Flyers Make Prospect Trade with the Seattle Kraken

Flyers make prospect trade with the Seattle Kraken

The Flyers made a minor league deal, shipping J.R. Avon to Seattle for 22-year-old forward Tucker Robertson.

Seattle Kraken trade for J.R. Avon, plus Catton and Saarinen film review - Sound Of Hockey

On Thursday, the Seattle Kraken announced an organizational first: a trade involving a team-drafted prospect. The Kraken sent their 2021 fourth-round pick Tucker Robertson to the Philadelphia Flyers in a one-for-one exchange for Jon-Randall Avon. As it turns out, there are a number of parallels and similarities between the two players. The two forwards are 22-year-old Ontario natives born within two weeks of each other in the summer of 2003. Aft…

Flyers and Kraken swap former Petes teammates in NHL trade

Two former teammates from the Peterborough Petes 2023 OHL championship team were swapped in an NHL trade yesterday, as the Philadelphia Flyers sent JR Avon to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for Tucker Robertson. Avon, a 22-year-old Peterborough native, joined the Flyers as an undrafted prospect in 2021 and spent the past two seasons with Philadelphia’s AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, recording 16 goals and 19 assists for 35 points in …

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In shocking news, and after more than a month off, there was a trade in the NHL.An AHL-level trade between Philadelphia & Seattle:To PHI (AHL-Lehigh Valley):F Tucker Robertson, 4G-5A, 38GP in AHL in 2024-25To SEA (AHL-Coachella Valley):F Jon-Randall Avon, 7G-10A, 60GP in AHL in 2024-25@InsideAHLHockey— Tony Androckitis* (@TonyAndrock) September 4, 2025 Okay, they are both AHL level players, but they're on NHL contracts, so it counts.In other new…

Flyers acquire Robertson, Kraken get Avon

The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired forward Tucker Robertson from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for forward Jon-Randall Avon. Robertson, 22, enters his third pro season in 2025-26 after collecting 10 goals and nine assists in 77 games with the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds over the last two years. A fourth-round pick by Seattle in the 2022 NHL Draft, Robertson also skated in four postseason games with the Firebirds. Avon, 22, totaled 16 goa

Seattle Kraken, Philadelphia Flyers agree to trade of prospects Tucker Robertson J.R. Avon

The Seattle Kraken sent forward Tucker Robertson to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forward J.R. Avon, the teams announced on Thursday.