Team: 2019-20 Philadelphia Flyers

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 26, 2019

Published: Apr. 26, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

I’m perplexed by Philadelphia’s results this year, although I confess I’m not very familiar with your team. But it seems to me that the Flyers have a great mix of young (Couturier, Lindblom, Patrick, Konecny) and experienced (Giroux, Voracek, van Riemsdyk, Raffl) forwards, some excellent prospects (Frost, Rubtsov, Ratcliffe), and a defense (Gostisbehere, Morin, Provorov, Sanheim) that should have been better than the bottom 5. So to an outsider, it looks like what the Flyers lack is a first-class goalie and a first-class coach (imagine what could have happened if Barry Trotz had gone to Philly instead of the Island). Although Carter Hart may well be the future answer in goal, this is my effort to address that position.

Please give me some latitude on the free agent signings because, as I said, I’m not very knowledgeable about your team.

The trade itself: despite the precedent of Vancouver trading Corey Schneider for the ninth overall pick (who turned out to be Bo Horvat), and although I personally think Jonathan Quick for the eleventh overall pick is a fair exchange, I don’t think Philly management or its fans would agree with me, so I have included a swap of second-round picks.