Oilers get their man

I guess I should have dismissed Flyers' GM Paul Holmgren's constant dismissals of the Joni Pitkanen to Edmonton rumors.

He said, "not happening, not happening, not happening."
And he had to because the rumors kept resurfacing for months, and months, and months.

Kevin Lowe (maybe MacTavish too) really wanted Pitkanen. He obviously tried for a long time to acquire him and gave up his captain and a young phenom in Lupul who only got one (albeit disappointing) year with the team.

When a rumor stays around for that long they're is probably something to it.
Lesson learned.

I wonder who will be the Flyers' captain now? They have left 3 teams (or, 2½) without their captains in just 2 weeks: Nashville (Timonen), Edmonton (Smith), and Buffalo (Briere - co-captain).

That's a lot of leadership for all the players under the age of 25 the Flyers will have on their opening day roster.