Justin Braun Comments On Trade To Philly.

Philadelphia Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher continued his offseason work by landing another defenseman on Tuesday. Fletcher acquired 32 year old Justin Braun from the San Jose Sharks for the Flyers 2019 second round pick and their 2020 third round pick. It's clear that Fletcher's plan is to pair a youngster with a veteran after acquiring Matt Niskanen and now Braun. The defensive pairings could look like this going into next season, Provorov/Braun, Sanheim/Niskanen with Ghost/Myers on the third pairing and Hagg and Morin fighting for ice time. Niskanen told reporters after the trade that Fletcher told him he was brought in to be a bit of a mentor and it seems Fletcher has already drawn out Braun's role for him. "I don't want you to be a mentor. I want you to be a player. That's important. I'm there to play, not just take care of guys. Whatever I can teach them, whatever I learned from Jumbo (Joe Thornton) and (Joe) Pavelski and (Brent Burns) over the years, how to be a good pro over the years, day in and day out, hopefully I can show them a little bit of that but they've also got good leadership out there. Giroux has been there forever and he's one of the best in the game. They've got some good guys around, but anything I can try to help them do (I will)."