to turn down anything. If there's teams calling about him, we have to listen. That's my job as a general manager, I have to listen. I have to do what is best for the team and the organization. In saying that, I expect Carter Hart to be our goalie for many years to come."
Briere talked about how the organization is excited about their young goalies.
"But don't forget, the exciting part with the Flyers' organization is the luxury of goaltending that's coming up through the ranks," Briere said. "Sammy Ersson showed last year that he can be pretty special himself. Is he a number one goalie? We don't know yet. Felix Sandstrom had an up and down season last year, but he is still young. We have a couple Russian goalies, one that was forced to stay over in Russia—we thought he was coming last year in Ivan Fedotov. But we also have another special goalie in [Alexei] Kolosov who we drafted a couple years ago who is making a name for himself in the KHL. It's been awhile since the Flyers had a plethora of good, young goalies coming up the ranks. So I'm really excited, it's probably one of the strongest parts of our young players coming up is that goaltending departments. I want to keep developing that, I want to keep grooming some good, young goalies for the future."
Briere made it clear, it's not just Hart. The Flyers are in a position where they have to listen to offers regardless of who the player is.
"The position that we are in right now, we have to listen," Briere said. "There's a lot of good, young players on our team, but at the same time if it is better for the organization to move in a different direction, we have to listen. There is no one that is above the team and I'm going to listen on everyone."
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