Philadelphia Flyers Trade Rumors: Scott Laughton Drawing Interest

The NHL trade deadline is less than 10 days away and even after a couple of wins coming out of the 4 Nations break, the Flyers are likely to be sellers.

One name to watch is veteran Scott Laughton, who has plenty of interest around the league, with as many as seven teams interested in the Flyers forward. In addition to teams like the Maple Leafs and Jets, two new teams have shown interest in Laughton, the New Jersey Devils and Ottawa Senators.

The 30-year-old forward has 11 goals and 27 points in 56 games this season for the Flyers. Overall in 657 NHL games, Laughton has 106 goals and 159 assists.

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We discussed the NHL Trade deadline and the Flyers who could be on the move with 973espn.com Flyers insider Kevin Durso, who thinks the Flyers would be holding out for another first-round pick to move Laughton.

However, NHL Insider and President of Hockey Content at The Daily Face Off, Frank Seravalli wonders if there if there is a team willing to give that up for Laughton's services.

"I think its been positioned as the first team that puts a first-round pick on the table for Scott Laughton gets him," Servalli said on the latest Daily Faceoff podcast. There's a number in the league that are looking for that third-line center role."

Seravalli mentioned Toronto and that 5-7 other teams have interest in Laughton.

Servalli adds that he thinks the Winnipeg Jets have offered a second-round pick, but the Flyers are looking for more.

Is this the year that Laughton, who has had his name in trade rumors in years past, is finally moved?

We shall see, the NHL trade deadline is March 7.