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Flying down to PNC Arena the Flyers must have been feeling pretty good. The team just had two days of, with only team meetings and light skates as they tried to give their legs a break from the tough back to back that started off a month that sees the Flyers playing 15 games in 30 days. But taking their foot off the gas may have cost the team as they once again handed the Canes their 7th win of the season and 2nd against the Fly Guys. After the game Mason talked to the press saying "I think people really underestimate the Hurricanes. They have a lot of guys with really quick shots, and they will try to score on you from anywhere."

It was a tough loss, but not demoralizing. That came from the news announced the next day when there was one noticeable Flyer missing from the rink. "On the plane back last night Scott turns to me and he asks me if I wanted to come over to his house for a beer," Timonen recounts to Daily News' Frank Seravalli. "It was late so I tried to turn him down. But he gave me this look so I had to go. We ended up just sitting around for a few hours talking about some of the guys we've gotten to know and play with. I'm really going to miss playing with him."

After practice Sean Couturier said "When I first broke into the league as an 18 year old Hartsy played on my wing, along with Reader. We were both rookies, and he was the vet who took us under his wing. But he really went out of his way with me, he knew how hard it was being a teenager in the NHL. He was a class guy, and a great team leader."

The Flyers gave up a that veteran leadership, along with a pair of third round picks, for a 24 year old left winger by the name of Max Pacioretty. "The second game of the season Hartnell put up 5 points in Montreal. I think that game really left an impression with Bergie," Shjon Podein, former teammate of Montreal GM Marc Bergevin's, talks about the trade after practice during a short press conference. "Scott Hartnell was and is a very good hockey player, but he does not fit the mold I want to build this team around. Bringing in Max," signed for 6 seasons at $4.5M, "gives our team a very young and very talented Top Six that can bring us a Cup not only this year but for years to come."

The trade makes sense for the East leading Montreal Canadiens who last season marked their 20 year anniversary since hoisting Lord Stanley's Cup. The team wants to win now, but may have made a costly mistake taking on Hartnell's huge contract.

Max Pacioretty has been assigned the number 23, his jersey number from his days in the AHL. He will join the Flyers Nov. 7th game against the New Jersey Devils, likely skating with Sean Couturier and Jason Akeson on the second line and second PP. Former Lightning Captain, Vinny Lecavalier, has been named as the team's second alternate captain.