Flyers

As expected, the Flyers moved one of their pending free-agent defenseman, sending Mark Streit to Tampa Bay. for a fourth and seventh-round pick and forward Valtteri Filppula. The Flyers also re-signed goalie Michal Neuvirth and forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to two-year deals earlier in the day. GM Ron Hextall explained the moves shortly after the deadline expired.

Michael Raffl left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury and did not return. GM Ron Hextall announced that Raffl will be out 6-to-8 weeks, essentially the remainder of the regular season.

The veteran puck-mover has been sent to the Lightning, for Valtteri Filppula, a fourth-round pick and a conditional seventh-rounder in this year’s draft.

The Flyers and goalie Michal Neuvirth have agreed to a two-year extension worth $5 million. In addition the Flyers also re-signed forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a two-year, $2.9 million deal.

The Flyers have several players who are pending free agents at the end of the season and all of them are viable trade candidates. Here is a look at the five most likely Flyers to be moved on Wednesday.

A 4-0 win over the lowly Avalanche showed that the Flyers aren’t the lowest of the low in the NHL this season. That said, a win like this is only worth two points in the standings, leaving the Flyers with a lot more work to do if they want to make a playoff run, as unlikely as it is.

On the eve of the NHL trade deadline, the Philadelphia Flyers were in need of a victory against the league’s worst team to keep their playoff hopes within reason. However faint those hopes may be, the Flyers kept their slim chances alive with a 4-0 thumping of the Colorado Avalanche.

With the trade deadline fast approaching, here are 25 points pertaining to the state of the Flyers

With the trade deadline less than 24 hours away after the Flyers and Colorado Avalanche face off, both teams could look significantly different following the deadline. The opening face-off is set for 7 p.m.