A high First Round Pick (6th Overall) in 2000, Scott Hartnell, made the team as a rookie, scoring only 16 Points but gaining valuable experience in his limited ice team. It would not be limited after that.
Hartnell was a fan favorite (though it would be more so in Philadelphia), and his tenacious and grinding play helped generate wins for Nashville. Hartnell had a pair of 40-Point years for the Preds and three PIM years on a checking line.
The Predators traded Hartnell and Kimmo Timonen to the Flyers for a 1st Round Pick, who would never make the NHL. Needless to say, it was a lopsided trade against Nashville. He would return to the Preds for a final year in 2017, retiring before the next hockey campaign.
With the Predators, Hartnell totaled 235 Points.
Scott Hartnell arrived via trade from the Nashville Predators and it was a match made in heaven. The Flyers fans always love gritty power forwards (does the new mascot Gritty kind of resemble Hartnell?) and Hartnell was no different and his fun loving personality endeared him even more to the city. Recording most of his goals by crowding the net, Hartnell was a two time 30 goal scorer and an All Star in 2012.