As I wrote here previously, once Kovalchuk chose a team that the NHL could get back to business. Illya chose the Devils and immediately after, the Flyers and Lightning got together on a trade that sent LW-Simon Gagne to Tampa in exchange for D-Matt Walker and a 2011 4th round pick. This deal gets Philadelphia almost 1.3 million under the salary cap with 13 forwards, 8 defensemen, and 2 goalies.
L.A. was rumored to be interested in Gagne. Supposedly the Kings wanted to pair the defensively responsible Gagne with the offensively minded Kovalchuk. When Kovy spurned them today to sign with the Devils, that left Tampa as the Flyers dance partner.
For the record, I do not like this deal. So far Homer has made 2 separate deals with new Lightning GM Steve Yzerman. The sum of those 2 trades netted the Flyers 2 defensemen in Andrej Meszaros, Matt Walker, and a 2011 4th rounder in exchange for Simon Gagne and a 2012 2nd round pick. How does that sound? Discuss...
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