The Florida Panthers flew to Philadelphia on Friday for their much-anticipated reunion with new Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle.

As popular a locker room figure the Panthers have ever had, one can imagine Yandle and his crew getting back together for cheesesteaks or the like on Friday night — with the business of hockey coming Saturday.

“It’s one of those things where you have to get up for every game in this league,” Yandle told reporters in Philadelphia following Friday’s practice.

“You have to be ready for your opponent and they have been playing well. It’s another one of those games where it’s a good test for us. Yeah, there’s a little extra added motivation for myself but I wouldn’t say too much more than a regular game.”

Yandle was bought out of the final two seasons of his contract by the Panthers this past summer, Florida moving on from a player whom they scratched in three of their six playoff games after he continued his NHL active Ironman streak by playing in all 56 regular season games.

The breakup was not cheap: Florida ended up paying Yandle around $8 million of the $10.45 million he was owed.

The Panthers will have Yandle on their salary cap books for the next four seasons.

Yandle’s cap hit — per CapFriendly.com — is $2.34 million this season before ballooning to $5.39 million next season because of his signing bonus. Yandle will count $1.24 million against the Panthers for the final two years (2023-25).

Philadelphia signed him for the bargain price of $900,000.

As usual, Yandle is putting up points, scoring five in his three games with his new team.

With the Panthers, Yandle was one of the top-scoring defensemen in the league. In his five seasons with the Panthers, Yandle’s 30 goals and 231 points ranked eighth in the NHL among defensemen.

Yandle’s 114 power play points ranked fourth.

Despite his offensive production, it became clear last season that the Panthers were ready to move on.

It started during training camp when it appeared the Panthers were attempting to get Yandle to waive his no-trade clause by having him work with the non-game group.

Up until the day before the season-opener against Chicago, it looked like Yandle wasn’t going to play and his consecutive game streak was going to end.

Players reportedly went to management on Yandle’s behalf, the argument being that, looking solely at the on-ice product, Yandle was one of the top six defensemen the team had.

Yandle, in true storybook fashion, scored in that opening 5-2 win over the Blackhawks.

“Any time I score, I am pretty excited and that was a special one,” Yandle said afterward. “That put us up 2-0 and it’s always great to score. Seeing how excited the guys were for me definitely meant a lot.”

Added Joel Quenneville: “I was happy for him, he had a lot of fun with scoring and the bench was lit up. It was one of those moments that you can look back on and have a big smile. I am happy for him and it was a big goal for us.

“But hey: Let’s move forward here. Let’s push each other in a positive way and be the best we can all be for each other.”

Yandle, after being bought out, did not last on the market very long.

It had been often rumored that Yandle would entertain the idea of waiving his no-trade to Philadelphia due to his relationship with coach Alain Vigneault and friendship with Kevin Hayes.

So, it was little surprise when he landed with the Flyers.

“I thought it was best case for me,’’ Yandle said when he signed with Philadelphia.

“Obviously, when you get bought out, it’s one of those things where it throws a little wrench in your life. I knew I’d be able to go into a good team and a low cap hit and be able to help somebody out. I thought that was the biggest thing for me is looking at the bright side of it and put myself in a good situation. Ultimately, that’s what I did.”