The Philadelphia Flyers have completed their second transaction of the NHL's trade deadline. This one didn't feature any roster players, but a prospect swap with the Boston Bruins.
TRADE ALERT: We’ve acquired forward Brett Harrison & defenseman Jackson Edward from the Boston Bruins in exchange for forwards Alexis Gendron & Massimo Rizzo.
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) March 6, 2026
Harrison and Edward will report to the @LVPhantoms (AHL). https://t.co/yEaIl9TuMm
Massimo Rizzo joined the Flyers organization, alongside a fifth-round pick, for the rights to David Kase. It was essentially an "our bad" deal with the Carolina Hurricanes, after the league office nixed a transaction that would've sent defenseman Tony DeAngelo back to the Canes with the Flyers retaining 50 percent as the league claimed it was cap circumvention. Rizzo spent this season with the ECHL's Reading Royals, where he posted six goals and 22 points in 29 games.
Alexis Gendron was a seventh-round pick of the Flyers in 2022, and his father's a part of the Flyers organization. Gendron's been a solid prospect for such a late pick, scoring 10 goals and 22 points this season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 47 games. However, at 5-foot-11, he's another smallish right wing, so his path to the NHL with Philadelphia was going to be difficult--even with a today's earlier trade of Bobby Brink to Minnesota.
Like Gendron, Jackson Edward is another seventh-round pick from the 2022 draft. The 6-foot-2 left-shot defenseman has spent the bulk of his season with the ECHL's Maine Mariners, where he's registered seven points (all assists) in 21 games. Brett Harrison, a third-round pick in 2021, is a 6-fooot-3 left-shot forward who's spent all season with Boston's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. In 46 games, he's scored eight goals, nine assists, and a total of 17 points.
This is a fringe transaction that likely does little more than bolster the Phantoms as they gear up for a playoff push. It tracks with the Flyers' philosophy of adding size, too, as Edward likely replaces Gendron immediately with similar production but in a bigger body. There are a few hours left until the closing bell rings at 3 p.m., and plenty of Flyers still circulating in trade speculation. We could yet see another move or two from GM Danny Briere.