A Philadelphia Flyers trade my finally be on the horizon, with a new rumor suggesting a big Vegas Golden Knights defenseman could be on the move.

According to a report from NHL insider Elliotte Friedman via NHL Rumor Report and Sportsnet 590, the Flyers have been linked to 6-foot-6 Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague in trade talks.

This kind of Flyers trade, a "hockey trade," if you will, has been on the team's radar for quite a while, and it makes perfect sense with some added context.

For example, it has been rumored that the Flyers and defenseman Cam York, a pending RFA, have not made a whole lot of progress on a contract extension, which could result in York getting traded away ahead of the start of free agency on July 1.

Although he's a few years older than York, Hague, 26, would be a fine addition to the Flyers' defense. At 6-foot-6, Hague has the size you can't teach, and Flyers management has spoken more than once about having a big blueline capable of withstanding the grind of the NHL playoffs.

York, Jamie Drysdale, and Emil Andrae are all 6-foot or shorter, so the hypothetical addition of Hague makes the Flyers larger and harder to play against.

Hague's name has been dangled in trade rumors for quite a while now, as the Golden Knights continue to explore ways to move around their cap space. The 26-year-old, like York, is a pending restricted free agent, so it's likely the Golden Knights and Flyers each have different ideas of how much they want to spend on their respective defensemen.

And as far as the Golden Knights go, they have only $9.6 million in cap space and need to re-sign forwards like Reilly Smith, Brandon Saad, Tanner Pearson, Victor Olofsson, and Alex Holtz.

If the Golden Knights want to cut some corners and acquire cost-controlled forwards from the Flyers, options like Jakob Pelletier, a pending RFA, and Bobby Brink make some sense.

While he's only 5-foot-8, Brink has played and produced well in a limited role, quietly scoring a career-high 41 points last season. Brink has one more year remaining on his current contract at an extremely friendly $1.5 million cap hit.

If the Flyers cannot work out some sort of solution with York and his camp, it would appear that Hague is at the top of their list of backup plans.