PHILADELPHIA – Emil Andrae had been on the Philadelphia-Lehigh Valley shuttle a number of times before, so he wasn’t too upset when he was on the last train out to Allentown after the Flyers’ final training camp roster cuts.

Coaches and teammates assured him he would be back at some point.

Well, the point came about on Monday night when the defenseman got the call to rejoin the Flyers for their home opener against the Florida Panthers.

The Flyers are two defensemen short at the moment, with Rasmus Ristolainen and Cam York on the shelf.

Not wasting any time, coach Rick Tocchet added Andrae right into the lineup and had Egor Zamula take a seat on the bench.

“It was hard getting sent down,” Andrae admitted after the morning skate at Xfinity Mobile Arena. “Obviously this is where I want t

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