Wings and Flyers make a deal (for when off-season trading opens)

[izaman3]

I'm not sure the exact date that trading reopens, but this deal is for when that happens.

To Philadelphia
C Anze Kopitar, $8.3m (2020-2021)
C Mikael Granlund, $2.5m (2020-2021)
D Marcus Pettersson, $0.9m (2019-2020)
$8.3m in 2019-2020
$2.5m in 2019-2020
$0.9m in 2019-2020
$8.3m in 2020-2021
$2.5m in 2020-2021

To Detroit
G Petr Mrazek, $3.7m (2021-2022)
D Dustin Byfuglien, $5.3m (2019-2020)
LW/RW Thomas Vanek, $3.8m (2020-2021)
X- 2019 3rd Round Draft Pick, New York Islanders, $m this year
X- 2020 3rd Round Draft Pick, New York Islanders, $m this year

The Flyers get nearly $13m in cap space plus 2 top forwards who can score and are free for the next 2 years (both had down seasons but should bounce back). Plus Petterson is a good young d-man with the potential to get better.

Detroit makes this deal in honor of Snug, he kept trying to trade me Mrazek for years before finally pawning him off on Philadelphia. Mrazek is a 1b goalie when he is on, has he finally figured it to be a true #1? We'll see. Big Buff was hurt for half the season and is getting up there in age, hopefully, he'll still have gas in the tank next season. Vanek is a 3rd liner on a bad Detroit team and I take on his contract to help Philly out of a cap bind. I love draft picks and can hopefully strike gold even with some late 3rd rounders.

Thanks for the deal papps!

[papps]

Philly does this deal to get out of cap hell. I’m now able to resign my players and make some other moves. I’m hoping Kopitar has some gas left. Granlund is decent and Pettersson has potential. I had the goalie depth to deal Mrazek and I grew tired of Buff’s injuries.

Thanks izaman for the great negotiations. 

[WestCoastExpress]

 

Wow.
Kopi and Granlund for free for 2 years, all while shedding Buff and Vanek’s contracts. That Vanek contract is a killer, yikes.

Have to label this as a W for Philly just based on the cap savings. To me players for players/picks would be a good deal, let alone cap being paid for players being free.
More so as I’m in the boat of Buff being in a decline, and not sure about Mrazek and the Canes replicating this season. Oh and did I mention the cap savings?

For me, a curious move by Detroit, feel like he deserved far better than 3rd round picks to make this trade ... but Iza has been around long enough that I have confidence he sees value in this trade.

[norrya66]

 

I like Mrazek and Buff probably more than most, but I do think Philly wins this deal by a little. Both veteran owners know what they are doing.

[Rob]

 

[dedreger]

 

[SlackJack]

 
So is trading open?

[Rob]

So is trading open?

Yessir

[Rob]

Fantraxed

[Rob]