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!