The Calgary Flames traded Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier and draft picks to the Philadelphia Flyers for Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee.

Philadelphia Flyers coach John Tortorella shared his thoughts about a heated exchange with rookie Matvei Michkov during the Flyers' game against the NY Islanders on Thursday.

NEWARK, N.J. — In the Flyers’ first meeting with the Devils a week and a half ago, John Tortorella felt Matvei Michkov was becoming a little too careless with the puck. It was a tight, defensive, 1-1 game in the second period.

There were plenty of developments Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center as the Flyers lost to the Islanders, 3-0.

Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, Marc Gatcomb scored his first NHL goal and the New York Islanders won their sixth straight game with a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

The Flames made a cheap upgrade in their pursuit of a playoff spot, but will Kuzmenko contribute for Philadelphia?

Well, Thursday night’s big swap with Calgary, which brought 28-year-old forward wing Andrei Kuzmenko to Philadelphia in exchange for forwards Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee (both in their mid-20s), just might be a change in that thinking.

NHL trade deadline approaches, the Calgary Flames and Philadelphia Flyers got in on the action late Thursday, completing a four-player deal.

You know what happened. That’s the beauty of waiting a little to publish something like this. I don’t need to tell you that the Flyers traded Joel Farabee and

The Flyers hoped both Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost would become major pieces to their future. After all, Farabee had 20 goals in his second career season in a shortened campaign. Frost posted back-to-back 40+ point seasons before this year. These are players who can produce at a high level.

Danny Briere's latest trade has an immediate impact on the Flyers roster, but the success of the trade will be judged by future decisions.