Confirmed with Link: Raffl 2 year contract extension, 1.6AAV

[Danko]

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[1865]

I cannot possibly understand why. He’s solid, but we have other options in the AHL.

 

[Danko]

1.6 per year

 

[bennysflyers16]

f*** OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

 

[Magua]

There will be a road of corpses from Winnipeg to Philadelphia.....

 

[Lindberg]

Some of you guys really underrate the play of Michael Raffl.

 

[BillDineen]

Vets. At least he isn't Varone or Knight.

 

[bennysflyers16]

How do you make this season worse, this is one way !!!!!

There goes my hope for a new age 4th line

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I'm sure this thread will be level-headed.

(He's still useful.)

 

[Frickley]

The cheap and cheerful bottom sixer: Michael Raffl.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I'm sure this thread will be level-headed.

(He's still useful.)

I was ready to move on but yeah it’s not like Manning or something being extended.

He took a sizable pay cut at $1.6M a year. If you actually put him on a fourth line with actual useful players in that capacity it’s a good move.

 

[Magua]

We are icing a 4th line with f***ING PHIL VARONE, CORBAN KNIGHT, AND JUSTIN BAILEY. Having a nice, versatile, 4th line winger on the cheap is fine. It's a safety move. Not necessary -- but of no negative effect.

$1.6 mil is dime a dozen 4th line money. It's 2 years. It's very easy to trade if a player usurps him. He has spent his career as a Flyer, enjoys it here, and he's still a useful 4th liner -- capable of 20-25 points and play driving. Of all the years with wretched 4th lines, god forbid they not want to enter into a scenario where AHLers are on the 4th line.

 

[prototypical4thliner]

Meh.

I’ve upgraded our goal forth line though.

Raffl—Laughton—Hartman

If we end there, should be good.

 

[DaphneLion]

meh

 

[bennysflyers16]

Great, just another 20 pt guy to potentially block kids, why the f*** 2 years ????

Just one year without these types being on the team, just one !

 

[Beef Invictus]

Raffl is worth 1.6 million for 2 years. No big deal.

 

[Flyrs21]

Oh for f***s sake. There was no market for the guy at the trade deadline so let's extend him.

 

[bennysflyers16]

I cannot possibly understand why. He’s solid, but we have other options in the AHL.

Apaprently we do not !!

This should be the nail in the NAK coffin if we plan to keep Laughton and Hartman

 

[JojoTheWhale]

In all seriousness, there's a market inefficiency in paying really high quality 4th liners. It's why I'm in favor of locking those guys up.

JUSTIN BAILEY

He's a big former 2nd rounder who can skate like the wind they got for nothing. This is a great trade. Stop being so negative.

Oh sorry, wrong thread.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I read the comments on Instagram.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

plz dont let this be the beginning of yet another offseason of terrible nonmoves or worse yet horrific signings...


plz plz plz...

 

[backburner]

Good deal. Solid player that can fill in anywhere. Think this gives us another guy to expose at ED coming up as well

 

[Flyrs21]

..

 

[GKJ]

I'm all for signing him given we didn't trade him, but did it have to be 2 years?

At any rate, I'd rather see him toiling around the 4th line than some of these other rejects we keep running out there

 

[bennysflyers16]

We are icing a 4th line with ****ING PHIL VARONE, CORBAN KNIGHT, AND JUSTIN BAILEY. Having a nice, versatile, 4th line winger on the cheap is fine. It's a safety move. Not necessary -- but of no negative effect.

$1.6 mil is dime a dozen 4th line money. It's 2 years. It's very easy to trade if a player usurps him. He has spent his career as a Flyer, enjoys it here, and he's still a useful 4th liner -- capable of 20-25 points and play driving. Of all the years with wretched 4th lines, god forbid they not want to enter into a scenario where AHLers are on the 4th line.

Some of us had hopes of upgrading the 4th line, not gifting spots to current players.