Brad Shaw texted Erik Johnson after the news came out. Johnson, 35, was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres on Friday before the trade deadline. Johnson was drafted No. 1 overall by the St. Louis Blues in 2006. The blueliner suited up for the first time the following season under the tutelage of Shaw and has gone on to play 970 NHL games and collect 340 points (91 goals, 249 assists).
The 2024 NHL Trade Deadline came and went Friday afternoon, and the Flyers now have a clearer picture of how their roster will look in the remaining 18 games until the regular season comes to an end. It was shaping up to be a quiet day for Philadelphia, which wasn't particularly surprising given their most attractive trade asset in Sean Walker had been dealt a day prior. Shortly after, they announced two trades, sending Wade Allison to Nashville in exchange for forward Denis Gurianov and another in which they acquired veteran defenseman Erik Johnson for a 2024 fourth-round pick. It's possible the Flyers were in a holding pattern awaiting the results of Thursday's waiver claims, as defensemen Jordan Oesterle and William Lagesson were available for the taking.
Kevyn Adams paused, cleared his throat and took a swig from a plastic water bottle as the Buffalo Sabres' general manager stood at a lectern Friday afternoon in KeyBank Center. "Sorry, let me take a sec here," Adams said, then pausing briefly again to collect his thoughts. The Sabres' place in the Eastern Conference standings, nine points out of a wild-card spot with 18 games remaining, forced Adams to trade away two players whom he envisioned would help Buffalo snap a playoff drought that dates to 2011. Defenseman Erik Johnson, who signed a one-year contract with the Sabres in July, left ahead of the NHL's trade deadline Friday in a move to the Philadelphia Flyers.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
89 | RW | |
23 | D | |
10 | RW | |
27 | LW | |
14 | C | |
44 | LW | |
9 | D | |
94 | D | |
33 | G | |
86 | LW | |
71 | C | |
48 | C | |
50 | D | |
15 | RW | |
19 | RW | |
77 | D | |
11 | RW | |
21 | C | |
62 | RW | |
25 | C | |
55 | D | |
32 | G | |
6 | D | |
24 | D | |
RW | ||
18 | D | |
74 | RW | |
8 | D | |
5 | D |