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

[oobga]

OK, I'm feeling bad for Philly fans.

 

[fasterthanlight]

Man we would have given you Vlasic for just the first

 

[SnS]

So, how much better are the Flyers after all of these big moves?

Worse.

 

[unicornpig]

Makes you wonder what qualifications. You need to be an nhl gm

 

[Sasso09]

Risto is truly horrendous. Jack Johnson level bad.

Haha good luck Philly.

And i thought Signing Johnson was bad, atleast we didn't trade for him lol!

No, he's not. Nowhere near Johnson Bad

 

[leafsfan5]

how do you pull off a great trade to get Ellis just to turn around and do this lmao

 

[yianik]

I'd have been happy with a 7th

Yikes. Well good for Sabres. I think Risto will be considered a better D man for the Flyers though.

 

[Zirakzigil]

That trade is just yikes. GMs will GM though.

 

[RantanenRavin]

They're definitely up there for worst offseason so far.

Somewhere Holland is saying "hold my beer" haha

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Buffalo is brutal so that might drag his performance down somewhat, and a reduced role + change of scenery might help too...
Still, it seems like in best case, they'll have slightly overpaid for the guy. That's not a trade scenario you should be making.

 

[PensandCaps]

No, he's not. Nowhere near Johnson Bad

Oh man...im so sorry

 

[threeVo]

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Risto blocks shots, hit and his TK GV ratio isn't that bad for a player that plays around 25 mins a night for BUF. All of this while he produce around 40 points with bad teams after bad teams...

Top pair. Wait until he plays with great coaching and a very good team.

Which team is PHI trading him to?

 

[Kingspiracy]

Ouch, that sux for philly

 

[flying v 604]

26 years old that hit, block shots and produce around 40 pts a season with one of the worst if not the worst team of all time in the NHL.

If the Flyers can resign him long term, those picks don't mean sh*t.

They are in win mode now. Who cares about picks when you get a top pair D. Especially when you didn't trade all of your picks in the past.

Legit top 9, top 4 and... the question is in the net if Hart is ready or not to step up.

Great move.

They drafted enough good players since the 10's. They can try this move.

I'm not even a Risto hater and would have been fine with him on the Nucks but the 13th and a 2nd is bad.
Here on HF fans always overrate their own players, yet I never read Sabre fan say he was worth a 1st and not one that's top 15.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Why are NHL GM's so, so bad

 

[NYR94]

Makes you wonder what qualifications. You need to be an nhl gm

Have your dad be an NHL GM like Chuck Fletcher's was.

 

[Rich Nixon]

Risto blocks shots, hit and his TK GV ratio isn't that bad for a player that plays around 25 mins a night for BUF. All of this while he produce around 40 points with bad teams after bad teams...

Top pair. Wait until he plays with great coaching and a very good team.

Where the f*** is he gonna find those things, are the Flyers trading him again?

 

[Hunter368]

Ouch…..that’s a crap ton to pay for one year of Risto

 

[SnS]

No, he's not. Nowhere near Johnson Bad

Oh he is.

 

[Kranix]

I wouldnae put any stock into any graphs concerning Ristolainen. He played on the Sabres last year

 

[BHD]

Worse.

Normally, my immediate reaction would be to laugh because it's the Flyers. This move, however, is so bad that I legitimately feel sad for Flyers fans.

 

[Sasso09]

Hagg any good?

Significantly worse than Risto

 

[5 Minute Major]

So many here ( to include Sabres fans) wouldn't listen to a very few of us that said Risto was not the issue in Buffalo. The issue was the shit talent that surrounded him.

Philly got a good one. A #1 PAIRING DEFENSEMAN.

Can't wait to see him with a good organization.

 

[snipes]

Wow what a haul for Buffalo, Risto is not that good at all.

 

[The don godfather]

Chuck fletcher once did said draft schmaft ! Just saying.