Count the Philadelphia Flyers and Seattle Kraken among the teams that have been a bit of that week.
That is what happens during the days leading up to the NHL trade deadline.
The team, which is scheduled to meet Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, both stopped being a seller.
The Flyers dropped the first two games on their seven-game home-6-3 to Calgary and 4-1 to Winnipeg-to fall to eighth in the Eastern Conference Wild-Card Race, five points back by the second and final playoffs.
“There may be many distractions from the ice, but it is on us to do a better job that comes to the track and is focused, especially with this home route for us, to get a couple of victories and stay in (the playoffs) the race and give us a chance,” said Flyers Captain Sean Couturier. “It’s the business side. It’s on us to be ready and check what we can control and dive up to the track and bring our” A “game.”
Flyers did three shops on Friday, the largest broadcast veteran forward Scott Laughton and a couple of late drafts to Toronto for Prospect Nikita Grebenkin and a first round in the 2027 NHL draft.
“This trade is as tough as they come to me personally and professionally. Scott was an integral part of our team for a long time …” said Flyers -Chief Daniel Briere. “In the end, we have had to make this difficult decision for what is best for our future.”
The Flyers also handled Andrei Kuzmenko and a seventh round to Los Angeles for a third round of picking in 2027 and sent defender Erik Johnson to Colorado for forward Givani Smith.
The Kraken was equally active. They sent Brandon Tanev to Winnipeg on Friday for a second round of 2027 and were reportedly shopping for Daniel Sprong, who played for Ahl Affiliate Coachella Valley, to New Jersey for a seventh round.
It came two days after they traded forward Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde, Prospect Kyle Aucoin and a fifth round in 2026 to Tampa Bay in a three-way agreement that included Detroit for Mikey Eyssimont, a second round in 2025 and conditioned first rounds in 2026 and 2027.
Eyssimont made in its Kraken debut on Thursday, a loss of 5-3 in Nashville. It was the second defeat in a row for Seattle and the fourth in the last five games. The Kraken is seventh in the Western Conference’s Wild-Card Race but went in on Friday 12 points from the last playoffs.
Eyssimont played on Kraken’s fourth line with Ben Meyers and Jacob Melanson, who made their NHL debut.
“I really liked playing with them,” said Eyssimont about their Linemater. “I think we have to find a way to trust each other a bit. We all run and weapons and excited, so we are the kind of three guys on the puck. When the game continued, I think we started to trust each other more, and then turned into a little crime.”
The Kraken coach Dan Bylsma said he asked to get a better scout report on Eyssimont before putting him directly into the lineup.
“Burning and competitive are two descriptors about him and his game,” Bylsma said. “That’s what we’re looking for in a player.”
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