3 teams that should acquire Carter Hart from the Philadelphia Flyers

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The Philadelphia Flyers are in a full rebuild now. They have already started trading off some of their few good players in an effort to think about the future.

They weren’t bad enough in 2022-23 to truly be in the Connor Bedard sweepstakes. That is looking like a major mistake now.

In 2023-24, they have a chance to be in the Mack Celebrini lottery though. He isn’t Bedard but he is a superstar in the making still. The Flyers would love to build around a talent like that.

One player they might consider trading next is their star goalie Carter Hart. They could get a complete haul for him if they did.

One of these three teams should come calling for Hart right now:

1. Los Angeles Kings

The Philadelphia Flyers trading Carter Hart out west would be interesting.

The Los Angeles Kings made some big moves over the last year. They are supplementing their new young core to help them along in the playoffs.

They also still have guys like Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty there playing well which should help them along. They play good hockey and have tons of experience.

With all of these nice things being said about them, however, it is clear that they need an upgrade in the net. Jonathan Quick isn’t there anymore to shut the door. He needed to go anyway because he wasn’t great anymore either.

If the season started today, the Kings would roll out a trio of options that include Cam Talbot, Pheonix Copley, and David Rittich. Clearly, an upgrade is needed. Carter Hart would be absolutely perfect for them in that role. He is young and great which is what they like.

2. Ottawa Senators

The Philadelphia Flyers could move Carter Hart to a team north of the border.

The Philadelphia Flyers probably don’t love the idea of moving on from Carter Hart. It is just tough because the timeline of his prime in the net doesn’t match their plans.

With Keith Jones in charge now with some other new people around him, they aren’t stuck on any players that were there before they got there.

The Ottawa Senators are a team that looks like they could use some goaltending. If they want to win, Joonas Korpisalo being on the books by himself might not be the move.

With Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Thomas Chabot, and Jake Sanderson amongst others there forming a really nice young core, they need goaltending.

The Sens want to take another step this year too which makes this a perfect time to acquire a good young goalie. This one might actually be good and stick around for a while if they did take that risk.

3. Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers could make a Carter Hart trade.

The Detroit Red Wings seem to be in the mix for lots of good players that become available lately. They want to take that next step as well.

They are kind of in the same boat as the Ottawa Senators right now. They have a good young team and are trying to take a major step in a tough Atlantic Division.

Ville Husso and James Reimer are probably not the duo that puts them ahead of the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, or Florida Panthers.

Adding a guy like Carter Hart might do that. It will at least advance their status on the playoff bubble and they likely would compete for the postseason all year long.

Hart is also very young still and could be with a team for a long time and playing at a high level the whole time.

With the young core that Detroit is building (Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Dylan Larkin, and Alex DeBrincat amongst others), there is a lot to look forward to.

Of course, every team in the league would love to add a good young goalie but these three feel the most likely to get a deal done with the Flyers at this point in time.

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