It's been a fun early season in Philadelphia.
Though often buried on the city's sports pages behind the NFL's Eagles by this time each year, the 2023-24 Flyers are stealing some of the spotlight thanks to a near-.600 win percentage through 40 games that's got them firmly in the playoff hunt.
But it's not all fun and games in the Liberty Bell's hometown.
An organizational crack went public on Monday when teenage winger Cutter Gauthier, whom the Flyers chose with the fifth overall pick in the 2022 draft, was dealt to the Anaheim Ducks for defenseman Jamie Drysdale and a second-round pick in 2025.