Gagne Returns to the Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers have reacquired forward Simon Gagne from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a conditional 2013 draft pick. Gagne, 32, has played in only 11 games with the Kings this season picking up five assists. He was a healthy scratch in the last four games for Los Angeles. Gagne is in the final year of a two-year, $7 million contract and carries a $3.5 million cap hit. In a conference call, Gagne said that the trade "was definitely something that was in my mind that the last couple days and I talked to my agent, I think it was three days ago. The situation here, you could tell, was not going to get better. "I didn't have a chance to ask Dean to try to trade me, they just did it on their own and it just shows you the class those guys have," Gagne adding, referring to Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi. Gagne was a first-round pick of the Flyers in 1998. He spent 10 seasons in Philadelphia, posting posted 259 goals and 265 assists in 665 games. He is fourth on the Flyers career scoring list. The Flyers dealt Gagne to Tampa Bay during the 2010 off-season after Philadelphia's run to the Stanley Cup final. "It's always a shock first of all getting traded, but when they told me the place I was going," he said, adding "it's where everything started. I'm going back to a place that I'm really familiar to and I'm really excited to go back to Philly. The draft pick the Kings get in return is conditional on whether Philadelphia makes the playoffs. The Kings get a third-round pick if the Flyers make the playoffs and a fourth if they miss the postseason. Gagne is scheduled to take a red-eye from Los Angeles to Philadelphia on Tuesday night and be in the Flyers lineup Wednesday when Philadelphia hosts the Washington Capitals. Ryder Returns to Montreal The Montreal Canadiens also reacquired a former draft pick, getting Michael Ryder from the Dallas Stars in exchange for Erik Cole. Montreal will also receive a 2013 third-round pick. Ryder had 6 goals and 14 points with the Stars this season. Ryder, who was taken by the Canadiens in the eighth round selection in 1998, played 314 games in Montreal over four seasons, scoring 99 goals and 207 points. Ryder signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins in summer 2008. He is in the final year of a two-year, $7 million contract. "He was shocked, but it's a place where he's been and where he's had success," Canadiens General Manager Marc Bergevin said in a statement. He loves the city of Montreal. I told him we're extremely happy to have him. He brings an asset to our team that I felt we could use; he's already had success this year and last year in Dallas. He was surprised but happy. After scoring 35 goals in 82 games last season, Cole, 32, has struggled this season collecting only three goals and three assists in 19 games with Montreal. Cole, who has a no-trade clause, was approached by Bergevin to waive it in order for the deal to take place. He has two years remaining on his current deal with an annual cap hit of $4.5 million.