Confirmed with Link: Radko Gudas traded to Washington for Matt Niskanen
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Cody Webster
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Winston Wolf
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Voracek's going to be pissed we traded his buddy right before playing at home. Especially for this return.
FlyerNutter
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Flyers need to upgrade their D. Flyers do upgrade their D, people act confused and/or complain about the move. The beat goes on 
I hope that this intake of cap means that we're going to buy out AMac tomorrow.
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I don't think it's about offensive pop, it's about having a guy who has played on the top pairing for Washington for many years.
I have been a big Gudas fan ever since we traded for him, but he wasn't a guy you would expect to play 70+ games on a top pairing.
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How's this an upgrade?Flyers need to upgrade their D. Flyers do upgrade their D, people act confused and/or complain about the move. The beat goes on
It isn't 2014
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Curufinwe
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I love the contrast between this thread and the main board one where non Philly fans can't believe Washington downgraded so much and didn't even get a pick.
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I mean, Gudas has outscored him 5v5 over the last 3 years...
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Odd move. In the division. Have to be betting on a rebound. 32 going on 33, you have to be pretty confident at his number. Niskanen wasn't good last year. He's more naturally skilled than Gudas and should help with zone exits, but is he more effective? Gudas is going into his walk year and I guess they had no intentions of re-upping him. But this looks like that veteran RHD they wanted to play with Provy, which means Sanheim-Myers/Ghost 2nd pair which I can get behind. Not sure Niskanen is the one that is going to unlock Provy though.
FlyerNutter
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Flyers need to upgrade their D. Flyers do upgrade their D, people act confused and/or complain about the move. The beat goes on
I need to see Niskanen play with this d group to make a judgement call. Won’t lie and say I have paid a lot of attention to Caps games the last year.
It is a bit funny though. Miss out on Q, have to settle for AV. Likely miss on Panarin/Duchene, trying to settle for Hayes.
Niskanen is the top 4 vet dman to come in and help?
Bunch of meh. It’s alright, maybe I’m picky. Who knows, but doesn’t really tickle he pickle.
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If the retention was the other way around, this deal is so much more palatable.
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The plan must be to lay Niskanen on the top pair with Provorov though, the team has never wanted to play Gudas on top pairing. Niskanen must have faced tougher matchups than Gudas the last couple years?
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This is a trade with a division rival, and retaining salary no less. Fletcher has to feel that it's obvious he's getting the better player. I don't see the evidence that supports this.
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we retained??
This is the second trade that Fletcher has done where he got absolutely ZERO compensation for helping out another GM with cap space (Talbot/Stolarz)
This is the second trade that Fletcher has done where he got absolutely ZERO compensation for helping out another GM with cap space (Talbot/Stolarz)
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the retention is dumb. Interested to see if these means MacDonald is getting bought out.
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In 2019 Niskaken averaged 24:44 in the playoffs.
http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?rep...ilter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=timeOnIcePerGame
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To be fair, Gudas is undervalued by non-Flyers fans because of his bad reputation.
I mean this guy literally just won the Ashbee Trophy.
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flyersjim73
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HATE this move. Niskanen is on my list of most overrated players in the league. Every time I watch him he does something stupid. Hopefully the numbers tell a better story than the eye test. Appleyard?
ponder719
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I have to think that the rationale here was Winnipeg was asking WAY too much for Trouba, Karlsson was a pipe dream, so Niskanen lets us kick the can down the road an additional year, with the hopes that Provorov, Myers, Ghost, and Sanheim will be, in some combination, our top 4 at the end of Niskanen's deal.
Of course, that all hinges on Niskanen actually being able to play, but it looks to me like Chuck thinks Niskanen's an upgrade on Gudas, so he's using cap space this year to avoid paying additional assets for him.
Of course, that all hinges on Niskanen actually being able to play, but it looks to me like Chuck thinks Niskanen's an upgrade on Gudas, so he's using cap space this year to avoid paying additional assets for him.
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