Are you guys kidding me? You're seriously looking at his stats this season? NONE of the Flyers are scoring right now, they're a terrible team.
I'll admit I'm more than a bit surprised, but those of you saying Talbot is a huge downgrade on Downie are just plain crazy. Talbot's older. That's it. Otherwise, they're very similar players. And Talbot won a Cup.
I'll admit, this is a very odd trade, but I guess it may have been motivated by contract negotiations, or maybe there's someone in Lake Erie the Avs want to promote. I don't know. Downie wasn't exactly meshing as well with O'Reilly and Duchene as I would've liked.