Toronto’s new general manager traded goaltender Joseph Woll and defenceman Simon Benoit to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenceman Emil Andrae, netminder Samuel Ersson and a third-round pick at the 2026 NHL draft on Tuesday.
Andrae played 61 games for Philadelphia last season, recording two goals and 11 assists. The 24-year-old selected 54th overall in 2020 added one assist in four playoff contests.
Ersson made 33 appearances for the Flyers in 2025-26, posting a 14-11-5 record with an .870 save percentage and a 3.12 GAA goals-against average. The 26-year-old was selected by Philadelphia at No. 143 in 2018 has a combined 65-50-17 record across 143 regular-season games with an .884 save percentage and a 3.01 GAA.
Woll departs Toronto, which picked him 62nd in 2016, after compiling a 63-43-9 record, .906 save percentage and 2.94 GAA in 117 regular-season games.
The 27-year-old, who had been partnered with Anthony Stolarz in the Maple Leafs’ crease, has had a difficult time staying healthy in the NHL, with the 42 appearances he made in 2024-25 representing a career-high.
The hard-nosed Benoit, also 27, had six assists in 73 games last season as Toronto missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade.
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