FIVE FREE-AGENT EUROPEAN CANDIDATES FOR THE NHL

Last year, the Philadelphia Flyers took a chance on Austrian forward Michael Raffl after scouting him at the IIHF World Championships. At age 23, Raffl had never played a game in a European major league but was a standout for Leksand in Sweden’s Allsvenskan (top minor league) level as well as holding his own at the Worlds. The Flyers beat out the

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