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it's trade deadline day 2025 and the
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Flyers have traded their alternate
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captain and franchise Main St Scott lton
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to the Toronto Maple Leafs we're going
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to break down the trade what it means
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and what some of the implications can be
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thank you the flyers have traded Scott
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lton a move that's felt more and more
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inevitable as the weeks have led up to
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this year's trade deadline lton has been
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a flyer his entire career drafted 20th
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overall back in 2012 and for a guy who's
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never cracked 20 goals in a season and
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has a career-high of 43 points in a
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season he's a guy that a lot of us
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thought might be a flyer for Life lon's
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become one of the most beloved Flyers by
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teammates and fans he's been the
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Ultimate Team player constantly moving
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up and down the lineup and never
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complaining about his spot he's been one
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of the big keys to our penalty kill this
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past couple years and he's been the glue
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guy on the team as it's been said before
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he's the kind of guy who makes your
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locker room better and more welcoming
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for everyone and allows a more Reserve
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guy like Owen tippet feel more
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comfortable on the team and has allowed
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him to flourish into the player he is
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right now so what did the Flyers get for
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him we traded Scott lton to Toronto
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retained 50% of his contract which is
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one and a half million along with a
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fourth round pick in this year's draft
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and a sixth round pick in the 2027 draft
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and in return we got a 2027 first round
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pick that's top 10 protected and left
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greenin so let's break that down quick I
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kind of look at it this way lton with
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50% retained for a first rounder in 2027
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and then grankin for a fourth and a
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sixth I don't know if it's a home run
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but it's a good deal for us we retain 1
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and A5 million of loton next year which
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doesn't really matter it does use up our
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third and final retention spot for the
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year since we also traded Andre kuseno
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earlier today and retained on him as
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well but Keno's ret spot clears up at
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the end of the year so that's fine a
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fourth in this year's draft is 100% fine
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with me we've got seven picks in the
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first two rounds so I can live without
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having a fourth and a sixth in 2027
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literally does not matter as far as the
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2027 first rounder it's a first round
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pick for Scott lton that is a huge win
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we've also long heard that the 26 27
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season is when the Flyers will really
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start pushing their chips in and trying
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to go for it so that extra 2027 first
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rounder should come in handy if we want
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to use it at the 2027 deadline or deal
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it at the 2027 draft then Nikita grankin
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team speak me back check for check and
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you yeah I'll call that a win too we
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traded one Russian goofball in kzco and
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got back another Russian goofball in
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grankin we'll have to see if he's got
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grankin is a left Winger and comes in at
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6'2 210 lbs according to the ahl's
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website so he also adds a bit of size
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over kusenko 2 which is a plus this year
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grankin played seven games for the Leafs
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with no points and in 39 games for their
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AHL team the Marley's he scored 21
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points in 39 games including nine goals
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greenin was drafted in the fifth round
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by the Leafs a few years back and in
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January Scott wheeler of the athletic
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ranked him as the Leaf's sixth best
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Prospect saying he scored at the top of
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his age bracket in consecutive seasons
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in the KHL behind only denil urov and
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Matt vay mitkov hey we know that guy and
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then he came to North America and
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immediately made a strong impression
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both in his first camp and then early on
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in the AHL season to position himself as
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a top callup now let's get down to what
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the loss of lton means for the Flyers
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first off what does it mean for the
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rebuild when torus became the coach of
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the team two and a half three years ago
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the only guy who's worn a letter from
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the start was lton as an assistant
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Captain he's been beloved in the Room by
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The Players frequently cited as the
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funniest guy on the team and for the
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last couple years he seemed like a
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logical trade candidate in the rebuild
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except the Flyers decision makers didn't
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want to just give him away too early
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because of his locker room influence on
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the team culture something that they
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strongly valued and became a bit of a
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punchline for the more impatient fans
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now the Flyers locker room seems to be
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in a much stronger place but this is
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going to be a huge test of that belief
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the Flyers have traded away three
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popular players in the last couple
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months in Joel fary Morgan Frost and now
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maybe the most popular of them all Scott
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lton it's another signal that the Flyers
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are indeed turning the page into a new
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hockey something else to consider is
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what it means for the roster with the
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loss of lotton and frost we're now down
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two centers from an already very thin
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Center pipeline granted we've all felt
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for a while that lotton has been a
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better Winger than a Center but lton has
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still played a lot of Center for us
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these last couple years and on one hand
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those holes do make us worse but they're
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also opportunities for guys like Jacob
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goet and Rodrigo abols down in the AHL
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luchenko also worth mentioning lotton
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has been a staple on the Flyers PK and
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so that also becomes a situation where
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we've gotten worse but it brings about
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opportunity for other players on the
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season Lon leads all of our forwards in
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ice time on the PK so it's probably
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going to lead to bigger roles for guys
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like Noah Kates Tyson Forester and maybe
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even someone like Jacob pelier and of
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course there will be a giant hole in the
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hearts of countless Flyers fans so I'm
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going to close things out with some
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great memories of lton from this year
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and over the years thanks for everything
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Sarge and Go Leafs I guess grade three I
