Quoting: franky_22
Paul Holmgren says it and everyone knows it: Flyers goaltending is actually pretty bad 3.58 GAA (29th) .879 SV% (31st) Varlamov : 2.32 GAA (8th) .927 SV% (6th) I don't know if Varly can bring the Flyers in the playoffs but he can certainly bring them closer. Just by making the difference in the tight games. Philly have approx. 7 games lost by one goal so far this season. It's the difference between being in the playoffs picture or not at this stage. Their motivation (Homlgren and the owners) is : Try to save the season while there may still be a chance to do it. The reason why they fired Hextall is not complicated. They don't want to be patient anymore. They want to win now and Hextall didn't want to deviate from his long term construction plan. We'll see what it will give in the future but I think that the Flyers will start making trades soon in order to improve now.
Varlamov was slightly better than Neuvirth in Washington. Has done well since. He could be an improvement in net. Sure.
But in your description you wrote:
"2019 Entry Draft:
#3 (OTT pick) : C Kirby Dach
#7 (PHI pick) : LHD Philip Broberg
#24 (COL pick) RW Arthur Kaliyev"
You're saying the Flyers' pick still ends up 7th overall, meaning you're still predicting they miss the playoffs, and confident enough to think about whom you might choose with their draft pick.
Not much of a sales pitch.
If the Flyers are really willing to trade a potential first overall pick for a goalie, while they're in the bottom five of the league, I think thirty teams make offers. They probably pick Bobrovsky over Holtby due to contract status and past history. The Blue Jackets then trade Panarin to Chicago with a long term deal and tank the rest of the year, finishing with three top ten picks and a fourth next season if there's a lockout. Colorado is far enough along in building a team that they don't worry much about it, but they still maybe trade Varlamov at the deadline, if Grubauer is looking solid.