After the Philadelphia Flyers traded Ivan Provorov to to the Columbus Blue Jackets in a three-team deal, new GM Daniel Briere told the media that the Flyers were "open for business."
The Flyers had, for years, been trying desperately to stay competitive despite an obviously declining roster, but it seems that now, with new management, they've finally embraced the rebuild.
With rumors swirling around that they've even started listening to offers for goaltender Carter Hart, it's apparent that anybody could be moved for the right price.
And so that's why the Carolina Hurricanes should make a play for Travis Konceny.
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reported that while no team has made an official offer for Konecny yet, the Flyers are willing to listen to offers for him.
The 26-year old winger would be a perfect fit in Rod Brind'Amour's system. He's a volume shooter, who has a knack for the net and is a solid forechecker. He has a great motor and plays above his size with some added snarl.
Travis Konecny's 2022-23 shot mapKonecny had his share of struggles in the two prior seasons, but elevated his game to new heights with a career best 31 goals under head coach John Tortorella, who utilizes a similar style game as Brind'Amour.
The feisty winger was also a steady power play contributor with five goals and 15 power play points despite Philly having one of the worst man-advantages in the entire league.
Perhaps most surprising of all, was his development as a penalty killer this past year. Konecny had been mostly an all offense type of player before this season, but actually proved to be an excellent PKer when given the chance.
Here's what Ryan Quigley of The Hockey News had to say about him in his Flyers Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down series:
For the first time in his career, Konecny was given extended ice time as a penalty killer, and he wasted no time showing the world what he was capable of in shorthanded situations. He and Scott Laughton formed a dynamic penalty killing duo as the pair combined for 13 shorthanded points (including three shorthanded goal apiece) on the season. And at times, the Konecny and Laughton-led penalty kill even appeared more dangerous than the Flyers' own power play.
So while Carolina's management expressed a desire to get heavier, they still need more of those go-to-the-net types that can actually score and if Konecny can also be an elite penalty killer, than what more does a team like the Canes need to see?
If put into a similar system with higher-end talent around him, Konecny could see an even bigger bump in production that would in turn boost the potency of the Hurricanes' forward group.
Konecny has two years remaining on his six-year, $33 million ($5.5 million AAV) deal so it would fit incredibly well inside the framework of the rest of the Hurricanes' core deals.
The winger's cost will obviously be higher - especially with that extremely palatable contract - than Provorov who brought back a first and a second round pick, but a rebuilding team like the Flyers could probably be convinced around a package of futures without Carolina having to include any current roster players in a deal.
The Hurricanes lack high-end prospects that they'd be willing to move, but players like Ryan Suzuki, Vasiliy Ponomarev or Jamieson Rees are all intriguing pieces that could be part of a package deal.
Add in a first round pick and an assortment of seconds and third as a sweetener and that type of package doesn't seem too far out of the realm of possibilities.
However, it's really hard to quantify what the actual price will be for a guy that's not just a 30-goal scorer, but was a player who embodied the mentality and leadership that a team like the Flyers desperately needed.
But with scoring depth always a quintessential need, Konecny is an obvious target that the Hurricanes should be working the phones relentlessly on.