Flyers Trade Gudas to Capitals for Niskanen

[Josh]

Philadelphia retains 30% of Gudas' contract.

I don't understand this move for them. Gudas is better, younger, has a lower cap hit, AND the Flyers retain.

[matchesmalone]

Hmm. It never occurred to me that Gudas might be the better player, but I can't say I'd be surprised at Niskanen's age.

I've been spending some time here and there working on developing a set of advanced stats to rank defensemen. When I get a minute this week I'll test it on a comparison of these two.