Philly SportsCast

As expected the Flyers did not land Ilya Kovalchuk as the high-scoring winger was instead traded to the New Jersey Devils after Atlanta wasunable to sign him to a long-term contract
The Thrashers received rookie forward Niclas Bergfors, defenseman Johnny Oduya, prospect Patrice Cormier and a first-round pick in this year’s NHL draft from New Jersey. [...]

While the Flyers have been rumored to be interested in Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk and then not interested in Kovalchuk. However, it seems that with the recent trade of Dion Phaneuf (the guy the Flyers really wanted to deal for) to Toronto, that the team’s best option to improve their club for the postseason is to [...]