Riley Cote has retired from the Flyers

Although he is only 28, Flyers tough guy Riley Cote announced his retirement today and will join the Adirondack Phantoms as an assistant coach. Cote, who spent parts of 4 seasons with the Flyers, likely knew that he was going to be with the Phantoms this season and chose to be a coach with the team rather than play in the minors again. I have no clue exactly what Cote will be teaching to the minor league players considering all he ever did in the NHL was get punched.

Cote's retirement saves the Flyers 550,000, money they were going to free up anyway when they would have sent Cote to the minors. The Flyers now have around 850,000 in cap space.