Confirmed with Link: Coburn Traded to Tampa Bay for Radko Gudas & 2 Picks (1st & 3rd)

[The Couturier Effect]

Conference call after the trade -- http://video.flyers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=771&id=767993&lang=en

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Hextall doesn't sleep.

Oh and now we have 2 right handed defensemen on the team. Mind = blown.

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http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=755973

The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired defenseman Braydon Coburn from the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday for defenseman Radko Gudas and first- and third-round picks in the 2015 NHL Draft.

If Tampa Bay fails to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2015 and get the first pick in the draft, Philadelphia will receive the New York Rangers' 2015 first-round pick, acquired last season as part of the Martin St. Louis trade, in lieu of Tampa Bay's first-round selection.

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Article: Braydon Coburn trade a steal for Hextall, Flyers

In return, Hextall picked up a first- and third-round pick, plus 24-year Czech defenseman Radko Gudas, who averaged 17 minutes ice time for the Bolts this season in 31 games.

That Hextall could get a first rounder plus a young player who already has NHL experience is a steal for the Flyers.

Coburn has a full year left on his contract with a $4.5 million cap hit that was hampering the Flyers ability to improve their roster at forward.

That kind of contract is difficult to move and the best the Flyers likely initially hoped for was a second and third round pick for his services.

So between Friday, when the Flyers moved Coburn’s longtime partner Kimmo Timonen, who turns 40 this month, to Chicago for a second-round pick this year and conditional third-round next year (that could become a second-round), the Flyers now have three more high picks in this year’s draft and one next season.

That’s remarkable.

http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-phi...-steal-ron-hextall-flyers-tampa-bay-lightning

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David Strehle (Twitter):

• Gudas is 24 years old, Coburn 30 Difference in salaries: Gudas $991,667 AAV, Coburn $4.5M.
• Gudas is a solid 6' 204, one of those guys who plays with an edge that you hate to play against. 224 PIMs in 126 career games in TB.
• As for Gudas, he's out the rest of this year following knee surgery, but will likely be a fan favorite with Flyers crowd next season

Source: https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP
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[Harold Bingo]

Now I'm not going to sleep.

I like this. Is the first Tampa's or the Rangers'?

 

[Random Forest]

I like Gudas. He's what Grossmann should be. Would have liked a decent prospect in the return, but definitely no reason to complain with this return.


EDIT: Very interesting, actually. Grossmann, Schenn, and Gudas are all very redundant. I would not be surprised to see LSchenn moved tomorrow now.

 

[Striiker]

Hextall is love, Hextall is life.

Two trades, two incredible returns.

Only thing left is to see which exact picks we get.

 

[Akanon]

Aawww yes!

 

[CNS]

 

[Stizzle]

Main boards saying we fleecd them. Gudas will be a fan favorite here. 24 year old right handed defenseman!?!?

 

[OzFlyers]

 

[Harold Bingo]

Hope Coburn does well for Tampa Bay. I'm rooting for a Chicago/Tampa Bay final.

 

[Random Forest]

That's some awesome value.

Morin-Gudas

I'm ready.

 

[Striiker]

Wait til the guy who was calling us crazy for thinking Coburn could get a 1st sees this

 

[bauerhockey02]

That.......

 

[OzFlyers]

Wait til the guy who was calling us crazy for thinking Coburn could get a 1st sees this

Well it's almost a second.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Wow.

Brilliant return for Coburn.

Gudas is similar to Schenn and Grossmann, so at least one of those guys has to go, though.

 

[SchennSational1022*]

Gudas is a throw in here for me, IMO. Coburn was a great player for us, regardless of what some fans want to say. Will miss him, but this is a good deal for us.

 

[wpgsilver]

Huge return for Coburn. Your GM did well here.

 

[potsiev2]

The Czech HITTMAN! Welcome Radco Gudas!

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I was in the Coburn to be moved by Monday thread.
I stand corrected. I was wrong. again.

Really like this trade. Don't know much about Gudas.
Hextall with 2 awesome deals.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Gudas is a throw in here for me, IMO. Coburn was a great player for us, regardless of what some fans want to say. Will miss him, but this is a good deal for us.

yeah he is beastly come playoff time. TB fans are going to love him come playoff time.

 

[potsiev2]

Hope Coburn does well for Tampa Bay. I'm rooting for a Chicago/Tampa Bay final.

def rooting for chicago but i really have a dislike for tampa and no real attachment for coburn

 

[Beef Invictus]

Shipping out Schenn should be a priority. I'm done with him. Grossmann is what he is. But at least he is what he is consistently. Schenn wavers constantly.

And this team has far too much Schenn as it is.

 

[mantis toboggan]

I want tampa out in the first round so our 1st is higher

 

[SchennSational1022*]

I want tampa out in the first round so our 1st is higher

There's no word on if it's Tampa's or the NYR's 1st yet.

 

[Stizzle]

Tony Androckitis ‏@TonyAndrock_TCG 4m4 minutes ago

I stand corrected, Radko Gudas is out for the year. Unless #Flyers deal for a defenseman one of Brandon Manning or Mark Alt gets called up.

Tony Androckitis ‏@TonyAndrock_TCG 2m2 minutes ago

Per @syrhockey back on 1/6, Gudas was scheduled to have arthroscopic knee surgery and miss four months. #Flyers have 7D including Grossmann.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

^

Tampa was hoping to have Gudas back for the playoffs, so yeah, he's done for the year.