PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired defenseman Mark Streit from the Philadelphia Flyers for center Valtteri Filppula and two draft picks.
Philadelphia receives a 2017 fourth-round pick and conditional seventh-round pick in the trade. The teams announced the deal Wednesday afternoon shortly before the trade deadline.
Streit, 39, is a pending unrestricted free agent. The veteran puck mover with power-play experience has five goals and 16 assists in 49 games this season.
Filppula, 32, has seven goals and 27 assists this season. He’s signed through next season at a salary-cap hit of $5 million.
The deal clears more cap space for the Lightning, who already traded goaltender Ben Bishop and pending free agent center Brian Boyle.
In Filppula, the Flyers add depth down the middle.
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