I think the main thing was that the Flyers felt Brayden Schenn was going to be a key player moving forward and the Flyers wanted to keep him happy by trading for his brother. There seems to be an obsession around the league to have brothers on the same team, especially when one brother is considered a core/cornerstone player: Schenn brothers in Philly, Staal brothers in Carolina, and Benn brothers in Dallas are examples where the one brother was likely acquired purely because another brother was a core player on the team.
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