Pros and cons of Flyers trade for Marco Rossi

On December 19, 2024By Littum

It’s no hidden secret that the Philadelphia Flyers have a dearth of talent at the center position, and they’re addressing it through multiple avenues. Either through the draft, get some low-end young free agents and bet they’ll be a hidden gem, or by trading for a young top-six center; The Flyers will do it eventually.

When you pull and dip your toe into the free agent pool, you’re taking a bet and hoping that your own development system can solve any problems. For trades, it’s a bit more complicated. The Flyers will have to give a decent amount of assets to any young center who can be in their top-six forward group for a long time, and that’s essentially the one trigger they can pull.

So it’s about acting for right young, talented centre. The one who wants to keep up with what the Flyers are up to right now and can financially make sense for the team. But how can we determine that? General manager Danny Briere and the rest of this front office certainly have a list of targets and generally know what it takes to acquire them, so it’s just a matter of deciding to acquire the right one.