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

[boredmale]

I personally feel like it was a good deal, I know alot of people crap all over Ristolainen, but I feel once he is on a better team it will be easier to cover his weaknesses and he should be a good #3 guy(borderline 2)

 

[MMC]

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

I almost feel bad for Philly

 

[dogbazinho]

ouch

 

[Rockomax]

Wow, not a time to be a Flyers fan, now is it? Fletcher seems doing things at random.

 

[mouser]

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

Why do only 7 years? They can sign him to 8 years starting next week.

 

[NJ Fan 12]

Is he that bad? Always seemed like a guy that could blossom with a change of scenery

You nailed it. Playing in an actual system with a coach like Vigneault who emphasizes defending will be a jackpot for Risto.

 

[donghabs98]

Yes, but don't worry - Philly will soon overpay him on an extension to help "justify" this god awful trade.

They basically have to give him whatever he wants because they cant let him walk after this trade.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Did we all REALLY overestimate Ristolainen's value?

I mean, I thought he'd get a late 1st and maybe a decent prospect, so maybe we're not THAT far off, but a mid-1st is a lot better than the 23rd overall I was expecting and a mid-2nd is proabbly better than a decent prospect. Plus they get a depth piece in Hagg, who isn't that bad?

Not a lot to complain about here. Really sets the market for Seth Jones though.

 

[miscs75]

Philly, you’re supposed to sign Islanders defenseman for excessive UFA deals and watch them just just get worse each year.

 

[TrufleShufle]

So, are we all in agreement that Chuck Fletcher really screwed the pooch here?

Unless it was for a their 1st next year, I don't think the pooch would allow that.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Now you have to extend him, and his agent knows it too. Insane trade, I just can't believe it.

 

[HotDish]

This is horrendous, classic Chuck.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

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

 

[Cogburn]

So...

Patrick
Ghost
Hagg
Myers
1st
2nd
2nd
7th

for

Ellis
Risto

I'm so sorry Flyers fans. I truly, truly hope that through some fluke of chemistry this works out.

 

[periferal]

13OA and a 2nd for Risto

We defo getting top 3 pick for Strome or Buch if these are the going rates

Yeah...And based on those "going rates" then going to have to give up Lafreniere, Miller, Kravtsov, and Lundkvist for Eichel.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Eating crow. I said if I was a Buffalo fan I wouldn’t count on GM Adams being able to fleece anyone. Then he pulls this off. Holy horse dun

 

[EichHart]

This is Erat/Forsberg type bad for Philly.

 

[Dog]

I almost feel bad for Philly

Robert Hagg probably not thrilled.

 

[Nucks N Canes]

Dahlin has been ass and a half for two years.
He was hyped up to be a generational defenseman, but other than a very solid rookie campaign, he's shown nothing that validates the elite hype. But that's not the point of this thread.

D take time to develop a true hockey fan is not evaluating D on their first 3 plus years in the league. A guy struggling on a truly shitty team would be expected.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

God I'm so glad Fletcher is gone from Minnesota

 

[Sticktape]

Ristolainen being a Gostisbehere-like defender is the worst take I've seen in a while.

 

[Baksfamous112]

Good god Philly what’s going on over there?

 

[NYI365]

I don't even recall Garth Snow making a trade this lopsided. Maybe the Vanek debacle, but I don't think that was worse than this.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

GM Eichel with the fleece!

Wait and see what he does with himself before we praising him.