Tag: Ryan Ellis

NASCAR driver Ryan Ellis was quite confused after the Flyers traded for a player with the same name

“Trade me back.”

It’s one thing to share your name with a famous athlete if you’re a regular person. It’s another thing entirely to share your name with a famous athlete if you’re another athlete.

That’s the conundrum NASCAR driver Ryan Ellis found himself in after his name twin Ryan Ellis of the Nashville Predators was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Ellis, the NASCAR driver, found out on Twitter mere minutes after the trade was announced, prompting a hilarious sequence of tweets from dismay to disappointment.

Here’s how NASCAR driver Ellis first found out about his name twin’s trade to Philadelphia, in the form of a hilarious tweet.

This isn’t the first time the two have interacted either, as both met one another at a Predators game back in 2017 after it was revealed that they share the same middle name of James too. Here are some of Ellis’ best tweets after learning of his new fate as the premier defenseman of the Flyers for the foreseeable future.

NHL fans were stunned after the Flyers traded for defenseman Ryan Ellis in a blockbuster deal

Ryan Ellis is a Flyer and nothing makes sense anymore.

Saturday felt much like a miniature trade deadline in the NHL with the amount of activity going on. Though it was not the trade deadline, it was — in fact — the league-wide roster freeze heading into the upcoming expansion draft for the Seattle Kraken.

The Philadelphia Flyers, surprisingly enough, made the biggest splash ahead of the 3 p.m. ET roster freeze, trading away former No. 2 overall pick Nolan Patrick and young defenseman Philippe Myers for Nashville Predators blue liner Ryan Ellis. Myers will stay in Nashville while the Predators flipped Patrick to the Vegas Golden Knights for Cody Glass.

It was a shocker of a deal, coming out of absolutely nowhere as the roster freeze deadline hit. The Flyers finally acquired the top-pair defenseman they were looking for, giving up on two young players — with Patrick especially needing a change of scenery — for a chance to win now, while also keeping their first-round pick for the upcoming draft that could possibly be used for another deal down the road.

Here’s how the NHL world reacted to the stunning deal from general manager Chuck Fletcher out of Philadelphia.