Flyers make another trade, move Deslauriers to Hurricanes

Flyers make another trade, move Deslauriers to Hurricanes initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers traded Nicolas Deslauriers to the Hurricanes on Friday in trade for a conditional 2027 seventh-round choose.

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Deslauriers, a 35-year-old veteran winger, was set to turn out to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. He had served principally because the Flyers’ further ahead during the last two seasons.

Earlier within the day, the Flyers traded Bobby Brink to the Wild.

The Flyers signed Deslauriers in July 2022 to a four-year, $7 million contract. As one of many NHL’s hardest gamers, Deslauriers took pleasure in defending his teammates and by no means shied away from dropping the gloves.

But as Deslauriers had gotten older and the Flyers turned youthful, he had misplaced his on a regular basis position on the fourth line. Over the final two seasons, I’ve performed a mixed 55 video games and solely 7:50 minutes per sport.

With Carolina, Deslauriers will get an opportunity at a playoff run. He’ll very possible be an additional ahead on a deep Hurricanes group, however when known as upon, he’ll know his position.