The Flyers will not be moving right-shot defender Rasmus Ristolainen in the closing minutes before the trade deadline, Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff reports.
Philadelphia had received extensive interest in the 31-year-old, who still has another year left on his deal at a $5.1MM cap hit. That year left allowed Philly to be comfortable setting a relatively high price and sticking to it, opting to hold onto him and try to move him over the summer or as a rental next year (if at all) rather than budge from what they felt he was worth.
The long list of names calling on the Finn included the Sabres, Canadiens, Bruins, Oilers, Stars, and others. Edmonton, Buffalo, and Dallas in particular pivoted to other options in the past few days. Multiple reports indicated Philly was looking for the same return the Bruins received from the Maple Leafs for Brandon Carlo at last year’s deadline. That package included a first-round pick, a fourth-round pick, and an A/B-tier prospect in Fraser Minten.
As such, the Flyers are done after making two trades earlier today – the first sending Bobby Brink to Minnesota for David Jiricek, the second sending Nicolas Deslauriers to the Hurricanes for a seventh-rounder. They also claimed Luke Glendening off waivers from the Devils to give themselves some center help.
What a stupid organization.
Why? For sticking to their asking price?
If he didn’t have an injury history so long reading it off would take 5 minutes then holding onto him might make sense but this was the first time we had a chance to trade him and get anything in years
This is a mistake hanging onto Ristolainen, the Flyers are not in a competitive window right now they could’ve used picks or prospects of any kind.
This franchise is never going anywhere as long as the suits at Comcast own this team.
Same thing every season.
You don’t just give him away for meaningless picks. He has real value …. and you could always move him in the summer or next trade deadline if the team isn’t performing well…. They are not in cap hell like before.
Their asking price wasn’t met and you don’t trade him away for peanuts because they aren’t “in a competitive window right now”. He has value and an extra year of control. If they didn’t get the offers they liked, i’m happy Briere didn’t fold.
Any Flyers fan who isn’t upset with this is a sheep.
high asking price for an oft-injured d-man .. who has played 799 regular season games and Z E R O ! playoff games