It’s not a hidden secret that the Philadelphia Flyers have a dearth of talent at the center position and that they are addressing it through multiple avenues. Either through the draft, getting some low-end young free agents and betting that they will be a hidden gem, or by trading for a young top-six center; the Flyers are going to do it eventually.
With drafting and dipping your toe into the free agency pool, you’re taking a gamble and hoping that your own development system can solve any problems. For trades, it’s a little bit more complicated. The Flyers will have to give a decent amount of assets for any young center that can be in their top-six forward group for a long time, and that is essentially the one trigger they can pull.