The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have acquired 6’3’, 196-pound left wing Petr Nedved from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, according to General Manager Bob Clarke. In addition, the Flyers will have the option of swapping fourth round draft choices with the Coyotes at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and third round draft choices with the Coyotes at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

“Too much of our scoring relied on just one line and we felt we also needed a shot from the point on the power play. Nedved has always been a good scorer and a real good player and we think he’ll solve some of our problems up front,” said Clarke in making the announcement. “Nedved has great speed, great hockey vision and a great shot, and because of the play of Freddy Meyer and Randy Jones we felt we could give up a young defenseman. Not that we wanted to, but our theory was that we needed some more scoring ability and more skill up front.”

This from Bob Clarke that in 1998 called Nedved an idiot.
“Bure’s just as dumb as Nedved, and Nedved is an idiot.”

The Flyers are giving up a $450k player and getting a $2.2mill player. As close as the Flyers are to the salary cap this must mean Primeau is probably out for the rest of the season. This also goes to explain why Seidenberg has been a healthy scratch recently, especially considering he is a better player then Therien and the recent bad play of Jones.

Doug Weight has been the better known rumor trade for Philly. I guess that is not going to happen. With the recent slump the Flyers are going thru it is not a surprise to see a trade to try to shake things up.