Confirmed Trade: [PHI/BUF] Rasmus Ristolainen for Robert Hagg, 2021 1st round pick, 2023 2nd round pick

[BloFan4Life]

People better be upping those Reinhart and Eichel offers.

 

[Blitzkrug]

So let me get this right:

Philly rightfully dumped a shitty defenseman in Ghost, and then immediately used assets and the cap space that was freed up to replace him with another shitty defenseman?

Seems smart to me idk

 

[KovalSNIPE]

 

[periferal]

Well, it'll be nice to not worry about watching hockey games thus year.

...Or for the foreseeable future.

 

[DapperCam]

I think Risto will perform better than people on HF think he will. He was having a great start to last season with McCabe before he got COVID.

McCabe is a UFA, maybe Philly should sign him too.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Good work, Philadelphia?

Shayne Gostisbehere ($4.5m x 2y)
Robert Hagg ($1.6m x 1y)
2021 1st round pick (13OA)
2022 2nd round pick
2023 2nd round pick
2022 7th round pick

for

Rasmus Ristolainen ($5.4m x 1y)

 

[PensandCaps]

Entirely different trade contexts. Isles were up against the cap and Buffalo is tanking yet again.

If Buffalo wanted to tank then they should've kept Risto

 

[Mestaruus]

Risto will be better now that he's out of Buffalo. The first round pick is surprising, but this guy is better than what he's showed so far.

I also think that Ristolainen will blossom out in PHI, but I'm not sure was it good for PHI to give that much for him.

 

[ugrakarma]

I'm imagining getting out of Buffalo is similar to escape from New York at this point.

 

[GuerinUp]

once again, glad fletcher is no longer with the wild

 

[CupInSIX]

Buffalo...won a trade?

Reinhart next...then...?

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Some of the heat is off Francis now

 

[StickShift]

As a fan of a team with a GM that I absolutely distrust—let me tell you, the shit barometer around this off-season is off the chart. Deals like this tell me that the shit winds are coming.

 

[seafoam]

Really nice trade for Buffalo.

 

[Shrimper]

Flyers obviously determined they don't want to win a cup any time soon

 

[thrillhous]

Thread title is misleading. Friedman has not confirmed the return and unless I missed something no one has confirmed the precise trade yet.

Edit: now I see the Flyers tweet

 

[Beaszt519]

Does this trade make me feel any better about the Marleau or Foligno trade? Yes, yes it does.

 

[Devilsfan118]

We've gotta be missing something - this seems like a horrendous deal for the Flyers.

What's the catch?

 

[NJ Fan 12]

Damn Philly just got a future Norris winner for 13th overall a cap dump and a future 2nd

And typically, Flyers fans complaining.

 

[wonton15]

I think Risto will play a lot better away from the shitshow that is Buffalo. But still a steep price.

 

[Kurtz]

I think this board is underrating Risto a bit. He really does have a great set of tools, in the right position he could develop into a #1. The fact that other gms were apparently offering 1sts should speak to it.

I wouldnt have give that up for him, but there's a small chance that in a year this trade looks good for Philly.

 

[Sheppy]

I don’t think this trade is that bad. This is not a draft with any high-end talent so the 13th overall will not give you a star.

I do think Ristolainen will play much better in Philly than he did in Buffalo.

This is a dumb thing to automatically assume.

 

[Captain97]

I forgot Philly missed the playoffs that 1st is 13th overall wtf.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

I never thought Jim Benning could so quickly lose his throne as the league's worst GM. Fletcher didn't just unseat him, he threw him down the stairs with trade. My god

 

[Empoleon8771]

This deal is going to become even funnier when Philly signs Ristolainen to a 7x7 extension

 

[Avsboy]

Risto is a UFA next year