Flyers Acquire Tim Ramholt From Calgary

[Thrillhouse]

The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have acquired 6’1”, 194-pound defenseman Tim Ramholt from the Calgary Flames in exchange for left wing Kyle Greentree, according to club General Manager Paul Holmgren.

Ramholt, 23, recorded four goals and 20 assists for 24 points and 73 penalty minutes in 77 regular season games for the Quad City Flames of the American Hockey League during the 2007-08 season. He was also scoreless in one regular game for Calgary.

A native of Zurich, Switzerland, Ramholt posted six goals and 30 assists for 36 points and 134 penalty minutes in 144 career AHL games with Quad City and Omaha over the past two seasons. Prior to that, Ramholt had one goal and four assists for five points and 82 penalty minutes in 83 games in the Swiss-A league for Zurich (2004-05) and Kloten (2005-06).

Ramholt also spent one season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in 2003-04, scoring nine goals and adding 27 assists for 36 points and 26 penalty minutes. He was originally drafted in the second round (39th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by Calgary.

Greentree, 24, posted 24 goals and 24 assists for 48 points and 83 penalty minutes in 72 games for the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, during the 2007-08 season, finishing third on the team in scoring. In 12 playoff games, he had one goal and three assists for four points and 11 penalty minutes. He was also scoreless in two regular season games with the Flyers.

Over two seasons with the Phantoms, the 6’3’’, 212-pound Greentree had 26 goals and 24 assists for 50 points and 85 penalty minutes. He was signed by the Flyers as a free agent on March 15, 2007.

In three seasons with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks (2004-05 through 2006-07), Greentree registered 41 goals and 59 assists for 100 points and 163 penalty minutes in 114 games and led the team in scoring all three seasons. He received Honorable Mention for the CCHA All-Rookie Team following the 2004-05 season.

[chilly666]

wow thats a shock for as well as greentree played as a rook. ramholt not half bad but only has a chance at a cup of coffee with a big club nothin more

[PhlyerPhanatic]

Who?

[flyersrule]

there goes whats left of the phantoms offense. you can't win games if you don't score goals.

[ScottRasner]

lol, WHO?

[chilly666]

Originally Posted by PhlyerPhanatic

Who?

ill describe him as a version of lars jonsson who i know all the phantom fans loved

[PhlyerPhanatic]

Originally Posted by chilly666

ill describe him as a version of lars jonsson who i know all the phantom fans loved

The drummer from Metallica??

[chilly666]

Originally Posted by PhlyerPhanatic

The drummer from Metallica??

no he wanted to play tennis not hockey the guy wont get ya many points, but also wont lose you too many games.

[BGDDYKWL]

I don't follow the AHL very closely at all, but Greentree seemed to be a kid who might develop into at least a decent power forward. This dman doesn't really seem to offer anything noteworthy.

[danski]

WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought Greentree actually had a chance to make it to the NHL one day. He had a quick look last year, wasn't all that impressive, but he was a rookie after all. I can't say I know anything about Ramholt, but Chilly mentioned him and Lars Jonnson in the same breath so he must be a worthless Euro pile of sh1t.

[chilly666]

Originally Posted by danski

WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought Greentree actually had a chance to make it to the NHL one day. He had a quick look last year, wasn't all that impressive, but he was a rookie after all. I can't say I know anything about Ramholt, but Chilly mentioned him and Lars Jonnson in the same breath so he must be a worthless Euro pile of sh1t.

not even a top 3 guy in quad city last year! i cant say euro pile of sh!t, but i could prob say canadian pile of sh!t.

[danski]

I see, somehow I thought he was Euro since you mentioned Jonnson, who I was really down on last year. Anyway, Greentree was pretty well liked in Philly so Ramholt has some impressing to do.

[Thrillhouse]

The Flames had pretty high hopes for Ramholt. After Dion, he was always considered their next best prospect on the point. Not sure what happened but things just didn't work out. Maybe they will in Philly, who knows. They seem to be stockpiling puck-moving defencemen. Ramholt does play with a bit of an edge though.

[Podollan]

He comes from Swiss, they will never make it to a good nhl player-
IMO Flames won this trade-

[bupz91]

Ugh...WTF, Why would we trade Greentree. He was great as a phantom last year, and we are trading him for a defenseman that is probably crap. Great. God i sure hope we can magically find a way to sign campbell.