NHL notebook: Flyers trade for G Mrazek from Red Wings

[February 21, 2018]  Ron Hextall finally found the Philadelphia Flyers a veteran goaltender as the Flyers agreed on Tuesday to part with a conditional third-round pick in 2018 and another in 2019 to pry Petr Mrazek from the Detroit Red Wings.

Hextall, general manager of the Flyers and a former NHL goalie, resisted making a move for a netminder but did so with his top two options injured. Starter Brian Elliott could miss the next five weeks with an abdominal injury and his primary backup for the Flyers, Michal Neuvirth, was injured on Sunday.

This season, Mrazek, 26, is 8-7-2 with a 2.89 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage. He is 5-2-2 in his past 10 appearances with a 2.01 GAA.

--The New York Rangers traded defenseman Nick Holden to the Boston Bruins for defenseman Rob O'Gara and a third-round pick in the 2018 NHL draft, the team announced.

Holden, 30, had 14 goals and 46 points in 135 games over parts of two seasons with the Rangers. He had 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in 55 games this season. The 30-year-Holden has 107 career points (35 goals, 72 assists) in parts of seven NHL seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Colorado Avalanche and Rangers.

O'Gara, 24, skated in eight games with the Bruins this season and 11 over the past two seasons. He has yet to score an NHL point. O'Gara, who is expected to join the Rangers, has two goals and six assists in 43 games with the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League this season.

--The Toronto Maple Leafs dealt veteran forward Eric Fehr to the San Jose Sharks for a future draft pick, the club announced.

Toronto received a seventh-round pick in the 2020 draft in exchange for the 32-year-old Fehr.

Fehr was scoreless in four games with Toronto this season. He has spent the past three-plus months with the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League and had 28 points (17 goals, 11 assists) in 34 games. Overall, Fehr has played in 566 career NHL games since breaking in with the Washington Capitals during the 2005-06 campaign, and has 103 career goals and 99 assists.

 

--The Vancouver Canucks and defenseman Erik Gudbranson agreed to a three-year, $12 million extension, the club announced.

The 26-year-old Gudbranson is in his second season with the Canucks. Gudbranson has two goals and two assists in 41 games this season.

Vancouver acquired Gudbranson from the Florida Panthers following the 2015-16 season. He played five seasons with Florida. Overall, Gudbranson has 53 points (14 goals, 39 assists) in 380 career games with the Panthers and Canucks.

--Philadelphia Flyers right wing Wayne Simmonds will miss two to three weeks with an upper-body injury, the team announced.

Simmonds was injured during Sunday's game against the New York Rangers. Although he finished the game with an assist in 14:05 of ice time, reports hint he may have been hurt during a first-period fight with New York's Tony DeAngelo.

Simmonds, 29, has scored 20 goals in 59 games this season, marking the fifth straight campaign in which he has scored at least 20. Ten of this season's goals have come on the power play.

--Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, the team announced.

McCabe is already on injured reserve and missed the past seven games after having thumb surgery. McCabe, 24, will require four to six months of recovery time for the shoulder injury.

McCabe scored 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in 53 games this season. He has 47 points (10 goals, 37 assists) in 215 career NHL contests over parts of five seasons.

--Field Level Media

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