Avalanche get Walker from Flyers in exchange for Johansen

The Philadelphia Flyers have exchanged defenceman to the Colorado Avalanche today for a package including Ryan Johansen.

The @NHLFlyers have traded Sean Walker and a 2026 5th-Round pick to the @Avalanche for a 2025 1st-Round pick and Ryan Johansen.

The #NHLTradeDeadline is on Friday at 3p ET! pic.twitter.com/dm9ZsPSyIc

— NHL (@NHL) March 6, 2024

Sean has 6 goals and 22 points in 63 matches this campaign, averaging almost 20 minutes on the ice per match.

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This is the final campaign of his 4-year, almost 11 million dollar deal with a 2.65 million dollar cap hit. Walker will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the campaign.

Sean joined Philadelphia as part of a 3-team trade during the offseason. The Kings got Kevin Connauton and Hayden Hodgson from the Flyers.

The defenceman inked with Los Angeles as an undrafted free agent ahead of the 2018-19 campaign and played in his 1^st 5 campaigns of his career as Kings player.

During his 295 matches in the league, he has 22 goals and 89 points.

Ryan was in his debut campaign with Avalanche as he has played 63 matches since the beginning of the season, notching 13 goals and providing 10 assists. The 31-year-old veteran has appeared in 905 matches over 13 years in the NHL.