By Justin Worsley
Philadelphia is quickly working on bettering themselves for another run at the Stanley Cup. The reigning Eastern Conference champions have traded defenseman Ryan Parent to the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman Dan Hamhuis. Philadelphia will also receive a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Hamhuis will enter free agency on July 1, which puts Philadelphia on a short clock to lock up the 27-year-old. If not signed, Nashville will send their seventh-round draft pick to the Flyers. If Philadelphia instead decides to sign Hamhuis or trade him, Nashville will keep their draft pick.
Hamhuis was a first-round draft pick for the Predators in 2001. In 2006, Hamhuis inked a four-year $8 million contract with Nashville.
Hamhuis appeared in 78 games for Nashville, notching in 5 goals and 24 points overall. He also notched in two assists this postseason, which ended when Nashville lost to eventual Stanley Cup champions Chicago in six games of the Western Conference quarterfinals.
Parent was also a first-round pick by the Predators in 2005. The 23-year-old, however, never played for Nashville after the team sent him to Philadelphia in order to acquire Peter Forsberg.
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