Originally Posted by BobMckenzie
No real advantage to re-entering the draft for those guys unless they really don't want to play in Philadelphia, which is not the case as near as I can tell. Both guys want to be Flyers. My understanding, and there are no confirmed details yet to back this up, is that the unsigned 03 draftees like Richards and Carter and O'Sullivan etc., will not be able to get as much money in their deals post lockout as they would if they signed pre-lockout (like Phaneuf etc.), but they will be entitled to get a little more money than they would if they re-enter the draft and become 05 draftees and subject to the new ELS.
There is no financial incentive, in fact it's the opposite, to re-enter the draft, so unless they do it to spite Philadelphia or want to roll the dice on playing elsewhere, and they can't control where, then it's pretty obvious to me that Carter and Richards will sign with Philly in the specified period. Threatening to re-enter the draft is the only leverage they have with Philly, but the question is what are they trying to leverage. If the maximum amount they can get as part of the transition rules is spelled out, and it's less than what Philly would have paid to sign them pre-lockout, the Flyers won't need to be leveraged. The Flyers just write the cheque. Could be the easiest negotiation ever, unless, like I said, one of them decides to spite the Flyers, but if they do that, it'll cost them a little money to do it.
At least that's how I see it.
