It was just three years ago that Jori Lehtera arrived in the NHL and quickly found nice chemistry with St. Louis Blues superstar Vladimir Tarasenko.



The Finnish centre put up 44 points (14-30) with St. Louis in 2014-15 and seemed to fit in very nicely on a very good team.



His point totals regressed to 34 points in 2015-16 and 22 points last year before he was packaged in a trade to Philadelphia in June which netted the Blues centre Brayden Schenn, who is on fire this season. Before you get all over the Flyers, remember that they also got two first-round picks in the deal (last year and this upcoming June).



Still, while the first-round picks were of utmost importance to the Flyers, no doubt they were thinking Lehtera was still a serviceable player, too.



But he hasn’t played since Dec. 2, a healthy scratch again Thursday night, and has just two assists in 17 games this season. It should surprise no one that sources confirm the team would listen...