These were the two purposes behind the five signings the Flyers organization made on the first day of free agency across the National Hockey League.

According to a new report, the Philadelphia Flyers received a massive trade offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs for veteran defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. GM Danny Briere and Co. didn't budge.

Ristolainen has two more years left on his deal at an AAV of $5.1 million, and Laughton has another year left at $3 million. But the ask will be high as Briere is not looking to hurt his team now ...

Scott Laughton is in his fourth season of a five-year, $15,000,000 contract signed in 2021, and Rasmus Ristolainen inked a five-year, $25,500,000 contract with Philadelphia in 2022.

Mar 11, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen (55) and center Scott Laughton (21) talk in front of Flyers goaltender Carter Hart (79) against the ...

Philadelphia Flyers center Scott Laughton has been traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Flyers will receive Nikita Grebenkin, a right winger currently playing for the Toronto Marlies in the AHL ...

Notably, Rasmus Ristolainen is being kept in the picture, too. The big, right-handed defenseman was another name that often popped up in rumors as the deadline period wore on, but as the clock ...

Flyers center Scott Laughton may have played his last game in Philadelphia on Thursday night during a 4-1 loss to the Jets. Winnipeg, like the Maple Leafs, has been linked to Laughton ahead of ...

And, Toronto opted not to do it,” Pagnotta said, appearing on "Leafs Morning Take" on Wednesday and adding that the package included both Laughton and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen.

You can bet Briere would shoot for at least a first-round pick if he was to move Laughton. Rasmus Ristolainen is the Flyers' other headliner at the deadline. He's not a stranger to trade rumors.