Half-Dozen Teams Circling Ristolainen

Multiple teams quietly poke around the Flyers' front office about Rasmus Ristolainen, the big right-shot defenseman with one year left at $5.1 million AAV. Philadelphia sits on the playoff bubble at 25-20-11, eight points out in the East, and GM Danny Briere weighs moving the 31-year-old Olympic bronze medalist to clear space for prospects like Christian Kyrou.