well, in addition to every opinion that's been expressed already...this deal and Walker's trade to COL demonstrates to the dressing room what will be expected, both this season, and beyond, and what the team will do to support the players. There's some reassurance for the room that Flyers will continue to tap the brakes as well as give it some gas, and that makes a lot of sense. Seeler is an expensive 5-6 dee, for sure, but overpaid by how much? By $700k, at the very very most? And with the rebuild in place, and young dee playing huge minutes for Philly already, how bad can it be to have a guy who's shown how well he can play within this framework there.
In the end, the $$ spent on Seeler is zero to get upset about, absolutely zero. If it turns out to be a mistake, it's like a $1M X4 mistake....2 or 3 or more letter grades better than the current cap mistakes of Ellis (never trade for a 31 years old in 2nd year of a 7 year contract, ever, there's no reason), Risto and Hayes.