The Philadelphia Flyers were supposed to be sellers at the 2023 NHL trade deadline.
And it seemed, for about 10 minutes, that their biggest asset — James van Riemsdyk — was going to be traded to the Detroit Red Wings before Friday’s 3 p.m. ET deadline. About 20 minutes before the deadline, a handful of NHL insiders reported that the Red Wings were closing in on a deal to acquire the 33-year-old Flyers forward.
