As the draft draws ever nearer, the rumors beginning to trickle out are getting even hotter. The idea’s been repeated time and again, that picks inside the top-5 are just not moved, at least not recently, in the salary cap era, but that certainly doesn’t seem to have stopped the Flyers from trying.
On the most recent edition of Insider Trading, Pierre LeBrun is reporting that the Flyers have been trying to do exactly this, making a play for Columbus’s fourth overall pick. Says LeBrun:
“We’re being told the Flyers made a pretty aggressive pitch to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday.