Flyers Acquire Boris Katchouk From Wild, Assign to Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Philadelphia acquired forward Boris Katchouk from the Minnesota Wild in a swap that sent defenseman Roman Schmidt to Minnesota, the club announced March 1, with General Manager Daniel Brière handling the transaction. Katchouk has been assigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and is expected to report to the AHL club ahead of Lehigh Valley’s Tuesday road game at Utica.

Katchouk enters the Phantoms as a 27-year-old forward (born June 18, 1998), listed at 6-foot-2 and 212 pounds. A second-round pick by Tampa Bay at No. 44 overall in the 2016 draft, he has 179 NHL games on his ledger with 15 goals and 21 assists for 36 points. At the AHL level Katchouk has compiled 269 games with 65 goals and 92 assists for 157 points, and he set AHL career highs last season with 21 goals and 49 points in 67 games. This season he has skated in 29 AHL games between Syracuse and Iowa, recording five goals and eight assists for 13 points, and he appeared in three NHL games with Tampa Bay — averaging about 12:11 of ice time per game and notching no points in those NHL outings.

Katchouk’s arrival brings experience and a history of production in the minors; he scored his first NHL goal against Philadelphia in 2021-22 during a 7-1 Lightning win that coincided with the end of Alain Vigneault’s tenure as Flyers head coach. The move adds a 6-foot-2, 212-pound forward who has swapped organizations twice this season and who could be in the Flyers’ NHL mix if roster movement around Friday’s NHL trade deadline opens a spot.

Roman Schmidt is a 23-year-old defenseman (born February 27, 2003) who was drafted by Tampa Bay in the third round, No. 96 overall, in 2021. NHL listings show him at 6-foot-6. Schmidt skated in 16 games with Lehigh Valley after being acquired by Philadelphia on December 8 and had earlier played 13 games this season with Syracuse, giving him a combined 29 AHL games in 2025-26 with one recorded assist and a minus-10 rating. Career AHL totals for Schmidt vary across reports — one account lists 79 career AHL games with three goals and seven assists for 10 points, while another lists three goals and four assists for seven career points and 139 penalty minutes — a discrepancy that team statisticians may ultimately reconcile.

The Phantoms travel to Utica next, then return to PPL Center for a pair of games against Charlotte next weekend as part of PA-250 Celebration Weekend. Katchouk’s assignment to Lehigh Valley gives the Flyers an experienced AHL scorer available immediately and a potential short-term option for the NHL roster depending on how Philadelphia navigates the trade deadline.