Flyers stand pat
The Flyers ended up staying pat at the NHL's trade deadline.
Flyers stand pat
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Rumors were flying, goalies were coming and players were going.
And in the end, as the 3 o’clock NHL trade deadline passed today, the Flyers did not pull the trigger on any deals.
The Flyers flip-flopped back-and-forth throughout the day, focusing on acquiring both a goalie and depth forwards and defensemen.
Ultimately, the Flyers were hamstrung by not having high draft picks or top-end prospects to trade and just $2.625 million in available salary cap space.
Some of the names discussed at various points today include Tomas Vokoun, Dwayne Roloson and Dan Hamhuis.
In the end, Vokoun, Roloson and Hamhuis all stuck with their current teams.
"All of the players we were interested in ended up staying with their current teams," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. "First we looked for guys who could make our team better and then we started to look for small pieces here and there."
Holmgren added that the salary cap was "never a stumbling block" for the Flyers, with space for an approximate full-season hit of $2.625 million.
Wednesday's trade deadline was one of the most boring in recent memory: 25 trades involving 42 players and 19 draft picks with none of them involving marquee players. Last year's deadline featured 45 trades.
Biggest winners: Washington, Phoenix and Pittsburgh. Buffalo also added to their team.
Other teams to not make a move: Detroit, San Jose, Los Angeles and Montreal.
"I still believe that once you get into the playoffs," Holmgren said, "anything can happen."
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Washington added D. Pitts added D and O. Devils added D. The boys on the Flyers better thank their lucky striped they didn't end up in Carolina or Columbus. NOW GO GET'EM AND BRING THE CUP HOME!— MichaelZoe- Seems like everyone in the Atlantic got better and the flyers stand pat. It's not going to get any better until you can get rid of bad contracts like Gagne and Bierre. Without there contracts............— Big Bog
- Well, at least we have the draft to look forward to.......DOH!!!— FlyFifty8
- The Flyers were smart to stand pat. They should have made the announcement earlier, because there was no way they should have done anything anyway. We are deep in the F, deep enough in D, and Leighton may be the next Bernie Parent for all I know. Now, go Flyers!— NickFotiu4HOF
Comment removed.- I would have liked to see Hamhuis, especially if we could have gotten rid of Coburn in the process, but I'm definitely glad we didn't get stuck with Roloson. I'm even glad we stuck with Leighton instead of Vokoun, especially if we had to give up any current roster players for him, except Coburn. The idea of Carter for Vokoun is just a joke, but I wouldn't even give up any of our other players except Coburn. I'm OK with them standing pat.— mbrown3
- how's that 2nd round pick for Carcillo looking? and we gave them upshall...— rothstein12
- Get used to this for the next few years the way the team is strapped with salary cap.— ericg610
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- This was the best news Flyers fans could hope for, no more quick fixes and sell the farm moves. Now they need to go out and play their best and see how far they can go. I personally don't see them getting any further than the 2nd round, with a first round ouster a strong possiblility. Nevertheless, they were not going to get any further by making a useless trade at the deadline. Now Homer needs to figure a way to improve this team in the offseason by unloading some salary and giving us more flexibility to make moves going forward.— MICKDONAHUE
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- May want to proof your stuff there - Los Angeles made a move as did Detroit...guess checking the actual moves was a lot to ask huh?— Favorthabold
- Homer painted himself into a corner with nothing to trade. He's given away a ton of picks already and that will hurt for years to come.— BobbyD
- Spot on mickd!— JohnnyN
- Spot on mickd!— JohnnyN
