Deadline wrap-up: Flyers prove just how serious they are about rebuild with Laughton trade

VOORHEES -- In the lead-up to the trade deadline, Scott Laughton was the subject of rumors for weeks. By all accounts, the Philadelphia Flyers had made him available.
But was he truly available? That was the big question hanging over general manager Daniel Briere and the Flyers.
Would Briere, when the chips were down, actually trade away the longtime Flyer (coming up on 13 years with the organization) who perhaps more than any other player on the club fit the "traditional Flyer" mold?
Laughton played a chippy style. He stuck up for teammates without hesitation. He established himself as a team leader. He was active off the ice in charity work across the community. He was, in many ways, the p...