It’s hard to think about Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators without thinking Shea Weber. While that wasn’t a trade, the two franchises were actually regular partners before the offer sheet, crafting routine deals since the Predators arrived on the scene in 1998, with the lines of communication going cold for much of the decade after the attempted heist. Though things have thawed in recent years as they re-broke the ice during the 2019 draft and have once again been in smooth-running operations.
6/27/98 – 1998 seventh round pick (Cam Ondrik) for Dominic Roussel and Jeff Staples
Dominic Roussel was a goaltender who the Flyers drafted 63rd overall in 1988 and played seven seasons within the organization. He was acquired in June but The Predators traded Roussel to Aanheim in October before the start of the 1998-99 season, never playing a game in Nashville.
Jeff Staples played three seasons in the AHL with the Flyers organization, then played the 1998-99 season with the Milwaukee Admirals and left in free agency the following summer.
The Flyers drafted goaltender Cam Ondrik 175th overall in 1998. He never played hockey professionally after his WHL career came to an end in 2001.
1/26/99 – futures for Sergei Klimentiev
Sergei Klimentiev was the Sabres’ fifth round draft pick in 1994. He joined the Flyers for the 1998-99 season but played exclusively in the AHL. After just 43 games, he was traded to the Predators for cash considerations. He closed out the season with the Milwaukee Admirals and left for the Russian Superleague the following year.
9/27/99 – Matt Henderson for Paul Healey
Matt Henderson was an undrafted forward out of the University of North Dakota that joined the Predators during their first season. He’d only play two NHL games, spending the rest in the International Hockey Federation. He spent one season with the Flyers’ organization, between the AHL and ECHL before leaving for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2000 offseason.
Healey was the Flyers’ eighth round pick in 1993. He played six games with the Flyers over the course of four seasons. Upon his arrival in Nashville, he was demoted to the IHF for the entirety of the 1999-00 campaign and joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer.
11/16/99 – Steve Washburn for 2001 conditional pick
Steve Washburn was a journeyman forward who signed on with the Predators for the 1999-00 season but didn’t play in the NHL. He’d spend two seasons with the Phantoms after this trade and managed to suit up for four game with the Flyers in that time. He’d head to Germany to play the majority of the rest of his career in 2001.
The condition was unknown and the pick swap was not exercised.
2/14/00 – futures for Eric Bertrand
The Flyers had acquired forward Eric Bertrand in December of 1999 from the Thrashers. Just over two months later he was dealt to the Predators, but did not play a game for the NHL squad. He joined the Montreal Canadiens organization during the 2000 offseason.
The compensation is unknown.
11/29/00 – 2001 third round pick (Patrick Sharp) for Mark Eaton
Mark Eaton was an undrafted free agent who signed with the Flyers in 1998. He spent most of his two years with the organization in the AHL, but did suit up for 27 NHL contests. He spent five seasons with the Predators and dressed for 286 NHL games in that time.
The Flyers drafted forward Patrick Sharp 95th overall in 2001. He’d play 66 games for the Flyers before being dealt to the Blackhawks in one of the worst trades in franchise history.
5/24/01 – Mike Watt for Mikhail Chernov
Mike Watt was a depth forward who spent the 2000-01 season with the Predators, though mainly playing in the AHL. He played the entirety of the 2001-02 season with the Phantoms and joined the Hurricanes as a free agent the following season.
Mikhail Chernov was a defenseman who spent three seasons with the Phantoms. He chose to return to Russia during the 2001 offseason instead of signing with the Predators.
6/24/01 – 2001 fourth round pick (Rob Zepp)(traded to CAR), 2001 fifth round pick(Jussi Timonen) and 2001 seventh round pick (Thierry Douville) for 2001 fourth round pick (Jordin Tootoo)
This was the Predators moving up to the first pick of the fourth round, 98th overall, to select forward Jordin Tootoo. He’d spend eight seasons with the Predators where he’d become one of the better agitators in the league and still holds the Predators all-time record for penalty minutes with 725.
The Flyers received the 110th, 146th and 208st overall picks in in return.
They’d trade the 110th to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2002 third round pick that they’d later trade back to the Hurricanes for a pair of draft picks.
The Flyers drafted Jussi Timonen 146th overall. He wouldn’t come to North America until 2006 where he played just a season and a half with the organization before being traded to the Dallas Stars.
Defenseman Thierry Douville never played for the Flyers.
7/31/01 – 2002 third round pick (Joe Callahan)(traded to ARZ) for Andy Delmore
Andy Delmore was a defenseman who spent four seasons with the Flyers. He spent two years in Nashville and enjoyed the two best offensive outputs of his career with 78 total points in 144 games. He was traded to the Sabres in the 2003 offseason for a draft pick.
The Flyers would later trade thee 2002 third round pick to the Phoenix Coyotes as part of a package for Michal Handzus and Robert Esche.
1/11/02 – Yves Sarault and conditional pick (not met) for Jason Beckett and Petr Hubacek
Yves Sarault was a depth forward who was claimed off waivers from the Thrashers by the Predators for the 2001-02 season. He played just a single NHL game and 27 AHL games before the trade. He played seven regular season games with the Phantoms and five playoff games and signed an AHL contract in Springfield during the summer.
Jason Beckett was the Flyers’ 42nd overall pick in 1998. He spent two seasons in the organization between the ECHL and AHL but never played for the Flyers. He spent two seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals after this trade but, again, never cracked the NHL lineup.
Petr Hubacek was a forward who played two seasons with the Phantoms. He closed out the 2001-02 season with the Admirals before returning to his native Czech the following year.
8/2/05 – 2006 third round pick (Bud Holloway)(traded to LAK) for Danny Markov
The Flyers trade the 2006 third round pick to the Kings so they’d eat the contract of Jeremy Roenick, whom the Flyers needed to dump after signing Peter Forsberg post-lockout.
The Flyers dealing Markov to the Predators was another cap-related move. He played the 2005-06 season with the Predators and signed with the Red Wings during the summer.
2/15/07 – Ryan Parent, Scottie Upshall, 2007 first round pick (Jonathan Blum)(traded to NSH) and 2007 third round pick (Phil Desimone)(traded to WSH) for Peter Forsberg
Forsberg’s two year tenure with the Flyers was marred by injuries and he was unsure as to whether or not he’d retire at season’s end, so he was dealt to the Predators at the 2007 trade deadline. He concluded the season with the Predators and helped them clinch a playoff spot by defeating his former team the Colorado Avalanche. He did not re-sign with the Predators during the summer and played just 11 more NHL games after the 2006-07 season.
The Flyers got defenseman Ryan Parent, who was the Predators’ 18th overall pick in 2005, in return. He played 102 games with the Flyers over the next four years before he was traded back to Nashville in 2010.
Scottie Upshall was the Predators’ sixth overall pick in 2002 but played just 77 NHL games over the course of four seasons with the organization. He became an NHL regular with the Flyers for parts of three seasons before getting traded to the Coyotes in 2011.
The Flyers would later trade the 2007 first back to Nashville.
The Flyers would trade the 2007 third round pick to the Capitals along with a 2008 second round pick to move up to the 41st overall pick in 2007 to select defenseman Kevin Marshall.
6/4/07 – futures for Matt Ellison
The Flyers infamously sent forward Patrick Sharp to Chicago for Matt Ellison. He’d play just seven games for the the NHL team over the next two seasons, with a bulk of his playing time coming with the Phantoms. He played 75 games for the Predators’ AHL squad before leaving for Russia the following season.
The future considerations are unknown.
6/18/07 – Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell for 2007 first round pick (Jonathan Blum)
The Flyers acquired the Predators’ 2007 first four months earlier in the Peter Forsberg trade. The pick was 23rd overall. They reacquired it in exchange for the rights to defenseman Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell, who were both pending free agents. Jonathan Blum spent four seasons with the Predators organization, mainly in the AHL, and was not qualified in the 2013 offseason.
Kimmo Timonen signed a six-year, $37.8 million contract with the Flyers and served as the team’s top defenseman for most of his tenure.
Scott Hartnell signed a six-year, $25.2 million deal. He played 517 games for the Flyers over the seven seasons before being traded to Columbus in 2014.
6/24/08 – Janne Niskala for Triston Grant and 2009 seventh round pick (Maxwell Tardy)(traded to STL)
Janne Niskala was the Predators fifth round pick in 2004. He spent most of the time since the draft in his native Finland, but came to North America for the 2007-08 campaign but was assigned to the AHL the entire season. He was dealt to the Flyers, but six days later, Niskala was trade to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2009 sixth round pick.
Triston Grant was a enforcer who spent three seasons with the Phantoms and had an eight-game stint in the NHL. He spent two seasons with the Predators organization but played just three NHL games.
The Predators traded the 2009 seventh round pick to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a 2010 seventh round pick.
10/30/08 – Josh Gratton for Tim Ramholt
Josh Gratton signed with the Predators for the 2008-09 season but played just seven games with their AHL affiliate before this trade. He’d split the rest of the season between the Flyers and Phantoms, his second stint with the organization. He signed with the Thrashers in 2009.
Tim Ramholt was the Flames’ 39th overall pick in 2003. He was traded to the Flyers in the summer of 2008 after just a single NHL game in Calgary. He played seven games for the Phantoms before this trade. He played the remainder of the season with the Admirals and returned to his native Switzerland during the offsason.
6/19/10 – Dan Hamhuis for Ryan Parent
Dan Hamhuis was a pending free agent in 2010 and Nashville was unwilling to meet his asking price. His rights were trade to Philly, but they were unable to come to terms on a new deal. He was dealt to the Penguins six days later for a third round pick in 2011, and that pick would later get flipped to Phoenix in the Ilya Bryzgalov trade.
Parent was set to return to Nashville where his career started, but he was dealt to the Vancouver Canucks before the season started.
2/25/19 – Ryan Hartman and 2020 conditional fourth round pick (Thimo Nickl)(traded to ANA) for Wayne Simmonds
The first trade between the two franchises in nearly nine years came at the 2019 trade deadline when the Flyers dealt veteran forward to Nashville in exchange for Ryan Hartman and a conditional draft pick.
Simmonds, whose career was on the decline, played the rest of the season with the Predators and joined the Devils during the summer.
Ryan Hartman played 19 games for the Flyers to end the 2018-19 season and was traded to Dallas in exchange for Tyler Pitlick during the offseason.
The Flyers would trade the fourth round pick to Anaheim at the 2020 trade deadline in return for forward Derek Grant.
6/22/19 – 2019 second round pick (Bobby Brink) for 2019 second round pick (Egor Afanasyev) and 2019 third round pick (Michael Vukojevic)
The 2019 entry draft was Chuck Fletcher’s first at the helm of the Flyers, and he made a flurry of trades, including packaging a second rounder (45th overall) and an third round pick (65th overall) for the 34th overall pick to select forward Bobby Brink.
All three players are currently in the AHL for their respective squads.
10/7/20 – 2020 fifth round pick (Elliot Desnoyers) for 2020 seventh round pick (Gunnarwolfe Fontaine) and 2020 seventh round pick (Chase McLane)
After a successful trade up the year before, the Flyers once again made a deal with the Predators during the 2020 draft. They packaged the 201st and 208th overall picks to acquire the 134th overall and select forward Elliot Desnoyers.
Desnoyers had a breakout campaign in the QMJHL after the draft and has risen to the ranks as one of the Flyers’ top prospects.
Both Gunnarwolfe Fontaine and Chase McLane are currently completing their collegiate career and have not signed with the Predators as of this writing.
7/17/21 – Ryan Ellis for Phil Myers and Nolan Patrick
The Flyers, on the hunt to improve their blueline during the 2021 offseason pursued 30-year-old right-handed defenseman Ryan Ellis. He’d play just four games for the Flyers before a hip injury forced him into early retirement with five years left on his contract.
Phil Myers was an undrafted defenseman who spent four seasons within the Flyers’ organization, including 115 NHL games. He played 27 in Nashville during the 2021-22 season with the rest of the year coming from the AHL. He was traded to Tampa Bay during the 2022 offseason.
Nolan Patrick was the Flyers’ second overall pick in 2017. He played three seasons with the club, but dealt with various head injuries which derailed his career. Upon his arrival to Nashville, he was immediately flipped to the Vegas Golden Knights in a trade later the same day.
10/26/22 – Evan Barratt for Cooper Zech
This was a swap of ECHL-level players. Zech is a defenseman who was the odd man out in the Flyers’ minor league system and Evan Barratt was a forward who spent the season in ECHL Reading.
2/26/23 – Future for Isaac Ratcliffe
The Flyers drafted forward Isaac Ratcliffe 35th overall in 2017. He spent four seasons with the Phantoms with just 10 NHL games to his name before this trade. He finished the season with the Milwaukee Admirals and signed with the Chicago Wolves.
3/8/24 – Denis Gurianov for Wade Allison
The Flyers and Predators traded two tweener forwards at the 2024 trade deadline.
Wade Allison was sent to the AHL to start the season as the odd winger out on the main roster, despite playing 60 games in 2022-23. He did not play a game for the Predators, but did join their AHL squad for a Conference Final run.
Denis Gurianov split the season between the NHL and AHL for the Predators. He played four games for the Flyers, spending the remainder of the season in the NHL press box.
Both players signed in Russia during the 2024 offseason.
6/29/24 – 2024 second round pick (Spencer Gill) for 2024 third round pick (Viggo Gustafsson) and 2025 third round pick (Gabriel D’Aigle)
The Flyers added another second round pick in 2024, drafting defenseman Spencer Gill 59th overall.
The Predators drafted defenseman Viggo Gustafsson 77th overall. They traded the 85th overall pick in 2025 to the Golden Knights and in return received the 91st (Brady Peddle) and the 154th (Jordan Charron) picks in return.
By: Dan Esche (@DanTheFlyeraFan)
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