The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired forward Mike York from the New York Islanders in exchange for centre Randy Robitaille and a fifth-round pick in the 2008 NHL entry draft.
The deal was completed before the holiday roster freeze at midnight ET Tuesday but wasn’t announced until Wednesday. Flyers GM Paul Holmgren said he’s happy to get a young forward who has posted solid offensive numbers over his career.
“We think that he is going to upgrade our offence,” Holmgren said in a release. “He is a player who is a right-handed shot, can play centre or right wing and he gives us a little more versatility and a little more scoring.
“He is a highly competitive player.” [..continue..]
So another trade with the Islanders which help out their cap issue.
Another trade that ships one of the better players this year for the Flyers away.
Was it a good trade? Looking at both of their offensive numbers over the past 5 years York is a better player. York is also 3 years younger. The trade won’t make much of a difference unless the rest of the team starts playing like they care.
I hope the trade works out. It’s been quite a while since any trades the Flyers have made have paid off in the long run. They traded Brind’Amour for Primeau, for example, and I’ll bet Brind’Amour is happy that they did! I don’t think the acquisition of Forsberg was so good, either, since one thing after another happens to him, and evidently the players think if he can’t play, they aren’t going to! They’d better acquire at least one more competent goalie, too. Nittimaki is often brilliant, and it’s not his fault the team isn’t scoring, but Esche hasn’t been very good for a long time now, and Nittimaki can’t go it alone.
Don’t forget the trade that sent Williams to Carolina for Markov who wasn’t resigned. Or also the horrible trade that sent Maxime Ouellet plus a 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick to the Capitals for Adam Oates who played all of 19 games for the Flyers and was not resigned.
Yesterday’s game (against Ottawa) started out nicely. But as usual they ran out of steam. They are a team that isn’t together. It has seemed that way for years, and also, it appears that no matter what management tried to do to remedy it, it doesn’t pay off. I am surprised they still have the fans turn out to watch them consistently lose (the only thing they’re consistent in). It is sad to the point of being pathetic, and it’s virtually impossible to pinpoint the blame.