Jets trade Eric Staal, a fourth-round pick, for a fourth round pick

NEW YORK — The New York Jets traded defenseman Eric Staals to the Philadelphia Flyers for a second-round draft pick and a conditional third-round selection, the league announced Friday.

The Flyers acquired defenseman Chris VandeVelde in a trade from the New York Islanders on Thursday, along with a fourth and fifth-round picks.

The Flyers were hoping to get defenseman Brian Boyle in return.

Staals, 29, is playing in the final year of a three-year contract he signed in 2013-14.

He has 10 goals and 19 assists in 45 games this season.