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

[Starat327]

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[BLNY]

I get that there are many that hate Hagg, and Risto is maligned in Buff, but damn Flyers. That's some potentially very high picks going the other way.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Holy f*** that is terrible for Philly.

 

[SCP Guy]

Risto hasn't been good but Hagg is truly awful. Not the worst deal, i guess Philly is hoping Risto can improve with a lighter work load?

pssssssssst it wasn't just 1 for 1

 

[LongWayDown37]

Feeling good about that 2023 pick being pretty high in the 2nd round given Philly's new trajectory.....

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Chuck Fletcher trades a 2022 first round pick to ensure his team tanks for 2022 and 2023. The man is a genius.

 

[NewLife]

Waoh. That's EXPENSIVE.

 

[golffuul]

Pretty much sums up two deals quite nicely.

 

[Empoleon8771]

 

[Flash20]

I'm truly sorry flyer fans I would honestly say something positive about the player but he absolutely sucks and I feel so bad that your GM was a sucker

 

[Dumpster Flyers]

EDIT: Wrong thread.

 

[Mestaruus]

So the flyers have now traded:


13th overall
2021 2nd
2022 2nd
7th
Gostisbehere
Hagg
Myers
Nolan Patrick


They received:

Ellis
Ristolainen.


I'm not convinced their trades, on balance, make them better.

Well that's a revamp of some extent, but giving out these picks for receiving only that isn't probably great. I wonder if Ristolainen would agree to a contract extension right away?

 

[missionAvs]

This seems horrific for Philly.

 

[periferal]

I almost feel bad for Philly

Imagine saying this and the Sabres are the other team in the deal.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Sorry Philly fans you deserve better than this. Absolutely shocking. One of the worst trades in recent memory.

Just imagine if Risto walks too. Wow

 

[Dog]

I'm accepting applications for new teams to root for. Please DM me.

Join the Kraken we have mix of all sorts of ex team fans. The other plus if in the east then not real competition to your team you cheered for in past.

 

[Seb]

This week has been an incredible display of GM stupidity.

 

[c3po]

 

[Smif]

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.

Jim Benning:

<insert hold my beer gif>

 

[irunthepeg]

Big W for Buffalo

 

[Rafafouille]

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[Captain Mountain]

 

[Starat327]

Join the Kraken we have mix of former teams.

I still have PTSD from Hakstols tenure here, sorry.

 

[The Nuge]

Got to be excited for a much improved tomorrow if you’re a Sabre fan, no? In 3-5 years that club could be really good. Going to have lots of guys about the same age all competing for ice time.

Kind of like back in 2012-2013 when they used high picks to land Grigorenko, Girgensons, Ristolainen, and Zadorov? I don’t think you can be excited to dump all the players who panned out in the hopes that maybe one day things will be different

 

[Canuck86]

Didn't realize the Flyers had a management team that consists of Mike Milbury and Pete Chiarelli...Flyers hoping these trades pay off long term, cause your gutting your draft picks like they are meaningless!