The Philadelphia Flyers have been all-around trade rumours this past week. With Danny Briere in the front office now, the organization has wasted no time moving things around.
On June 6, the Flyers traded Ivan Provorov for a hefty return. Setting the tone for trades moving forward and what Philadelphia could get in return.
Flyers players already rumoured in trade talks after the Provorov deal are Carter Hart, Travis Konecny, Tony DeAngelo, Kevin Hayes, and now Laughton.
On Saturday night during the Stanley Cup Final, Sportsnet Insider Elliotte Friedman reported that the Senators are “very interested” in Laughton. Additionally, on Sunday morning, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reiterated the rumours surrounding Scott Laughton.
With that in mind, a Laughton and Claude Giroux reunion could be in Ottawa. The two played with each other for almost a decade plus in the orange and black and are good friends.
The Flyers want to have a younger core next season, moving Laughton for draft picks and a top prospect could help that. In the best case scenario the prospect would have to be a left winger or defenseman for the Flyers to get the best return. Or even a top current winger — defensemen already in the Senators’ top six.
Laughton holds a $3M cap hit through the 2025-2026 season, and the Senators have $17,075,953 in cap space to work with. So, bringing in Laughton wouldn’t create any real money issues for Ottawa.
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