This could end up as "fair trade." But man oh man, look at you Philly. A 1st, two 2nd's, two reclamation projects and a prospect for a guy who'd stagnated on your blueline anyway?

"Kick start the rebuild" indeed. What a direct injection of prospect capital!

I agree. Korpisalo should be the priority.

Sean Walker is not worth a 2nd. He's an overpaid 6th-7th defenseman. They might get a 4th-7th for him, but they would have to burn a retention spot because nobody is taking him at 2.6M. He is not playing at the level he played before.

Philadelphia traded Provorov and roughly 6.6M of bad cap (Petersen+Walker minus Kings retention on Provorov). You could argue that it's a bit less cap since both those players could be buried, but if they are buried they have to be replaced with a player making 750k, and most players make more than that, so it really doesn't save much to bury them.

They got a great return, but this isn't any different than most of the cap dump trades we have seen over the last few years. CHI got a projected high 2nd in the upcoming draft and a 4th to take on basically 1 year of Zaitsev. The Flyers a future 2nd (less value than current year) and a prospect previously selected in the 2nd round in exchange for taking on 6.6M of bad cap over 2 full seasons. Then they got a similar return for Provorov at 4.XXM that Detroit got for Hronek, and LAK previously paid CBJ for Gavrikov (as a rental).

It was good work by Philadelphia, but it looks bigger than it is because it's two trades squished together into one. If you break it all down, it's pretty similar to what other teams have received in comparable deals. It's not reinventing the wheel.

33% of salary on d doesn't seem crazy. 57% on forwards, 10% on goalies

The Kings aren't interested in re-signing Korpisalo. They weren't impressed by him in his LA stint.

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PHI got alot of what THEY needed for provorov.

provorov was PHI's number 1 defenseman, no bones about that. He stagnated. But a 1st, 2 2nds, a much needed RD prospect, a solid 3rd pairing Walker to help Grans or Attard develop is a great return. While taking on Petersen hurts, ultimately PHI had cap space and couldn;t say no to that return.

I even like the fact PHI dumped 2 old AHLers who were going nowhere just to cut down on their contracts.

For PHI: 2 losses here in Provorov and taking on Petersen, but the return is far more than what most thought they'd get for Provorov (a 1st and 2nd), so getting Grans, another 2nd and a serviceable Walker is a good deal for them.

I know LA needed cap space, but I just dont get the Provorov retention. And CBJ? Just not sure why they needed/wanted Provorov

Results are in.
The Flyers did D corps did get better with Walker in it.
Shocker.

So Philly made out like bandits, CBJ did fine, Provorov's been decent, he's not the problem in CBJ, LA did horrid, they did need to move Petersen but that's a lot to dump him

LAK would have been great if they didnt waste the space making the PLD trade lul

Man its ugly as look at Vilardi in WPG. Sure cant stay healthy but still lul.

Got a first out of sean walker. trade keeps on getting better for philly