Why were richards and carter traded

Would trade either. Columbus was seen as a possible destination for Carter and on the morning of June 23, , the Flyers sent the center to the Blue Jackets for Voracek and two picks. Flyers fans were reeling as the team sent its thought-to-be longtime captain to the West Coast.

The team make-up was strange. Veterans like Chris Pronger and Kimmo Timonen still led the defense, but Simmonds, Voracek and especially Schenn molded the offense into a much younger forward corps.

There was still Claude Giroux and Danny Briere to lead the offense, but the team seemed more like playoff hopefuls than Stanley Cup contenders. One thing was for sure though: the Flyers would have their man in net. Umberger swap two years later, and finally the Brayden Schenn trade three years later for two first-round picks and Jori Lehtera. Those are some massive trades and ironic that they all occurred on the same day though years apart.

Nonetheless each of those trades sent ripples through the organization for one way or another —some good and some real bad hello, Luke Schenn. The haul was impressive for both — including Jakub Voracek , Wayne Simmonds , Sean Couturier , and Brayden Schenn — but Richards and Carter won two Stanley Cups together in Hollywood and the Flyers have won exactly one playoff series since their departure.

As for the move a year later, was that ever an ill-advised move in the one-for-one deal straight up for Luke Schenn in exchange for JVR. Though not quite a polished product, JVR blossomed into a goal scorer for the Maple Leafs while the Flyers took on a defenseman playing about 15 years past his era.

D Adam Clendening. Fortunately for Arizona, they didn't give up much - Duclair never found a home in Chicago despite his once high pedigree. Unfortuantely, Dauphin, a former 2nd round pick by Arizona, hasn't done much either. Yeah, I'd say the Coyotes made out pretty good on this one.

C Ben Smith. G Alex Stalock. G James Reimer. As for Morin, he was a part of a deadline deal that saw San Jose acquire goaltending depth in Reimer for a low haul.

Then again, this was shortly after the Sharks traded two 2nds for Roman Polak. All four players have left the teams they were sent too, so the legacy of this deal depends on the development of Stotts. Eh, what's the big deal, another minor pick-for-pick swap on draft day, like it's gonna amount to anyth-ah, who am I kidding, you know the drill.

LW Artemi Panarin. RW Tyler Motte. G Anton Forsberg. CBJ 5th It's not a matter of if a minor trade will develop into a blockbuster at this point, it's when. Somehow both Saad swaps are included in this tree, although this one was more lobsided. With Columbus currently in a playoff spot, it seems unlikely that we'll see another monster addition to the tree courtsey of a move of pending UFA Panarin. Saad has been decent in Chicago, but the team has struggled and the value the Hawks got back doesn't make up for the difference between the two big names.

VAN Acquires. LW Jussi Jokinen. LW Thomas Vanek. Yet another former All Star finds its way into this tree in the form of Vanek. This was far from a blockbuster however, as the Blue Jackets were just looking for scoring depth prior to last year's playoffs. Vanek provided that, scoring 15 points in 19 games with the Jackets, but Columbus was still unable to get out of the first round. For the sake of time, we'll just group these final two trades into one, as they were both minor draft pick only trades.

For now, they seem small, but who knows what the future will hold? With all the mid-round picks exchanged throughout the two trees, there's a good chance at least one more star gets smushed into the equation. RW Jonathan Davidsson. LW Vitaly Abramov. C Matt Duchene. D Julius Bergman. Remember that Davidsson guy the Blue Jackets took in the 7th round back in trade 11?

Yeah, turns out he became pretty good. Good enough to be one of the four key assets the Jackets sent to Ottawa in part one of their all-in push to acquire Matt Duchene.

Davidsson has developed nicely, putting up 21 points in 37 SHL games. Abramov is a good prospect as well, and the first round pick turned out fairly high. The first round pick is likely to stay with the Jackets - in order for Ottawa to keep it, Columbus would have to re-sign Duchene, which seems unlikely. Still, this was a massive trade at the time, and it played a huge role in the Jackets' historic Round 1 upset of the Lightning. D Adam McQuaid.

NYR Acquires. Another move Columbus made this spring was to acquire McQuaid as added depth. They gave up a premium to do so, surrendering a decent defenseman in Bergman and two mid-round picks, leaving them with just two selections heading into the draft. McQuaid did not play a single playoff game for the Jackets, leaving the Rangers as the clear-cut winners. D Calvin de Hann. C Aleksi Saarela. CAR Acquires. D Gustav Forsling. The trades just keep on coming.

Carolina made this move to clear up cap space after acquiring and buying out Patrick Marleau, moving de Hann after year one of his four-year pact. Forsling is a solid young defenseman, but de Hann has good underlying metrics, and Saarela is a decent prospect, too.

Forsberg struggled in Chicago, so maybe a change of scenery could help. He might get a greater shot with the Canes poised to lose Petr Mrazek and Curtis McElhinney to unrestricted free agency this summer. For now, it also helps them out-trade Richards, Key words there: for now. C Zack Smith. C Artem Anisimov. Anisimov was here all the way back from the first Saad trade, and was dealt to the Senators for Smith in the summer. Smith had fallen out of favor in Ottawa and Anisimov had a higher cap hit and his signing bonus had already been paid by Chicago, allowing Eugene Melnyk to save money and helping the Sens to reach the cap floor.

Both are decent third-line centers. COL Acquires. LW Brandon Saad D Dennis Gilbert. D Nikita Zadorov. D Anton Lindholm. The third Brandon Saad trade involving the Blackhawks might be the worse one yet. I'd probably say swapping him for future Hart finalist Artemi Panarin is worse, but that doesn't absolve Stan Bowman here. Saad is a solid second-line forward who further stacks Colorado's already dominant forward.

I like Zadorov a little bit more than most, but he's a physical defensive defenseman in a sport prioritizing speed and skill. In exchange for Richards, who was still only 26 at the time, the Flyers picked up young forwards Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn. Those two players have not only become core players for the team, but are also two of the biggest reasons the Flyers overcame their slow start this season.

Simmonds and Schenn combined for 56 goals during the regular season, with 31 coming from Simmonds alone as he continues to be one of the NHL 's best power forwards and net-front players on the power play. What makes the return so impressive for the Flyers more than four years later is that, in hindsight, the deal looks to have been perfectly timed.

Even though Richards still give the Kings a couple of really good years two-way hockey, his overall play and production started to decline as soon as he arrived in Los Angeles. Again: Simmonds and Schenn, the two players the Flyers acquired for him, combined to score 56 this season alone, while Schenn is still younger than Richards was at the time of the trade. That number will obviously go up next season when Voracek and Couturier start their new deals Schenn will also be due a raise , but all four players are still at ages where they should still be near the peak of their playing careers in the league.