The Philadelphia Flyers have a glaring need for a No. 1 defenseman, but because of salary-cap problems, general manager Ron Hextall said that player would have to come from within the organization.

Flyers' prospects such as Sam Morin, Travis Sanheim, and Shayne Gostisbehere would have to develop into top blue-liners.

Hextall said that he would have to give "a half-dozen pieces away" to get a first-pair defenseman and that he wasn't going to do it. "We're going to build from within."

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