A trade between Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning has been confirmed.

Trade Details

Philadelphia Flyers Acquire: Valtteri Filppula · $5,000,000$5,000,000$5,000,000 2017 4th round pick (TBL - #107 - Maksim Sushko) 2017 7th round pick (LAK - #196 - Wyatt Kalynuk) [Conditional]* *Conditions: If Tampa Bay trades Mark Streit, Flyers receive a 2017 7th round pick. Result: Mark Streit was traded by Tampa Bay. Flyers receive the 2017 7th round pick. Sum: $5,000,000$5,000,000$5,000,000 Change: -$3,250 Change: -$3,250 Change: +$1,188,000

Tampa Bay Lightning Acquire: Mark Streit ($246,750 retained - 4.7%) · $5,003,250$5,003,250$3,812,000 Sum: $5,003,250$5,003,250$3,812,000 Change: +$3,250 Change: +$3,250 Change: -$1,188,000

Why would Philly go for Filppula? Doesn't make sense to me. He's not better than Streit and they were in the playoff race. Philly's management is just terrible. They make the worst trades and sign players to long extensions then trade them to another team. Either you want the player and you sign him and keep him or you deal him near the end of his deal for what you can get. Signing a player to a very long extension and then trading them for whatever you can get just looks so foolish. They aren't going to be relevant for a long time if they keep pulling amateur moves like that.

This comment sure aged well