There were rumors at the NHL Draft on Saturday that the Flyers and Montreal Canadiens were in trade talks for Claude Giroux. TSN’s Bob McKenzie heard those rumors and got curious. While there was nothing really there, McKenzie went on the radio this morning and discussed the general idea of the Flyers moving Giroux.
To make a long story short, the Flyers aren’t seriously considering a move right now, and Giroux has a no-movement clause in his contract anyhow. That’s not to say, however, there couldn’t be a deal at some point in the relatively near future.
Here’s McKenzie speaking today on TSN 690, via Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports:
“They did say that there have been a couple of calls recently from teams asking just, ‘Is he available?