Philadelphia Flyers set to acquire member of the Detroit Red Wings per report

The Detroit Red Wings may have end-up losing goalie Alex Lyon in July if GM Danny Briere and the Flyers have their way.

Other than goalie Samuel Ersson this season, their goalie depth hasn't panned out as they'd hoped. Players like Ivan Fedotov, and Aleksei Kolosov (.870 save percentage) failed to produce at an NHL level for the team( Fedotov with a .884 save percentage).

Now with the pipeline in dire straits, they'll have to search outside of Russia, and inside the US for a player they can sign to an affordable deal, the Red Wings backup, Alex Lyon.

Lyon is a pending UFA and makes $900K AAV at the moment and his contract expires in 2024-2025.

Briere would be remiss if he didn't make an offer to Lyon, who has been in the Flyers system from 2016-2017 to 2020-2021.

Since his time with the Florida Panthers Lyon became a hot commodity as he helped Sergei Bobrovsky take the team to the promised land in the NHL during the 2022-2023 season.

He'd soon find himself wearing the iconic winged wheel in Detroit after GM Steve Yzerman swooped in to sign the bourgeoning goalie.

Now, Yzerman could use his talents to benefit the Red Wings squad, and instead of sending him to a rival, he could be sent to the Metropolitan Division and a familiar place.

Instead of letting Lyon walk, Yzerman should trade him and get something out of the goalie in return.

With a goalie like Sebastian Cossa in Grand Rapids, the Wings will have to prioritize the future and we're not sure 32-year-old Lyon will fit into the team's timeline.

In Philadelphia, he'd be able to play in a two-goalie system and a team that is attempting to end its rebuild.

He'd have someone like Matvei Michkov to play in front of him, and support him offensively, while players like Travis Sanheim defend the crease.

While it's a choice if Yzerman let's him walk, it'd be careless to do so, especially if he has played up to expectations and you could at least expected a 3rd-round pick in return.