Jori Lehtera hasn’t found his footing in Philadelphia since coming over from the St. Louis Blues, and now he seems to be available once again. Pierre LeBrun touched on the 29-year old in the recent edition of Insider Trading:
The Flyers are willing to listen on him. They’re not out there shopping him aggressively, but certainly given their depth up front for the right offer [he could be had]. He’s got another year on his deal at $4.7MM, that might scare off some teams.
Lehtera has just two points this season, and has been a healthy scratch several times. That comes just three years after he broke into the NHL with a 44-point season playing alongside Vladimir Tarasenko, earning himself that big extension. Those numbers have dropped in every season since, until he was used as a salary dump of sorts in the Brayden Schenn trade.
Still, there might be some interest in Lehtera because of his history and ability to play center. Without many impact options available down the middle, players like him may be all you can get at the deadline. It could need some salary retention from Philadelphia, but a fresh start could be what he needs to provide at least a little bit of value.
ZERO VALUE
Armstrong with a highway robbery on that deal. That’s a total win of a trade.
I’ll bet he is. I wouldn’t hold your breath though.
I’d like to know from Flyer fans, their opinion of Hextall…. from afar, I can’t really see to many positives…, and this Trade was just horrible?
I personally can’t stand him as gm,been on a fire Hextall stand for the last year and a half. But I don’t stand with a big crowd. Alot of Philly believes in his long term plan.
Hextall is weird, well see if it’s the last straw after this season when they have some money for the first time in awhile.
The Flyers are weird right now altogether. Who’s even in control with Ed Snider deceased? I know they’ve played better since the losing streak, but that’s my problem with this team, no consistency in any aspect of the game. Scoring,defense,goaltending. Even when they’re winning there’s holes in atleast 1 of the 3. You can expect that with a rebuilding team, but Hextall never really committed to a real rebuild. He committed to being patient,but he’s half rebuilding/half trying to win. He’s doing exactly what the 6ers used to do,before they tanked. Typical Comcast owned team.
That headline is hysterical, like he’s about to have a line form to acquire him.