Confirmed Trade: [PHI/BUF] Rasmus Ristolainen for Robert Hagg, 2021 1st round pick, 2023 2nd round pick

[Kristopher Letang]

Dude you wouldn't even have a f**** team if you didn't win the lottery with Crosby.... the league fixed it so your franchise wouldn't have to relocate......To think Lemieux and Crosby and barely still not enough fans in Pittsburgh to support a team......embarrassing

lmao

 

[phil162888]

These thoughts must be comforting when watching the Penguins win Stanley Cups in the time of color TVs.

I guess the truth hurts... lol keep on ignoring it

 

[phil162888]

I guess the truth hurts... lol keep on ignoring it

Truthfully maybe you guys are too young to recall how your franchise was about to leave Pitt until you mysteriously won the Crosby lottery..... Educate yourselves its online and not a myth (at least the moving the franchise part). Pens could just coincidentally be luckiest franchise alive to win the lottery as this was about to happen but I have a feeling Gary had something to do with it! Still doesn't take away from your cups but bragging about your franchise and making fun of others....thats a different story

 

[Peasy]

These off season moves for Philly lookin even worse right now.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Risto should get the Justin Schultz treatment, play on the third pair on a contender, go through a season of winning to maintain high confidence and slowly get more responsibility. That's the only way to salvage any upside there might be.

So far in Philly it's just been more of the same. Some fairly good games, and some absolutely putrid. Worse it goes for the team, the worse he plays. Just a train wreck mentally.

 

[Cootsfanclub]

These off season moves for Philly lookin even worse right now.

It was just as bad day 1

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

This is the only trade Sabres clearly won in like the last...I can't even count

 

[BrindamoursNose]

One of the lowest points in Flyers history. The last decade the we keep finding new ones to outdo our lowest lows.

Fletcher will never have another GM job when hes inevitably fired next summer.

Quoting this because that's how I'm feeling right now

 

[innitfam]

Man, the headline is still just unbelievable to read.

Fletcher gone senile.

 

[Weltschmerz]

This is the only trade Sabres clearly won in like the last...I can't even count

Gaustad?

 

[Jumptheshark]

These off season moves for Philly lookin even worse right now.

Yep. Some comments are funny

 

[Chainshot]

Fletcher has a weird thing sending second round picks to Buffalo. This was the third or fourth time he's done it in his career.

 

[Sota Popinski]

Let's not forget they added a 2nd to dump Ghost. So they traded the 13th pick and TWO 2nd round picks plus Hagg to "upgrade" to Risto. One of the worst trades of all time.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Let's not forget they added a 2nd to dump Ghost. So they traded the 13th pick and TWO 2nd round picks plus Hagg to "upgrade" to Risto. One of the worst trades of all time.

Flyers fans knew it immediately, too

 

[TheDoldrums]

turns out the trade everyone knew was terrible, has in fact been terrible

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Let's not forget they added a 2nd to dump Ghost. So they traded the 13th pick and TWO 2nd round picks plus Hagg to "upgrade" to Risto. One of the worst trades of all time.

Hagg has pretty much same stats as Risto at third of price

 

[Panthaz89]

This is the only trade Sabres clearly won in like the last...I can't even count

Joker for Nylander happened.

 

[Bankerguy]

Man, like from what i remember watching Risto play, he used to SMASH guys all the time, then in the same shift he'd be pushing the puck up the ice creating scoring chances. He would also be moving well...whether that be hitting dudes or handling the puck...
but that was a long time ago... wtf happened to him?

 

[Panthaz89]

Man, like from what i remember watching Risto play, he used to SMASH guys all the time, then in the same shift he'd be pushing the puck up the ice creating scoring chances. He would also be moving well...whether that be hitting dudes or handling the puck...
but that was a long time ago... wtf happened to him?

He hits but he's useless in D-zone he's always a panic and fling it up the boards type of player its almost predictable at this point. It also made it painful to watch every coach put him out on the PK unit.

 

[ponder719]

Why. Why did this thread have to come back? The simple fact that the trade happened is misery enough; must I relive the pain of the moment of doom even now?

 

[Liver King]

has Risto been that bad?

 

[Loopy0ne]

Fletcher loves to lose trades with Buffalo...and in general

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

Why. Why did this thread have to come back? The simple fact that the trade happened is misery enough; must I relive the pain of the moment of doom even now?

Probably my debatably trolling behavior to bring it back to public memory in a different thread which I cringe to think in hindsight cos prob came across as a total d bagLook, the truth is, Risto's a very good looking young man. With dreamy blue eyes and flowing golden locks, you have to pay a premium for him because tickets won't sell themselves.

I feel for you Flyers fans. Just astonishing asset mismanagement.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Why. Why did this thread have to come back? The simple fact that the trade happened is misery enough; must I relive the pain of the moment of doom even now?

Get used to it. Oilers still have the Reinhart trade brought up

This trade might be worse, you will hear about it for decades.

 

[ujju2]

Get used to it. Oilers still have the Reinhart trade brought up

This trade might be worse, you will hear about it for decades.

Worse than the Reinhart deal? Not a chance.