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Flyers Trade Rumors: What will Danny Briere do with 24 hours to go?

March 5, 2026·1 hr 18 min·6 clips

With the NHL trade deadline looming, Flyers GM Danny Briere faces intense pressure to move Rasmus Ristolainen.

1. Broad Street Hockey hosts Ryan Gilbert and Jacob Russell record this episode 24 hours before the 2026 NHL trade deadline, focused primarily on Rasmus Ristolainen's trade market. 2. Ryan Gilbert and Jacob Russell are Broad Street Hockey contributors and Flyers analysts who write for broadstreethockey.com alongside podcasting. 3. The episode's central argument is that with Colton Parekh blocking his move to Buffalo, Ristolainen becomes the top available right-handed defenseman and the Flyers hold leverage—not urgency—in his trade market. 4. Elliotte Friedman reported that Buffalo is revisiting Ristolainen after Parekh refused his no-trade clause, putting the Sabres back in play for the Flyers' biggest trade piece. 5. Ryan notes that Tyler Myers—older and with more trade protection—fetched a second and a fourth from the Golden Knights, establishing a baseline that Ristolainen, who is better, should command at minimum a first-round pick. 6. Jacob argues the real deadline pressure falls on the Red Wings, Sabres, and Bruins, teams in a wide-open Eastern Conference that could regret losing in the first round without adding a defenseman like Ristolainen. 7. Ristolainen carries a $5.1 million cap hit through next season; with 50% retention, he comes in at $2.55 million—a highly attractive cost for a playoff contender compared to Parekh's $6.5 million through 2030. 8. Jacob evaluates Buffalo prospect Samu Murka (drafted ninth overall in 2025) as the ideal return: a big right-handed defenseman who provides the physical archetype the Flyers' current D-corps lacks. 9. Ryan identifies the Flyers' defensive prospect pool—York, Drysdale, Andre, and Bonk—as skewing skill and size without physicality, making a Murka-type return more strategically coherent than a pick alone. 10. Costa Helenius (14th overall, 2024), Buffalo's top center prospect with 40 points in 43 AHL games and four NHL points in nine games, is discussed as a second return option, though Jacob notes the Flyers already passed on drafting him. 11. Detroit is identified as an alternative Ristolainen destination after they failed to acquire Tyler Myers and are reportedly pursuing Oliver Ekman-Larsson; Nate Danielson is discussed as a potential return from Detroit alongside a first-round pick. 12. Jacob evaluates Danielson—ninth overall in 2023 with 18 assists in 77 NHL games last year—as a center the Flyers could use but unlikely to transform offensively, making a first-round pick alongside him the baseline ask. 13. Owen Tippett's trade value is analyzed: 27 years old, $6.2M through 2031, 10-team no-trade list activating July 1st, with Jacob arguing he could be a 60-point player with an elite center partner. 14. The hosts discuss a hypothetical Ristolainen plus Tippett to Buffalo for a center like Josh Norris or Jiri Kulich, but conclude the Sabres are unlikely to shake up a roster that's been performing well. 15. Jacob notes that Bobby Brink is being discussed as a sweetener alongside Ristolainen for larger packages, potentially helping the Flyers clear their wing logjam ahead of Porter Martone's expected promotion. 16. Nick Delorier is flagged as the most likely Flyer to be traded by deadline, based on a Brian Lawton tweet, despite neither host understanding the appeal for acquiring teams. 17. The Flyers signed Garrett Wilson to a two-way contract, which Ryan interprets as a possible signal that depth forwards will be moved. 18. The episode is analytical and futures-focused, referencing specific contract lengths, prospect draft positions, AHL point totals, and prior Briere transactions to build each argument. 19. Flyers fans interested in trade deadline speculation, prospect evaluation, and salary cap strategy will find this episode detailed and well-sourced. 20. Listeners who want game analysis or are not following the Flyers' specific roster and prospect situation will find the episode too deep in organizational minutiae.

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Detailed Flyers deadline chatter on Norris, Tippett, Couturier, and Dvorak.

The episode stays on Flyers deadline talk, with Brian Gilbert and the panel sorting through Norris, Tippett, Couturier, and Dvorak. The strongest part is how specific the debate gets without pretending there is a clean answer.

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