Back to this weirdo trade--guess I don't know enough about hockey to know if the #23 pick is worth anything--I'm going on the assumption that a first-round pick has some value even if it's late, a la football, but maybe it's not that big a deal.
I do recall there being a lot of sweetheart-type deals in the NHL--perhaps the Flyers were allowed to negotiate those contracts with the players before officially consumating the trade, or something. I dunno, it just smacks of stupidity.
One of the many reasons the NHL gets worse TV ratings than Figure Skating.
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