The Flyers have already handled the biggest pieces of their summer business, locking up RFAs Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale after the Leo Carlsson offer sheet fell through. Those deals came together cleanly, and the cap space created by missing out on Carlsson helped make that possible.
That’s why Anthony DiMarco of Daily Faceoff believes Philadelphia is basically finished making a major move this offseason.
“It may be unpopular, but the Flyers are likely done for the summer. They took their big swing when they offer-sheeted Leo Carlsson… there is nothing else that makes much sense right now.”
Still, there may be one path left if the right deal opens up. DiMarco said the Seattle Kraken have been trying to move center Shane Wright, and Philadelphia has already been part of those discussions.
“We know that Jason Botterill has been actively shopping center Shane Wright - the Kraken lobbied his services to the Flyers earlier in the summer - but have yet to find the right deal.”
At this point, the issue doesn’t seem to be whether Wright has value. It’s whether the price Seattle wants is one the Flyers are willing to pay.
And Seattle’s asking price figures to be steep. The Kraken have been chasing a major scoring addition, making a big push for Artemi Panarin at the NHL trade deadline and also pursuing Jason Robertson from the Dallas Stars. Robertson, however, turned down Seattle’s $15 million AAV offer.
That kind of background suggests the Kraken may be looking for a player who can really finish chances, which raises the obvious question: would they ask for Matvei Michkov or Trevor Zegras? Either would be a tough ask for Philadelphia, and that kind of return likely would have made more sense before the Ducks matched the Carlsson offer sheet.
If the Flyers had landed Carlsson, Zegras might have been off the table. In that alternate version of the summer, a Wright deal would have fit more naturally.
For now, a Flyers-Kraken trade can’t be ruled out. Seattle wants to move Wright, Wright is open to leaving, and the two sides may eventually land on a package that works.
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