The Philadelphia Flyers continue to add to a talented forward group, as Porter Martone and Trevor Zegras have completely changed the franchise's outlook over the past year. With a seemingly in-shape Matvei Michkov ready to prove the haters wrong and a healthy Owen Tippett, the Flyers are no longer wondering where their next goal will come from. However, with Kirill Marchenko on the trade block, Daniel Briere has to be all over the Columbus Blue Jackets forward.
There are plenty of reasons a trade of this magnitude would make sense for the Flyers. Marchenko has 141 points over the last two seasons, playing on a Columbus team that largely lacks offensive punch and doesn't have many players compatible with the Russian forward. Acquiring Marchenko, who likes to play left wing as a right-shot, would make a ton of sense to pair with Michkov, who likes to do a similar thing on the right wing as a left-shot.
It's no secret now that Briere thinks the Flyers are still at least one forward away from being a true contender. If he didn't think that, he wouldn't have laid down the massive offer sheet to Leo Carlsson, which has completely changed the NHL salary-cap landscape. The good news for Br...