Hamhuis to the Flyers

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The Philadelphia Flyers have added a veteran defenceman to a roster that came within two wins of the Stanley Cup, acquiring Dan Hamhuis from the Nashville Predators in a trade Saturday.

Philadelphia also received a conditional draft pick in 2011 in the deal, which sent defenceman Ryan Parent to Nashville.

Hamhuis, 27, is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent July 1.

"Obviously, our intention is to get him signed prior to that date and that is what our aim is at this point in time," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said in a release. "The sooner that we get going on trying to get this done, the better."

Hamhuis averaged 22 minutes 24 seconds of ice time last season, his sixth in the NHL. He has never played in fewer than 78 games in a season with the Predators.

"Hamhuis is a good all-around defenceman," Holmgren said. "He has been in Nashville since his draft year.

"He's a guy who can play lots of minutes and he can play in a lot of different situations, from power play to killing penalties."

Nashville selected Parent, 23, in the first round of the 2005 Entry Draft, but shipped him to Philadelphia two years later in the deal that delivered forward Peter Forsberg to the Predators.

Parent averaged 14:46 of ice time in 48 games with the Flyers last season. The native of Prince Albert, Sask., had a goal and two assists during the regular season and played in 17 playoff games.

Hamhuis has collected 32 goals and 161 points over 483 regular-season games -- all with Nashville.

"I think Philly has an unbelievable defensive core," Hamhuis said in a statement. "To join a core like that makes the Flyers one of the tougher ones in the league.

"To play against the teams from the East, the conference has a lot of great forwards, and watching the playoffs, having a great defence will get you a long way."

http://tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=325130

 

[A.E]

Imagine if the Flyers would of made this deal during last year's deadline? They've been hot about Hamhuis for a while and I'm happy Dan gets a chance to get the hell out of Nashville. Preds have no shot at keeping Hammy, although today's Arnott deal opens up a lot of cap for them. It's clear the Preds are heading into a slightly different direction.

 

[playmaker7]

Yeah that much is clear

<Censored>, now I gotta hate him...

Well..it was nice liking you Dan but you're the enemy now

 

[snipezo]

Man I wanted him to sign with the nucks

 

[Gtown81]

a good guy going to a douchebag team

 

[stewza]

Preds make out like bandits in both these deals, Trotz/Poile have to be close to the best duos in the league.

 

[A.E]

Preds make out like bandits in both these deals, Trotz/Poile have to be close to the best duos in the league.

No way in hell are the Predators a better team w/o Hamhuis but they get a solid, young defenceman in Parent and they save about $4.5M per without a 35-year old Arnott.

 

[stewza]

No way in hell are the Predators a better team w/o Hamhuis but they get a solid, young defenceman in Parent and they save about $4.5M per without a 35-year old Arnott.

Look what Florida got for Bouwmeester last year and compare it to this deal.

Then 4.5 caphit for Arnott who hasn't EVER played a full season and is declining rapidly, he was the worst Pred on the ice these playoffs.

 

[A.E]

Look what Florida got for Bouwmeester last year and compare it to this deal.

Then 4.5 caphit for Arnott who hasn't EVER played a full season and is declining rapidly, he was the worst Pred on the ice these playoffs.

Florida pretty much gave Bouwmeester away...so what's the point?

When Arnott is on the ice, he's super productive. Either way though, all I said was the Preds aren't better w/o Dan Hamhuis. That statement is more of a credit to how good Hammy is and less about both deals.

 

[stewza]

Florida pretty much gave Bouwmeester away...so what's the point?

When Arnott is on the ice, he's super productive. Either way though, all I said was the Preds aren't better w/o Dan Hamhuis. That statement is more of a credit to how good Hammy is and less about both deals.

Not sure why you would quote me unless you were directing something towards me, I figured by what you said you were disagreeing that the Predators didn't win these trades.

 

[A.E]

Not sure why you would quote me unless you were directing something towards me, I figured by what you said you were disagreeing that the Predators didn't win these trades.

Don't get me wrong, I like both deals for the Predators but neither deal makes the Predators better in the meantime. Hamhuis is a guy they would of been outbid on anyways, so they did the smart thing and traded his rights. Arnott saves them a lot of cash, obviously something every team is looking for ways to do right now.