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Photo/Getty Its been no secret that  Flyers GM Paul Holmgren backed himself into a salary cap corner this offseason. Some of his signings were good, some were questionable, some were just plain dumbfounded (I’m looking at you Jody Shelley). But in the aftermath of all this, the most tenured Flyer, Simon Gagne was traded away for a 4th round pick and Matt Walker, or in Lehman’s terms; nothing & more nothing. The return we got on Gagne was obviously far below market value because Tampa Bay GM Steve Yzerman knew that the Flyers were $2.5 million over the salary cap & therefore HAD to move someone. Homer decided to trade Gagne, & keep among others, Jeff Carter. Now I’m not one of those people who are acting like Gagne is one of the top 5 players in the league, because he’s not. At this point in his career, he is an above average player that has had his fair share of injuries. I can understand the logic of wanting to trade him for those reasons

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Why Jeff Carter should have been traded