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The Flyers started out draft day by making a major move. They sent RJ Umberger to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for the 19th and 167th overall picks in the draft. They used that 19th pick to draft Luca Sbisa, defenseman from the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League.

This evening the Flyers sent center RJ Umberger as well as the 119th pick overall to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for the 19th and 67th picks in this year’s draft.

Rumors have been swirling that the Flyers were able to sign Jeff Carter to a 3 year deal at about $5 million a year. The Flyers still have yet to confirm this. If true, that would leave very little under the cap to sign Umberger as well

Here is the list of the Flyers free agents.
Restricted
Jeff Carter
RJ Umberger
Randy Jones
Riley Cote
Patrick Thoresen
Unrestricted
Jason Smith
Jim Dowd
Vaclav Prospal
Jaroslav Modry
Yesterday, Eklund over at Hockey Buzz brought up the rumor/speculation that Flyers may move RJ Umberger in exchange for the Nashville Predators’ Ryan Suter. Suter was Nashville’s 1st round draft choice in 2003 (7th pick overall). [...]

For the Flyers, the past two days have meant closing out the 2007-2008 season. Yesterday saw Coach John Stevens and GM Paul Holmgren meeting with the media to discuss the past season and what is to come in the next few months.
Some interesting quotes from the pair include Holmgren talking about his offseason priorities:
“Obviously, [...]

In game 4, the Flyers showed some fight and intensity and were able to finally break through the Penguins impressive defense. In the first three games of the series, the Penguins disrupted the Flyers ability to pass and prevented a good deal of traffic from developing in front of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. Game [...]

During the regular season, It was very common to see a good deal of Penguins jerseys in the crowd at the Wachovia Center. Last night, there were some, but not many. Those fans wearing orange and black let the few wearing black and gold have it. As the Flyers finished their pre-game [...]