Source: Flyers moving Farabee, Frost in trade with Flames

Source: Flyers moving Farabee, Frost in trade with Flames originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

It looks like Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost have played their last game with the Flyers.

The team is sending both forwards to Calgary in a trade with the Flames, a source confirmed Thursday night to NBC Sports Philadelphia. Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman first reported the trade.

In return, the Flyers are receiving Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, a second-round pick and seventh-round pick, according to a source.

Reports of a trade being in the works surfaced late in the second period of the Flyers’ 3-0 loss to the Islanders.

Farabee and Frost were both first-round picks of the Flyers. For a while, they were viewed as potential foundation pieces. But over this season and last, they became change-of-scenery candidates on a rebuilding team.

Despite having a career year last season, Farabee was challenged by the Flyers in the summer to take the next step. His production tapered off in the second half, which made this season an important one for his future.

The winger was recently a healthy scratch for three straight games as his scoring just hadn’t been there. Farabee, who turns 25 years old next month, was in the third year of a six-year, $30 million contract.

Frost, 25, was a pending restricted free agent in the final year of his two-year, $4.2 million contract. The playmaking center had gone through his struggles with trying to appease head coach John Tortorella. Over time, it seemed to take a toll on Frost mentally.

Kuzmenko is a Russian winger who turns 29 next week. He’s on an expiring contract with a $5.5 million cap hit. He put up 39 goals and 74 points as a rookie in 2022-23 with the Canucks. With the Flames this season, he had four goals and 11 assists in 37 games.

Pelletier, 23, also comes to the Flyers on an expiring contract. He’s a pending restricted free agent who was a first-round pick of Calgary in 2019. He had 11 points (four goals, seven assists) and a plus-10 mark in 24 games this season.

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