Flyers Acquire Biron as Deadline Nears

The Philadelphia Flyers continued their dealing on Tuesday Feb 27, acquiring 29 year old Buffalo goaltender Martin Biron, for the Flyers’ second round draft pick in the 2007 draft. The Flyers, who have had struggled in goal all season aimed to secure their goalie ranks in an attempt to recover from their atrocious 2006 season as quickly as next year. Many experts believe Biron to have starting goalie talent, but he was rarely used in his past two seasons due to the outstanding play of Buffalo starting goalie, phenom Ryan Miller. The only issue with Biron, is that he is a unrestricted free agent at the end of the year, so the Flyers must be confident to re-sign him before the season concludes, or else they gave away a second round pick for nothing in return.

The goaltending situation in Philadelphia is crowded to say the least. The recently acquired Michael Leighton, was placed on waivers and picked up by the Montreal Canadians within days. This leaves Robert Esche, Antero Niittymaki and Martin Biron, all vying for playing time. Esche, who is a unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, is thought to be dealt before the final deadline, considering he is the odd man out.