All eyes were on Philadelphia Flyers winger James van Riemsdyk as the 3 p.m. ET NHL trade deadline approached Friday afternoon. On an expiring contract, the seven-time 20-goal scorer was one of the likeliest players in the league to be dealt to a new team. And for a moment, it appeared the Flyers had a deal in place to acquire assets for him.
Until they didn’t.
The Flyers were reportedly on track to trade van Riemsdyk to the Detroit Red Wings. But with minutes to spare, the deal fell through.
JVR was not dealt, whatever was possible did not get consummated with DET
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 3, 2023
Instead, the Flyers traded depth forward Patrick Brown to the Ottawa Senators for a 2023 sixth-round pick.