It seems surreal that the Philadelphia Flyers traded Mike Richards and Jeff Carter in the summer of 2011 and that we are now approaching the summer of 2014.
At the time, the Flyers were completely overhauling their roster and leadership by getting rid of their captain and their highest goal scorer on the same day.
General manager Paul Holmgren came under a lot of scrutiny for the deals, and rightfully so. He was mortgaging the present for the future and desired to bring in some young talent and also shake up the locker room.
People were pretty divided about the deals, and there was a good case to be made both ways at the time. Then Richards and Carter won the Stanley Cup as members of the Los Angeles Kings during the 2011-12 season, and the consensus swung against Philadelphia.
This was a very flawed analysis of the trades. Holmgren traded Carter to Columbus, who was then ripped off in a deal with Los Angeles just prior to the 2011-12 NHL trade deadline.
And just because those two helped the Kings win a Stanley Cup did not affect the outcome of the trade for the Flyers. The Kings won the Cup b ...
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Revisiting Mike Richards and Jeff Carter Trades for Philadelphia Flyers
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