Admit it. As a Philadelphia Flyers fan you were grinning like a thief with the news that they dumped both Luke Schenn and Vincent Lecavalier in a trade last week with the Los Angeles Kings. On top of that, they even received a nice young player in return in Jordan Weal.
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That’s not to say Flyers fans wished ill upon Lecavalier or Schenn, or felt particular schadenfreude towards the Kings. It was just addition by subtraction for the Flyers, and a boost to the Flyers cap space going forward that felt impossible before the sudden news.