The Flyers inked promising young defensemen Oskars Bartulis, Paul Holmgren made the announcement.

“We are extremely excited about having him signed. We thought that he was one of the top young defensemen in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League last season and he certainly should be one of the top defensemen in that league this season. We look for big things from him this year and big things from him in the future.

He has really good size and still has room to grow. He is an extremely good skater and is very good with the puck. He showed what he is capable of doing when he played in the last two preseason games with the Philadelphia Phantoms (the Flyers American Hockey League affiliate) against the Lowell Devils. He can play big minutes and is a good young prospect.”