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Feb 18, 2021; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing David Kase (72) during the first period against the New York Rangers at Wells Fargo Center.

Hurricanes acquire forward David Kase from Flyers

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The Carolina Hurricanes have traded forward prospect Massimo Rizzo and a fifth-round pick in 2025 to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forward David Kase.

A 2015 fifth-round pick, Kase is also the younger brother of former Hurricane, Ondrej Kase.

Kase, 26,  appeared in just seven games for the Flyers over the span of two seasons, but hasn't played in North America since 2021. 

He has spent the past two seasons playing in the Czech Extraliga, where he's registered 10 goals and 37 points in 68 games. Kase is currently under contract with HC Litvinov.

It is not clear what the Hurricanes plans are for Kase as the Canes do not have an AHL affiliate for the Czech forward to play for nor do they have an open spot on the roster.

Perhaps then this is just simply a way for the Canes to pay back the Flyers for buying out Tony DeAngelo, thus allowing Carolina to sign him for even cheaper, after the league nixed the initial deal the two teams had in place.

Rizzo, who was a Carolina 2019 seventh-round pick, was initially reported to be the player going the other way in the initial DeAngelo deal. The University of Denver forward has put up strong results in two seasons in the NCAA with a total of 29 goals and 82 points over that span.

Here's the team's official press release:

‘CANES ACQUIRE DAVID KASE FROM FLYERS

Forward has skated in seven career NHL games with Philadelphia

RALEIGH, N.C. – Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has

“David is an intelligent forward who competes hard on both ends of the ice and will add to our organizational depth,” said Waddell.

Kase, 26, has spent the past two seasons with HC Sparta Prague of the Extraliga, registering 37 points (10g, 27a) in 68 games in Czechia’s top professional league. He has earned 73 points (20g, 53a) in 157 career Extraliga games with HC Sparta Prague, HC Energie Karlovy Vary and Pirati Chomutov. The 5’11”, 170-pound forward appeared in seven NHL games with Philadelphia from 2019-21, scoring one goal. Kase also spent parts of three seasons in the American Hockey League, tallying 51 points (18g, 33a) in 110 appearances with Lehigh Valley from 2018-21. The Kadan, Czechia, native represented his home country at three IIHF World Junior Championships (2015, 2016, 2017) and captained Czechia to a silver medal at the IIHF Under-18 World Championship in 2014. He was selected by the Flyers in the fifth round, 128th overall, of the 2015 NHL Draft. David’s older brother, Ondrej, skated in one game with Carolina in 2022-23.

Rizzo, 22, was selected by the Hurricanes in the seventh round, 216th overall, of the 2019 NHL Draft. He has posted 82 points (29g, 53a) in 77 collegiate games at Denver over the past two seasons.

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