The Flyers Just Made a Huge Trade

We’ve got some movement on the Flyers front. Say goodbye to Luke Schenn and Vincent Lecavalier. Ron Hextall has traded them both to his former team, the Los Angeles Kings.

According to Darren Dreger, the Flyers are getting back a 2016 third round draft pick and Jordan Weal.

For a 3rd round pick and Weal. https://t.co/rSPZptcGT2

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) January 6, 2016

Flyers are retaining 50% of both Lecavalier and Schenn's salaries.

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) January 6, 2016

Retaining 50% of both of their salaries? Who cares!? This is a great move. The Flyers still give themselves $3.5 million in cap space that wasn’t previously available. And Luke Schenn is off the books next season. And Lecavalier will reportedly retire at the end of this season, so his cap hit will be gone.

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And Weal? He only scored 69 points in 73 games last year in the AHL. He comes cheap and he’s a restricted free agent after next season. For the Flyers, this was a no-brainer. And maybe someone in L.A. is trying to throw Hextall a bone here. Well worth it.

From the press release:

The Philadelphia Flyers have traded D Luke Schenn and C Vincent Lecavalier to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Jordan Weal and a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, according to general manager Ron Hextall.
 
Weal, 23 (4/15/1992), was selected by the Kings in the third round (70th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut with Los Angeles earlier this season and has appeared in 10 games, recording two penalty minutes while averaging 8:07 of ice time per game.
 
Weal has spent the last three seasons in the American Hockey League following a four-year junior career with Regina of the Western Hockey League. He had a breakout year in 2013-14 with the Kings’ affiliate in Manchester, NH, where he recorded 70 points (23 G, 47 A) in 76 games, which was good for fifth in the league. He followed that up with a 69-point season (20 G, 49 A) in 73 games for Manchester in 2014-15, which included an appearance in the AHL All-Star Game. He went on to record 22 points (10 G, 19 A) in 19 playoff games to help the Monarchs win the 2015 Calder Cup.
 
Schenn, 26 (11/2/1989), was acquired by the Flyers from Toronto on June 23, 2012 in exchange for James van Riemsdyk. He appeared in 213 games for the Flyers, recording 12 goals and 30 assists for 42 points.
 
Lecavalier, 35 (4/21/1980), signed with the Flyers as a free agent on July 5, 2013. He appeared in 133 games for the Flyers, recording 28 goals and 30 assists for 58 points.

 
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