Flyers Shake Things Up

[Noops]

From the desk of GM Noops…

Big moves keep coming out of Philadelphia! I made two deals late Sunday night.

The first move sees the Flyers sending Keith Primeau and Matt Pettinger, yes the final piece of the ménage-a-trois, to the Calgary Flames for star defenseman Kimmo Timonen. Timonen finished 9th in scoring amongst defensemen last year in the CPHL, and he’s still in his prime. The Flyers hope for big things from Kimmo. I also had to put up Robert Nilsson as insurance in case Keith retires or doesnt play again as part of a clause. This was the toughest part of the deal to hammer out. Thanks to GM Axel for making this one work.

The second move I made sees us sending Shea Weber (who i held as an untouchable) to the Chicago Blackhawks for forward Shawn Horcoff. Weber is going to be an all star for years to come, but we think we got an excellent player in Horcoff who can step in right away and play on one of our top two lines, with either Keith Tkachuk or Olli Jokinen. We had huge plans for Shea, but it was too good a deal to pass on. Thanks to GM Becky for being so damn persistant!

These are probably the two toughest deals I've made since taking over the role of GM for the Flyers. Whoever thought being a GM was going to be easy is friggin crazy!!

[HelloHockeyFans]

You sir are doing a fine job over there in Philly.

[MJK]

That Horcoff for Weber was a great one!

Real nice job NOOPS!

[notoepik]

LOL @ Dave

The Chicago Blackhawks are thrilled to add a defenseman like Shea Weber to our roster. He is a keeper for the Hawks. At least this morning anyway

It was a difficult trade for the GM of both teams to make. The Hawks have also made an out of court settlement to the Flyers GM for repairs to his left arm. The injury was suffered when his arm was inadvertently broken off while being while being repeatedly twisted by the Hawks staff.

[flambers]

Great job!!

[Mango]

Nice job on this trade. Present for the future (not so distant).