Dan Vladar

Dan Vladar

28-Year-Old GoalieG
Philadelphia Flyers
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Vladar was a question mark to begin 2025-26, but he delivered answers for the Flyers. He went 29-14-7 with a 2.42 GAA and a .906 save percentage over 52 regular-season outings, leading the Flyers into the postseason. He had never played more than 30 games in a season, but Vladar looks like at least a 1A option for 2026-27, regardless of whoever fills the backup role. The Czech netminder may struggle to replicate those ratios again, as the Flyers' defense still leaves a lot to be desired. If you want to draft Vladar, expect 25 wins, a 2.80 GAA and a save percentage around .900 over 50-plus contests. He will have mid-round appeal in most formats, but there's some risk in his profile until he proves last year wasn't a fluke. Entering a contract year, he'll be motivated to perform. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a five-year, $27.5 million contract extension with the Flyers in July of 2026.
Re-signs with club
GPhiladelphia Flyers
July 1, 2026
Vladar inked a five-year, $27.5 million contract with Philadelphia on Wednesday, per agent Dan Milstein.
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Vladar logged 52 regular-season games for the Flyers in 2025-26, posting a 29-14-7 record and a career-best 2.42 GAA. The 28-year-old backstop appears to finally be the solution to Philly's problem between the pipes, though that has been said in the past of netminders coming off a good first year with the team. Still, he should be the clear No. 1 option heading into 2026-27 and could see upward of 60 games.
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Samuel Ersson and Ivan Fedotov were Philadelphia’s No. 1 and No. 2 options, respectively, in goal during 2024-25. They’re still under contract, so where does that leave Vladar, who signed a two-year contract with the Flyers over the summer? Vladar was okay, but not great as the backup with Calgary in 2024-25, posting a 12-11-6 record with a 2.80 GAA and a .898 save percentage in 30 outings. However, Ersson and Fedotov are coming off rough campaigns, and if you compare them in terms of goals saved above expected last season, Vladar is the only one with a positive number, even if it is a modest 0.9. This should be seen as an open competition, and while Vladar has a solid chance of entering the campaign at the top of the depth charts, his position will likely be far from secure, so he’s not a safe option for starts.
Vladar spent the summer rehabbing hip surgery, which was timed so he could be ready to start 2024-25. Look past his 8-9-2 record from last season and his 3.62 GAA, .882 save percentage and -10.76 GSAx (goals saved above expected), too. Vladar should start the season as the Flames 1A and will mentor young phenom Dustin Wolf as they platoon behind a rebuilding squad. Expectations will be low, but he could deliver league-average totals in a 40-start season.
Vladar had stretches as the Flames' starter in 2022-23, but he wasn't able to take the job away from Jacob Markstrom altogether. In the end, their ratios ended up about the same, with Vladar posting a 2.91 GAA and an .892 save percentage while going 14-6-5 in 27 appearances. The 25-year-old is in a tricky position -- he's shown enough to stay in the NHL, but his contract would be easier for many teams to acquire rather than pursuing Markstrom. The Flames may want Dustin Wolf to get NHL minutes this year, so Vladar's no lock to immediately step into the starting role if Markstrom gets hurt, assuming the team doesn't make a significant trade. Until more playing-time clarity emerges, Vladar's fantasy value is likely limited to deep formats.
Serving as the backup to workhorse starter and Vezina finalist Jacob Markstrom, Vladar appeared in 23 games for Calgary a season ago. His 13-6-2 record, 2.75 GAA and .906 save percentage were all perfectly reasonable marks for a guy who entered the year with all of five NHL games under his belt. The Flames would likely have to make a trade if Markstrom was forced to miss a significant amount of time, but Vladar proved to be a perfectly capable backup for the club, a role he will reprise in 2022-23. Vladar will be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights next summer.
The emergence of Jeremy Swayman as a high-level prospect allowed the Bruins to ship Vladar to Calgary this past July in exchange for a third-round pick. It's an odd trade considering Vladar is still just 24 years old, but Boston is clearly comfortable with its organizational depth in net. Swayman spent the majority of last year in the AHL where he played well (2.19 GAA, .923 save percentage). Vladar wasn't as successful (3.40 GAA, .886 save percentage) in a brief five-game run with the Bruins. Vladar is the current leader in the Calgary clubhouse to serve as Jacob Markstrom's backup this season, but his fantasy upside remains extremely limited. The Flames would almost certainly bring in help from the outside to assist Vladar if Markstrom suffered any sort of serious injury.
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Ends season in impressive fashion
GPhiladelphia Flyers
May 9, 2026
Vladar made 37 saves Saturday in a 3-2 overtime loss to Carolina in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference second round.
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Expected to start Saturday
GPhiladelphia Flyers
May 9, 2026
Vladar is slated to start at home against Carolina for Game 4 on Saturday, per Ryan Henkel of The Hockey News.
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Series slipping away quickly
GPhiladelphia Flyers
May 7, 2026
Vladar stopped 26 of 30 shots in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes in Game 3.
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Set to start Game 3
GPhiladelphia Flyers
May 7, 2026
Vladar is expected to patrol the crease at home for Game 3 versus the Hurricanes on Thursday, Jackie Spiegel of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Downed in OT by Carolina
GPhiladelphia Flyers
May 5, 2026
Vladar made 40 saves Monday in the Flyers' 3-2 overtime loss to the Hurricanes in Game 2 of their second-round series.
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Closing in on new deal?
GPhiladelphia Flyers
June 14, 2026
Vladar and the Flyers are working toward closing in on a five-year contract extension with an AAV around $5 million, Kevin Weekes of ESPN reports Sunday.
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While it seems Vladar is close to re-signing with the Flyers, he isn't eligible to sign a new deal until July 1. The 28-year-old netminder has one year remaining on his current two-year, $6.7 million contract, which he signed in July of 2025. Vladar had a career year in 2025-26, registering a 29-14-7 record with a .906 save percentage and a 2.42 GAA over 52 regular-season appearances.
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