Flyers Diehard Mailbag: Finding a 1C, preferred trade deadline approaches, and the Tyson Foerster debate

January 29, 2024

Jan 25, 2024; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing Tyson Foerster (71) skates with the puck in the third period against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Finally, it's time for the Diehard portion of January's Flyers Mailbag.
These are all questions asked by our Diehard members, via our Discord community. If you're a Diehard and not in the Discord, come and join us!
Chris Perkins: If the top need for the Flyers moving forward is a young #1 C, how do they realistically acquire one assuming they're not going to have a top-5 pick anytime soon? How have other teams acquired one in the past?
To answer this question, I went through every team in the NHL to determine two things:

Do they have a player I consider to be a true 1C?
If so, how did they acquire him?

11 teams don't check the box on the first question for me, though many of them (Chicag...