Is Rasmus Ristolainen a trade candidate for the Philadelphia Flyers? Our NHL insider breaks down why the Flyers might be hesitant to move the veteran defenseman.
Ristolainen capped Finland's run to the gold medal at 9:42 of overtime when he pinched down the wall on the right side of the offensive zone. He played a puck off the wall, deked around defenseman Robert Hagg, drove to the net and slid a backhand under the pads of goalie Oscar Dansk.
Ristolainen scored in overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Daily Faceof: Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discussing some potential trade destinations for Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen.
Briere highlighted the value of Ristolainen's role and went as far as to say he wasn't shopping the 30-year-old blueliner. In other words: Pay up, contenders.
Ristolainen was the OT hero after a move and a loose puck just trickled by Red Wings goaltender Alex Lyon on a rush and a deke that got away from Owen Tippett in the blue paint. The defenseman was the one to crash in and clean it all up.
Rasmus Ristolainen scored in overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Tuesday night.
This is the second of a home-and-home series. Philly won its home game on Monday, 4-2, over New Jersey, which will host the Wednesday matchup.
Marco D’Amico of RG.org: A source said that any Pittsburgh Penguins player not named Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Philip Tomasino, and Owen Pickering could be available for the right price. Source when asked about Kris Letang: “I don’t know right now.” Letang has three years left at a $6.1 million cap hit and a full no-move.
Bobby Brink, Joel Farabee and Garnet Hathaway scored to help the Philadelphia Flyers build a three-goal lead and they held on to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2.
Flyers goaltender Samuel Ersson will replace the injured Jacob Markstrom for Team Sweden at the 4 Nations Face-Off.