{"id":1110,"date":"2026-06-16T21:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:13:07","slug":"trade-grade-flyers-take-a-step-forward-by-upgrading-the-backup-goalie-spot-with-acquisition-of-joseph-woll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"Trade grade: Flyers take a step forward by upgrading the backup goalie spot with acquisition of Joseph Woll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Minutes before general manager Danny Bri\u00e8re and assistant general manager Brent Flahr were set to meet with the media, news broke of a Flyers trade.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1108\">Future hall of fame MLB owner planted ivy at Penn on this week in Philly history<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The team acquired goalie Joseph Woll and defenseman Simon Beno\u00eet from the Toronto Maple Leafs for goalie Sam Ersson, defenseman Emil Andrae, and the Flyers\u2019 third-round pick in next week\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Grade: A-<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In his annual one-on-one with The Inquirer at the NHL scouting combine, Bri\u00e8re said the goal this offseason was to improve his team by adding smartly and not mortgaging the future.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This trade checked all the boxes and gave the Flyers an upgrade at the same time.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It always felt like Ersson and Andrae\u2019s days in Philly were numbered. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Ersson will be a restricted free agent on July 1, and the GM never verbally committed to giving him a qualifying offer \u2014 even as late as the first week of June in Buffalo, N.Y. \u2014 and the Maple Leafs GM, John Chayk, wouldn\u2019t commit either in his press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After an up-and-down 2024-25 season where, according to MoneyPuck, he had the worst goals saved above expected (-19.9), this season Ersson again struggled with consistency. He did play great after the Olympic break, posting the third-best GAA (1.99) and the ninth-best save percentage (.912) among goalies who played at least eight games in the NHL, but it was too late.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It was that uncertainty that finally broke the camel\u2019s back, with Bri\u00e8re stating: \u201cWe hope that we\u2019re not coming down the stretch with a tired goalie [again].\u201d Dan Vlada\u0159 started 19 of the final 26 regular-season games and battled injuries along the way.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Andrae (also set to be an RFA) is a small puck-moving defenseman with some pop and an edge, who was never truly given a chance by former coach John Tortorella and was then in and out of the lineup under Rick Tocchet, who preferred a penalty-killing blueliner in his spot on the third pairing.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNever easy,\u201d Bri\u00e8re said when asked about moving Andrae. \u201cThere are relationships there with the players; you get to know them. Same thing with Sam. These guys, they were drafted by this organization, they went through the development process, the minors. Both of those guys were really well liked and loved in the locker room \u2014 and not just the locker room, but from the staff and the whole organization \u2014 so, yeah, it\u2019s always tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Now, losing the third-round pick in the 2026 draft isn\u2019t ideal for the Flyers, who entered the day with only five \u2014 \u201cDanny keeps trading our picks away,\u201d Flahr joked at their press conference \u2014 but the Flyers never looked at this draft as one to set the bar. And moving the pick shows that they believe in the guys in the system to take that next step.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1106\">Tina Fey\u2019s \u2018The Four Seasons\u2019 renewed for third season<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Beno\u00eet, who will turn 28 right around the start of training camp, brings some snarl the Flyers lost in trading newly crowned Stanley Cup champion Nic Deslauriers \u2014 he has 12 fights in his career \u2014 and some bite, as his 194 hits would have slotted in at No. 2 on the Flyers in what was considered a down season for Beno\u00eet. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But don\u2019t expect the undrafted Quebec native to help the power play, as he has 36 points across his 352 NHL games. Instead, he\u2019ll eat minutes, averaging just above 17 per game in his career, and play on the penalty kill; he skated on average 38% of the time when Toronto was on the PK. As mentioned, it\u2019s a key aspect for anyone on the third pair for Tocchet.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So is he the new seventh defenseman for the Flyers? A league source told The Inquirer that Noah Juulsen, who will be an unrestricted free agent, will not be re-signed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe might be; maybe he\u2019s even higher up the lineup too. Why not?\u201d Bri\u00e8re countered when asked if that would be the role for the 6-foot-4, 210-pounder. \u201cWe like the physicality that he brings, and we like the size and the skating aspect, too; he\u2019s a really good skater. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEmil, we loved his competitive edge inside, but it did make our defense a little small at times; we have Jamie [Drysdale] and [Cam York] there, so [having] the three of them wasn\u2019t ideal. So I think it\u2019s going to probably be a little easier for the coaches having a guy like Simon Beno\u00eet back there to use.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But while Beno\u00eet \u2014 a former teammate of Trevor Zegras and Drysdale in Anaheim \u2014 brings some depth to the blue line, the focus of this trade for the Flyers is the addition of Woll, with Toronto needing to make a move to clear a crowded crease.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Across 117 games with the Leafs, Woll has a 63-43-9 record with a 2.94 GAA and .906 save percentage; by comparison, Ersson has a 3.01 GAA and .884 career save percentage. This past year wasn\u2019t ideal, with him putting up a career-worst 3.34 GAA and .899 save percentage \u2014 but, a reminder: there is a reason why the Leafs are picking at No. 1 in the draft.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A native of Missouri, Woll has dealt with injuries in the past and missed time early this past season due to personal issues. But the Boston College goalie has proven he can stop pucks, including in the playoffs. He should help to solidify the crease while Aleksei Kolosov and Carson Bjarnason work on their games in the American Hockey League, and comes with a nice, tidy cap hit of $3.67 million this season and next<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As Bri\u00e8re said: \u201cWe thought it was a chance to improve the team, help them take another step. \u2026 We felt that Woll is a step forward for us, and we\u2019ll be able to help Vladdy in a tandem role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1104\">1,200 union nurses at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital vote in favor of strike as bargaining continues<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Bri\u00e8re lamented losing the well-liked Ersson and Andrae, but the Flyers made what looks like an upgrade with Tuesday&#8217;s deal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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