{"id":115185,"date":"2021-07-22T14:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=115185"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:02:46","slug":"shayne-gostisbehere-trade-coyotes-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/22\/shayne-gostisbehere-trade-coyotes-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Coyotes Acquire Shayne Gostisbehere\u00a0From Philadelphia Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gostish01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shayne Gostisbehere<\/a> has been acquired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a>. Also going to the desert are the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>\u2019 second and seventh-round draft picks in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. Arizona is not sending anything in return.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Official: We have acquired defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, a 2022 second round draft choice and a 2022 seventh round draft choice from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlyers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NHLFlyers<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tT8gvQzPiL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/tT8gvQzPiL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArizonaCoyotes\/status\/1418266145828655104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shayne Gostisbehere Traded to Arizona Coyotes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 28 years old, Shayne Gostisbehere is leaving the only NHL team for which he\u2019s ever played. The Flyers drafted the American D-man in the third round (78th overall) in 2012. \u201cGhost Bear\u201d burst onto the scene in 2015-16 after starting the season in the AHL. In 64 games, he scored 17 goals and 29 assists while finishing second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gostisbehere continued to provide offence from Philadelphia\u2019s blue line the next three seasons, with a career-high 65 points (13g, 52a) in 2017-18. He was also the quarterback for the team\u2019s powerplay, with 106 of his 220 career points coming on the man advantage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The defenceman signed a six-year, $27 million contract with the Flyers in 2017, which coincides with a drop in production. In his past three seasons combined, he has just four more points (69) than he did in his career year of 65.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What This Means For the Future<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arizona Coyotes have completed their second trade in less than a week where they <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/17\/coyotes-acquire-andrew-ladd-draft-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">didn\u2019t have to send anything back the other way<\/a>. What the Coyotes did provide the Flyers, however, was cap space. Philadelphia now has $4.5 million more in cap space with which to work this offseason. It will come in handy, as they will likely look to lock down restricted free agent goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carter Hart<\/a>. But the Flyers also need a backup goalie with the retirement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/elliobr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Elliott<\/a>. Ideally, Philadelphia would like someone who could challenge 22-year-old Hart for the starter job after a disappointing 2021 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the Coyotes, they add another offensive defenceman to their blue line. Gostisbehere will join a defensive core with the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ekmanol01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Ekman-Larsson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chychja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jakob Chychrun<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/goligal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Goligoski<\/a>. However, with the team seemingly in another rebuild following a coaching change and still reeling from losing draft picks, Arizona could make another surprising move. The Coyotes have nearly $25 million in cap space and a lot of roster spots to fill before the upcoming season. This is likely part of a long string of moves for general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/armstbi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Armstrong<\/a> this offseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"yX6VfrHiTw9ZuZpqtlWd4Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1232821732\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'yX6VfrHiTw9ZuZpqtlWd4Q',sig:'TX-j6RrvUUQmUqOmQaD-Uscvaapth6zVsmHEFVSE1a4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1232821732',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defenceman Shayne Gostisbehere has been acquired by the Arizona Coyotes. Also going to the desert are the Philadelphia Flyers\u2019 second and seventh-round draft picks in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. Arizona is not sending anything in return.\u00a0 Official: We have acquired defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, a 2022 second round draft choice and a 2022 seventh round [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3197,"featured_media":115189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,4547,34,4548,16],"tags":[5937,5466,5996,504],"class_list":["post-115185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mammoth","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-flyers","tag-arizona-coyotes-news","tag-bill-armstrong","tag-philadelphia-flyers-news","tag-shayne-gostisbehere"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}