Rights to Free Agent Defenseman, Hamhuis, Dealt to Flyers

The Nashville Predators have kept busy this Saturday, sending Hamhuis' rights to the Philadelphia Flyers for youngster Ryan Parent. The Philadelphia Flyers will also recieve a conditional pick from the Predators in 2011 if the Flyers are successful in signing Hamhuis to a contract. Hamhuis, a 27 year old veteran defenseman, is this summer's most prized defenseman on the free agent market. If the Flyers can get him signed to a long-term deal, they will have vastly improved their team immediately. He is a top four defenseman, who can eat up big minutes and add some scoring.

In the deal, Nashville re-acquires Parent, who was sent to the Philadelphia Flyers in the Forsberg deal. Parent is a former first round pick who has shown promise. The Preds will hope that he can eventually step in a fill the void left by Hamhuis.