Flyers Acquire Petr Nedved!

[Shaggs]

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have acquired 6?3?, 196-pound left wing Petr Nedved from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, according to General Manager Bob Clarke. In addition, the Flyers will have the option of swapping fourth round draft choices with the Coyotes at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and third round draft choices with the Coyotes at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

?Too much of our scoring relied on just one line and we felt we also needed a shot from the point on the power play. Nedved has always been a good scorer and a real good player and we think he?ll solve some of our problems up front,? said Clarke in making the announcement. ?Nedved has great speed, great hockey vision and a great shot, and because of the play of Freddy Meyer and Randy Jones we felt we could give up a young defenseman. Not that we wanted to, but our theory was that we needed some more scoring ability and more skill up front.?

Nedved, 34, played in 25 games this season and recorded two goals and nine assists for 11 points and 34 penalty minutes. Over his 14-year NHL career, Nedved has 303 goals and 388 assists for 691 points and 644 penalty minutes in 914 games with Vancouver, St. Louis, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh, Edmonton and Phoenix. Nedved was originally drafted by Vancouver in the first round (second overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He signed with the Coyotes as a free agent on August 26, 2004.

?Obviously I am very pleased and happy to be coming to Philadelphia. I am coming to one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference so I am very excited to play for the Flyers,? said Nedved. "This year has been kind of frustrating as far as offensive production so hopefully I can help Philadelphia and start producing offensively. I want to help the team win hockey games and ultimately the main goal, to win the Stanley Cup.?

Seidenberg, 24, has two goals and five assists for seven points and four penalty minutes in 29 games this season with the Flyers. The 6?1??, 210-pound defenseman has six goals and 14 assists for 20 points and 26 penalty minutes in 92 games over three NHL seasons, all with Philadelphia. Last season Seidenberg helped the Flyers? AHL affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, capture the Calder Cup Championship.

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Hmm Clarke has been busy latley hasn't he!

Has Seidenberg played that bad?? I don't think soo...
He is still a young promising player. Nedved is getting older....:angry:

Here are Nedveds amazing stats... 2 Goals 9 Assists -6 plus/minus in 25 games

[PhillyFan2578]

I hope Hitch knows something we don't because this move stinks IMO. Nedved is a washed up player, at least Seidenberg has potential. If Nedved can help us win some draws I guess the trade might be worth it in the end. :shake:

[FlyersFan900]

ARGGGGH Why would they do this? An aging veteran with veteran with shoddy numbers for a promising young defenseman. I guess we will be seeing plenty more of Bundy.... :angry: :mad:

[RJ88]

Seidenberg is hardly a promising player, he's done **** all thsi year, IMO this this a decent trade for both teams IF nedved can inprove his play AND move his hot wife to Philly! Veronica Varekova! mmmmm!

[Ryan20]

We traded the wrong D-man. Get rid of Bundy!

[Andy]

Ew.

Old.

[PitkanenRulez86]

This whole trade was worth it just because of Nedveds wife :) but seriously... I can see him coming in and turning his play around

[Andy]

Originally posted by PitkanenRulez86
This whole trade was worth it just because of Nedveds wife :) but seriously... I can see him coming in and turning his play around

Picture? lol.

[sekkes85]

dont like this trade...... maybe like 5 years ago it would have been nice. lets just hope nedved can get his game back in gear. Seidenberg hasnt been doing anything great, but i still think he had potential


* just thought, maybe they did this because forsberg has something worse and will miss more time? god lets hope not

** just read this as well... " The Flyers will also have the option of swapping fourth-round draft choices with the Coyotes at this year's entry draft and third-round choices with the Coyotes in next year's entry draft."

[eleven24]

HEY NOW... 34 IS NOT OLD!!!!!!!


:D



But I hate this trade.

[tmcc]

We had an abundant amount of extra young dman. And someone said it before, Siedenburg hasn't done much. He gets hurt a lot too. We really need the depth in center considering Prims situation, so hopefully for Nedved's sake, he can turn his season around.

He did play for the Coyotes too, so give him a break. I like the deal.

[Bird]

Seidenberg is nothing more than a 5-6 defenseman especially on the Flyers when Rico and Pitt get back and Meyer and Jones have played very well. Nedved's #'s aren't great but maybe he can be rejuvenated like Zhamnov was when he came here in 04. This could also mean that Preems might not be back and he fills a little bit of that hole.

[sekkes85]

anybody knows nedveds salary?

[TonyFatt]

http://www.bongonews.com/StoryImages/veronica_varekova_2005-01-26.JPG

http://www.bongonews.com/layout1.php?event=1590

^ :lol:

But aside from that, I kinda like this trade. I've been getting impatient with Seindenberg. Nedved makes $2.2 mil though, so I'm guessing Clarke isn't done.

[Hextall_Fan88]

well, I'll tell you what. I like the idea of this trade. We do need secondary scoring, BADLY. Obviously, when Pitkanen and Desjardins get back we'll have too many d-men.

However, I think we gave up the wrong guy here. The guy who really hasn''t done anything since he was called up is Randy Jones. Which isn't his fault, because he needs more time down in the minors, but his potential would never be more than a 5-6 d-man, as with Seidenberg. Petr Nedved is 34 years old I believe, which isn't too bad. He has a few good years left in him and he'll improve our secondary scoring plus our powerplay, which Seidenberg was not doing. As for all of you who say Seidenberg has potential, he is way too injury prone to be more than a 4-5 d-man.

GOOD trade Clarke

[Andy]

Nevermind that post. A mod can delete it.

[Jlg-28]

wow , hopefully this move will help the team in the long run, at least we didnt give up any of our top prospects

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also this has been moved to the main page where it belongs

[Chris]

I've always liked Seidenberg, but I'll let you know how I like this trade in a few games. :wave:

[metalflyer1216]

I was critical of the Zhamnov trade last season, but he quickly won me over. Until he completely disappeared in the Tampa series, he was one of their best forwards.

[PA_NICE_GUY]

I think this was a good move. As it has been said on this thread a few times, Seids is injury prone, and not more than a 4-5 d-man. He also could not be sent back down to the Phantoms without clearing waivers. Why chance losing him for nothing, if he isn't in the long term plans anymore with the emergance of the Myer and Jones???

As far as Nedved goes, he isn't that old, and playing with some of the talent we have here could spark his play. I think they made a good move here.

[Tocchet22]

Is Nedved playing today

[Andy]

Originally posted by Tocchet22
Is Nedved playing today

Doubt it.

[tmcc]

Hex, I think for a player swap, this was a good deal. Pho wouldn't have taken Randy Jones straight up for Nedved. I think short term, to fill in the Prim whole, this was a good deal. Clarke must know something about the Prim situation to pull a deal already. Yeah Foppa is out for a few days, but Clarke must have been feeling the weight coming down on him to take into consideration that Prims may not be back, at least this season.

And your right, Sied was quite injury prone, and we know how us Flyers fan hate these darn injuries!!!!!

[dutch74]

I'm a bit skeptical about this trade just yet... could be a good thing but we could have just given a solid future d-man (at least an upgrade on bundus)... the one good thing I can see about this is that Nedved can play winger or center which will come in handy down the road. His record of playing well with non-Europeans isn't good so he'll have to hang on a line with Handzus (which could be good for both of them)...

jury's still out

[Tocchet22]

Well they jsut showed him in his FLyers Uni so hes in for today. Lets see him make things happen

[sekkes85]

got an assist in the 1st... lets hope we can see a lot more of them with some goals mixed in :)

[Chris]

He's looking pretty good so far, especially with that assist.

Just created another nice scoring chance, keep it up Neddy :nod:

[Hextall_Fan88]

Nedved's playing, and quite well, mind you. Assisted on Umberger's goal.

TMCC, i agree with you, Phoenix probably wouldn't have taken Jones, and I guess Philly didn't want to risk waivers and losing Seidenberg for nothing..

I'm just hoping we still have some cap space to do another move before the Trade Deadline.

I just hope Seidenberg doesn't tear it up in Phoenix, because then I'd feel bad :(

:nod:

[eleven24]

Here's what I heard....

With Pitkanen returning, it meant that the Flyers would've had to send a d-man back to the Phantoms. Meyer & Jones can be sent back and forth between the Flyers & Phantoms with no issues; however, Seidenberg would have to clear waivers first. This has something to do with the CBA. In essence, the Flyers called up Seidenberg with the hopes that he would play well enough to warrant not being sent back down - he didn't. That left the Flyers with the option of hoping Seids would clear waivers so he could be sent back to the Phantoms, or trade him.

Odds are that Seidenberg would've never cleared waivers & some other team would've picked him up and the Flyers would've received no compensation in return. Instead, Clarke traded Seidenberg for Nedved. $900k of Nedved's $2.2M salary will go against the Flyers cap this year.

Should Prims not come back during the regular season (which is doubtful) barely any of his $3.4M contract will go towards this years cap. Should Prims come back for the playoffs, it won't matter as there are no cap restrictions.

Theoretically, Primeau being on IR means the Flyers can pickup and additional $3.4M in salary. Doug Weight COULD still be added and fit under the cap if you pro rate his salary for the rest of this year.

Getting back on track though...

Dealing Seidenberg simply gave the Flyers more flexibility and a player in return.

[PhillyFan2578]

I'm not a big fan of Randy Jones' play thusfar, I would have sent him down before trading Seidenberg.

Nedved had a decent game Saturday. He worked the puck along the boards nicely during the power play. Players seem to respect his puck handling abilities sort of how they do with Forsberg...on the otherhand we were playing the Pens. :p

[Hextall_Fan88]

yeah, Nedved had a good game. He had a chance for a goal and seemed in the right place at the right time, and he only played somewhere at 15:00 minutes I think.

Had an assist on Umbergers goal, and is a very good player on the power play.