After not being tendered a qualifying offer by the Flyers, Kyrou signed a one year pact with the Ottawa Senators. Kyrou was among a number of formerly high-valued prospects who have yet to stick in the NHL signed on July 1st, and one can imagine Ottawa’s plan to gather a number of prospects who are further along in their development to help boost their AHL squad could net one or two who surprise and earn an NHL gig. Kyrou could still find NHL time on the Senator’s blueline, and his 10 goals and 24 assists in 55 games with Lehigh Valley of the AHL shows he has offensive talent. He would be hard to roster in more shallow leagues, as the opportunity may not end up developing, but he is a low risk stash in deeper leagues.

Christian Kyrou was swapped for Samu Tuomaala, and is now a member of the Philadelphia Flyers. Since linking up with the Leghigh Valley Phantoms- Philadelphia’s AHL affiliate- he has done his best to spurn the Dallas organization for giving up on him. He opened his tenure with the Phantoms by going on an eight point, five game point streak (one goal and seven assists), and is featuring on their powerplay (three power play assists).

Early results show that the move was a clear positive for Kyrou, though it remains to be seen if he is any clearer to the NHL as a result. He is only rostered in the single digits on Fantrax, and if one had room to stash him in the minors, it would be a decent wait-and-see move to scoop him up and watch his progress with an expended role.

Kyrou saw 36 games in his AHL sophomore season, scoring four goals and adding 11 assists. Notably, he also took only a single minor penalty during that time frame. Kyrou earned an NHL call-up during February, but didn’t end up dressing in a game. Kyrou hasn’t shown a great deal of offense thus far in his 93 AHL games. He did however manage nine of those 15 points on the powerplay, showing that he is earning and receiving the deployment opportunity in Texas.

Kyrou will only turn 22 this fall, and has plenty of development road ahead of him. He could begin earning himself some NHL time in the coming seasons, though at present doesn’t appear poised to usurp Thomas Harley or Miro Heiskanen from their roles. Fantasy investors will need to be patient and keep an eye on the young blue-liner for signs of progression next season.