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2010 NHL Trade Deadline: Flyers making room for possible trade; Hamhuis, anyone?

All season long the Philadelphia Flyers have been involved in trade rumors, from goaltender help to forward depth to even the need for a new defenseman. Only one problem: they have had zero cap room.

Well, the past few days the Flyers have made a series of moves to free up cap room, waiving Riley Cote and Danny Syvret, while placing Ray Emery on long-term injured reserve. They now have close to $2.7 million in space to work with, so now the trade rumors actually have some legs.

The first thought, especially with Emery on IR, is that the Flyers might actually trade for a goaltender after months of speculation. Yet Travis Hughes of Broad Street Hockey tells me that unless it’s perhaps Tomas Vokoun, the Flyers look to be set with Michael Leighton in goal.

BSH also has their own list of players under that $2.7 million cap:

Are you a fan of recklessly starting rumors? Me too. Here are a list of players making $2.7 million or less and who will be UFA at the end of the season: Joe Corvo, Keith Tkachuk, Alex Tanguay, Lee Stempniak, Colby Armstrong, Dennis Seidenberg, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Marek Svatos, and Mark Recchi.

The general consensus was that the Flyers should acquire a forward, but a couple defensemen have been named in connection to the Flyers - mainly, Dan Hamhuis.

The Flyers made space for a trade. The Predators acquired a veteran defenseman, so that they could trade Hamhuis. Could this be the perfect match?