While the image of Claude Giroux capping the Flyers’ wild comeback in the 2019 Stadium Series game two nights ago in dramatic fashion fresh in our minds, we turn our attention to a deadline that has rapidly approached: Trade Deadline 2019.
In most years the deadline is a huge deal in and around the Flyers, but for a myriad of reasons this year’s version has come quickly, and quietly.
For one, there’s the fact that the Flyers are kind of in no man’s land as far as the standings go. As of this writing the Flyers are seven points behind Carolina and Pittsburgh for the final wild card spot, though the Hurricanes own the tiebreaker over the Penguins.