NHL Trades that should happen

[Colts]

Hi folks - indulge me for a second here .... as I would like to have some hypothetical fun taking a look at a potential trade that I think would work in real life and benefit both teams. Here is a deal that I think makes a lot of sense for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Phoenix Coyotes:

To Philly: D Keith Yandle, F Steve Sullivan

To Phoenix: F Sean Couturier, Scott Laughton

As the TSN post game analysis pointed out after Philly's last game, the Flyers forwards are being hampered by the defence's inability to break out of the defensive zone. In short, the Flyers are desperately missing the blue-line skill-set that Keith Yandle has in abundance.

Phoenix, on the other hand, is in a rebuild mode, and with OEL having already supplanted Yandle as the go-to guy on the Phoenix back-end, the Coyotes are in dire need of young talented forwards to complement a stocked blue-line (even without Yandle, the Yotes can trot out OEL, Gormley, Rundblad, Klesla, Michalek and Morris). The Flyers on the other hand, can afford to part with the talented Couturier and the promising Laughton, as their top 6 would remain strong, with Sullivan holding the fort until Hartnell returns.

Thoughts? Agree/disagree? Philly has never been afraid to make a bold move to bring in talent, while Phoenix can get great value in the form of skilled youth at an area of obvious need with this deal.

Hopefully the Dobber community can throw out a few more "trades that should happen".

[Big Ev]

Perry, Weiss, O'Reilly, whoever **** to Ottawa. Team needs a real forward BAD

[metaldude26]

I'm not sure Philly has the cap room to pull off such a deal and frankly I'm not sure the Coyotes can give up so much salary without hitting the cap bottom.

Not to mention the fact that Philly doesn't necessarily have the depth at forward to give up an asset like Couturier AND Laughton.

Maybe there's something there if the Yotes agree to eat some salary but I still don't see the Flyers moving Couturier.

[praba]

subban/yakupov

[strider2k2]

The Flyers aren't trading Couturier. If that was an option they probably would have traded him in a package for Weber and skipped the offer sheet.

The Flyers have less than $1M in cap space right now, so any trade that happens has to be at the very most cap neutral, but more than likely they're going to be looking to dump salary, which is another reason you won't see Couturier traded. You're just not going to get comparable production for that type of a cap hit.

If we're dreaming, and we're looking at a Yandle to Philly scenario, I think the guy that goes back tp Phoenix is Danny Briere, assuming he'd waive his NMC. He has a cap hit of $6.5M for the next three seasons, which will keep Phoenix above the floor, and assuming it's a deadline move the Coyotes will only have to pay around $8.5M in salary. I could see Laughton also going their way, but Briere's the guy that would make this work financially.

[Bnhershy]

Habs aren't trading Subban. It's not a possibility anymore.

As for Yakupov, I'm sure Edmonton is already too attached to trade him at this point in his career. The only window was before the season.

[mister_mcgoo]

A perfect example of why you should take everything those clowns on TSN say with a healthy dose of salt...the defense isn't the problem in Philly this year, it is largely unchanged from last year and they certainly didn't have any trouble 'breaking out of the zone' last year.

No, the problem is that they have lost too many key cogs to injuries so far..Hartnell hurts the most, he's easily the most underrated guy on their roster, its a gaping hole left behind with him out and one they have no one to fill it with. Add in the injuries to Simmonds, Meszaros, etc and the fact that Giroux is not able to carry the team on his own and its been tough going for them.

Certainly Yandle would help them but they aren't gonna send Couturier over for him and because of their poor cap management they don't have the cash to sign him outright.

I said it when it happened and I'll reiterate it again, the Flyers ****ed themselves royally with that whole Richards fiasco, they had a cup contender and they dealt the key pieces away because of ego and poor decisions and as a result the Kings took home the cup. The Flyers took 2-3 big steps backwards last year, they will need to compensate for that and fix some of their cap issues if they want to return to contender status cause right now its just another team in disarray

[PrairieDog]

I think Yandle would be a great fit for Detroit.

[sensfan19]

I think Toronto should trade thier team to Saskatoon.

[ovi42]

Originally Posted by mister_mcgoo

A perfect example of why you should take everything those clowns on TSN say with a healthy dose of salt...the defense isn't the problem in Philly this year, it is largely unchanged from last year and they certainly didn't have any trouble 'breaking out of the zone' last year.

No, the problem is that they have lost too many key cogs to injuries so far..Hartnell hurts the most, he's easily the most underrated guy on their roster, its a gaping hole left behind with him out and one they have no one to fill it with. Add in the injuries to Simmonds, Meszaros, etc and the fact that Giroux is not able to carry the team on his own and its been tough going for them.

Certainly Yandle would help them but they aren't gonna send Couturier over for him and because of their poor cap management they don't have the cash to sign him outright.

I said it when it happened and I'll reiterate it again, the Flyers ****ed themselves royally with that whole Richards fiasco, they had a cup contender and they dealt the key pieces away because of ego and poor decisions and as a result the Kings took home the cup. The Flyers took 2-3 big steps backwards last year, they will need to compensate for that and fix some of their cap issues if they want to return to contender status cause right now its just another team in disarray

Agree with all your points except id argue the d has been awful. No first pass at all and look like they're skating in mind in their own end. They've been a disaster all around. Except Bryz, oddly enough.