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On Sunday, the Flyers acquired 27-year-old winger Boris Katchouk from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for 23-year-old AHL defenseman Roman Schmidt
DB was trying to trade for Tkachuk and mistakenly traded for Katchouk. Heard that one earlier today :p
This game is interesting for a variety of reasons from what happened last TDL and what could happen this TDL.
Last year the Flyers traded Laughton (while retaining 50% for the rest of his contract). Actually the Leafs made 2 trades, the other was Frasier Minten and a 1st for Brandon Carlo. Both of these deals were so bad that it’s hard to believe Treliving still has a job.
Laughton – Immediately demoted to the 4th line and pretty much black hole for their abbreviated playoff run. I heard he was still good in the room but somehow that doesn’t translate to the scoreboard.
Carlo – He is who he is. Nobody special but he is a big right handed shot which apparently everyone thinks they need. Not that it did the Leafs much good. The kicker is the player that was traded for the 1st has absolutely busted out as a 21 year old center. Not saying he’s going to be a star but he is no doubt the best player in the deal and the bruins also got the leafs 1st.Minten has more points than Laughton and Carlo combined by a large margin which brings us back to the Leafs today. I’m sure they’d love to trade for an ascending 21 year old center to anchor their 3rd line but they couldn’t afford the trade capital it would cost.
The Leafs, believe it or not, are worse than the Flyers and to make it worse Boston has their 1st round pick that they traded with Minten for a JAG. The Leafs are in hell with little chance to make the playoffs and little chance to benefit from tanking. The only potential saving grace is the 1st round pick is top 5 protected but short of losing every game for the rest of the year, much like the Flyers, the chance of finishing in the top 5 is pretty much limited to winning the lottery so the Bruins may end up with Minten and a top 10 pick for a late 20s defensive defenseman.
How does this affect the Flyers? Well if the Leafs call up the NBA and figure out how dallas won the lottery last year and end up with a top 5 pick the Bruins pick bumps to 2027. That means the Leafs get to choose whether the Bruins or Flyers get the 1st round pick next year (i think) with the team they dislike more getting their pick bumped to 2028.
Either way the Leafs are in for a hard fall with no 1st round picks the next 2 years, most likely, and flawed/capped out team. Buyer beware when trading for players that are good in “the room” or whose main attributes are being big and right handed.
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berube will be the next flyers coach.
He was already hired by Paul Holmgren to be the Flyers head coach back in the day. It would be the most Flyers thing imaginable if the Flyers recycled not only an exflyer but an exFlyer HC. Maybe just kick him upstairs to team president instead, I hear that’s a no show job.
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All that matters right now is the bottom line.
If your goal is to make the playoffs, that is true. They got the 2 points but realistically it was two bad teams playing and one of them had to get 2 points. The game was pretty hard to watch. I do not see the Flyers being sellers at this point.
The Leafs are totally checked out, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Berube gone before the end of the season. That was as lifeless a team as I’ve seen and on a 4 game losing streak that figures to get longer. There was one point during a power play where they couldn’t even complete open passes with one bouncing off a stick and creating a shorthanded flyers chance.
With the playoffs pretty much gone the Leafs are in hell. They don’t even control their 1st round pick unless they get into the top 5 and yesterday’s point just twists the dagger a little more. Imagine trading Minten and a top 10 pick for Brandon Carlo.
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