Confirmed Signing with Link: [PHI] Sean Couturier signs extension with the Flyers (8 years, $7.75M AAV)

[supsens]

As with most PFs. And just watch him play, he mostly plays with abandon, and rarely holds anything back.

I think how much they party and how serious they take being in top shape matters more. Plenty of guys have played hard and stuck for a long time.

 

[Rebels57]

Lots of money invested down the middle for a team without a #1 center.

Couturier is a top 5 two-way center in the NHL...but okay lol

Was prime Bergeron also not a #1 center?

This place is the worst.

 

[Starat327]

Lots of money invested down the middle for a team without a #1 center.

Tell me you dont watch hockey without telling me you dont watch hockey.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Lots of money invested down the middle for a team without a #1 center.

How is Couturier not a #1 center?

70+ point Selke candidate =/= #1 center?

 

[FlyguyOX]

Lots of money invested down the middle for a team without a #1 center.

bahahahahah

 

[LRS87]

Not really.

Compared to teams such as Pens and Canes it is. 2m less than pens and less than the Canes.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Gives me some hope about Zibby.

Great deal for Philly

Zib is getting more

 

[ATdaisuki]

He could have gotten so much more on the open market. He must really want to stay with Philly.

 

[CSKA1974]

Compared to teams such as Pens and Canes it is. 2m less than pens and less than the Canes.

It's $4.5 mill less than pens. But it has to be said that pens 1c ($9.5 mil) and 2c ($10 mil) by far more superior to couts ($7.75 mil) and hayes ($7.1 mil).

 

[MikeK]

The players sure get a lot of money these days.

 

[FlyguyOX]

He could have gotten so much more on the open market. He must really want to stay with Philly.

Some players value the security and comfort rather than upending their family and having to make new friends. I can understand it.

 

[bauer]

How is Couturier not a #1 center?

70+ point Selke *candidate =/= #1 center?

*winner

 

[57special]

More like Cam Neely.

Cam Neely had a debilitating injury, and was a power winger, not a Center.

 

[Deadpool8812]

*winner

by candidate, I meant in the future he'll always at least be in the running and may even win again

 

[Deadpool8812]

Compared to teams such as Pens and Canes it is. 2m less than pens and less than the Canes.

You hate the Flyers, we get it

 

[BruinsBtn]

For sure right? Has there ever been a good C in this league, who put up near PPG, and was good defensively, past 35?

There have, but there have been even more who have been washed up.

 

[Gurglesons]

Compared to teams such as Pens and Canes it is. 2m less than pens and less than the Canes.

The Penguins top 2 Cs were signed nearly a decade ago?

Why are we comparing them?

Same thing with Staal. Aho and Couts are comparable and Couts is making less than Aho.

 

[BruinsBtn]

For sure right? Has there ever been a good C in this league, who put up near PPG, and was good defensively, past 35?

Like Selke winner Ryan Kesler? He's 36 today. You can get him for $6.875m if you can twist Anaheim's arm into giving him up.

 

[LRS87]

You hate the Flyers, we get it

no, just talking about building a team through the center. I wouldn’t give 7m to the 2C such as Hayes.

 

[Kurtz]

Fantastic work by Chuck. Didnt think he had it in him. Thought Coots would get in the $9.5 range.

Fair deal.

 

[Regal]

Lots of money invested down the middle for a team without a #1 center.

Couturier is a top 15 center in the league. He's easily a #1

 

[Sasso09]

Coots easily gets 10 in the open market, I was expecting a team discount at 8.5-8.75... 7.75 is just criminal considering the guy had one of the most team friendly contracts and was highly underpaid before this

 

[Gurglesons]

no, just talking about building a team through the center. I wouldn’t give 7m to the 2C such as Hayes.

It was the going rate of a 50 pt UFA tbh.

 

[KevinRedkey]

It's basically ages 30-38 FWIW

 

[DaveG]

Damn good contract. Even if the last year or two is above market value, and I'm not sure it will be if the cap starts going up the way it was pre-Covid with the new TV deals starting up, they're still getting 3-4 years below market value for a Selke level 1C. Well below market value.