The chance to play a lot more, along with some glowing praise of the city from Jake Voracek, sold Vladar on Philadelphia.

When goaltender Dan Vladar approached unrestricted free agency this summer, the Philadelphia Flyers were one of the teams that intrigued the 6-foot-5 Czech netminder the most.

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According to Natural Stat Trick, at five-on-five, Vladar tied for 15th in the NHL — with Sergei Bobrovsky and Ilya Sorokin — with a .919 save percentage among goalies to play 1,000 minutes.

Dan Vladar definitely did his homework before signing a two-year contract with the Flyers last week in free agency.

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