Flyers make stunner of a trade to land a top-pair defenseman originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Chuck Fletcher has shaken things up.
Just ahead of the NHL trade and waiver freeze 3 p.m. ET deadline for the expansion draft, the Flyers acquired defenseman Ryan Ellis from the Predators in exchange for Philippe Myers and Nolan Patrick, a source confirmed Saturday. According to multiple reports, Patrick was then traded from Nashville to the Golden Knights for Cody Glass.
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Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman and The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun first reported the deal.
Ellis is a top-pair, right-shot defenseman who will play alongside Ivan Provorov.
(More coming...)
