A Factor-by-Factor Breakdown of Flyers trade with Kings

On Wednesday, the Flyers traded impending unrestricted free agent defenseman Luke Schenn and seldom-used veteran forward Vincent Lecavalier to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2016 third-round draft pick and 23-year-old center Jordan Weal. The Flyers agreed to retain 50 percent of both Lecavalier's ($4.5 million cap hit) and Schenn's ($3.6 million) contracts. The arrangement of this […]

Bill Meltzer  •  08 Jan 2016
Ron Hextall does it again for Flyers

Embed from Getty Images   Wednesday was Ed Snider’s 83rd birthday. GM Ron Hextall gave him a pretty good gift: cap relief. Hextall pulled off another trade, sending Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings acquiring 23-year-old forward Jordan Weal and a 2016 third-round draft pick. That marked Hextall’s fifth trade involving a […]

Kevin Durso  •  07 Jan 2016
Meet Jordan Weal, the newest Flyer

Embed from Getty Images   Starting sometime this week, the Flyers will have a new piece to lineup. Jordan Weal, acquired in the trade that sent Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to Los Angeles on Wednesday, is the newest member of the Flyers. Ron Hextall confirmed following the trade that Weal will stay with the […]

Kevin Durso  •  06 Jan 2016
Flyers trade Lecavalier, Luke Schenn to Kings for Jordan Weal, 3rd-round pick

It has been no secret that Ron Hextall has been looking to unload salary and sizable contracts. On Wednesday, he did both. The Flyers traded Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Jordan Weal and a 2016 third-round pick.

Kevin Durso  •  06 Jan 2016