Currently the Flyers are on track to have just a little over 31.5 million dollars in cap space next season without a cap increase, which it assuredly will. So let's be conservative and say it will rise to 82 million and you can add another 2.5 million to the amount of cap space they have. 33 million dollars or there abouts.
The Players we are losing as UFA's;
Wayne Simmonds 3.975 million
Jori Lehtera 4.7 million
Michael Raffl 2.35 million
Christian Folin 800 thousand
Mike McKenna 700 thousand
Brian Elliott 2.75 million
Michal Neuvirth 2.5 million
I could see them retaining Raffl of that crew, however I wouldn't mind if he left and a younger player got his spot in the lineup. I don't think he would get much of a raise at all from where he currently is at. The rest I think are gone. Wayne Simmonds should be traded at the deadline for younger assets hopefully one or two of which can immediately be plugged into the lineup.
The RFA's;
Scott Laughton 962.5k
Travis Konecny 894k
Ivan Provorov 894k
Travis Sanheim 863k
Anthony Stolarz 761k
Nicolas Aube-Kubel 680k
All need to be resigned this coming summer. How much will they cost each, how many do we see on Bridge Deals, how many get Holmgren-esque contracts where they get paid more for what they will be and less what they are now, to potentially save more money in the future ala JvR, Gostisbehere, Couturier, etc. How much space will we have when all is said and done? Who are the comparables?
Looking at Fletchers contract history with the Wild, it seems like he favors overpaying for potential production to his young guys to secure them at cap hits lower than their actual value during their prime years. Spurgeon, Koivu, Brodin, Granlund, and Coyle, all got pretty team friendly deals that helped Fletcher to make the moves in Free Agency that allowed him to turn the Wild into a destination market. Eric Staal, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter all were signed by Fletch and all things considered were pretty good moves for the organization. Now you can look at those contracts for Parise and Suter that he handed out and say but OMG they are 13 years long for guys that are on the wrong side of their career. But end of the day thats what he had to do to sign them. That was the climate during that Free Agent period. As far as I can remember, this was to be the last summer these players could sign these mega deals, after that summer the 7 year limit on Free Agent signings was put in place. Both Parise and Suter wanted the security that came with that type of contract.
So. What do we think? What do these guys sign back for? How much cap space will we have after these guys are all signed?
The Players we are losing as UFA's;
Wayne Simmonds 3.975 million
Jori Lehtera 4.7 million
Michael Raffl 2.35 million
Christian Folin 800 thousand
Mike McKenna 700 thousand
Brian Elliott 2.75 million
Michal Neuvirth 2.5 million
I could see them retaining Raffl of that crew, however I wouldn't mind if he left and a younger player got his spot in the lineup. I don't think he would get much of a raise at all from where he currently is at. The rest I think are gone. Wayne Simmonds should be traded at the deadline for younger assets hopefully one or two of which can immediately be plugged into the lineup.
The RFA's;
Scott Laughton 962.5k
Travis Konecny 894k
Ivan Provorov 894k
Travis Sanheim 863k
Anthony Stolarz 761k
Nicolas Aube-Kubel 680k
All need to be resigned this coming summer. How much will they cost each, how many do we see on Bridge Deals, how many get Holmgren-esque contracts where they get paid more for what they will be and less what they are now, to potentially save more money in the future ala JvR, Gostisbehere, Couturier, etc. How much space will we have when all is said and done? Who are the comparables?
Looking at Fletchers contract history with the Wild, it seems like he favors overpaying for potential production to his young guys to secure them at cap hits lower than their actual value during their prime years. Spurgeon, Koivu, Brodin, Granlund, and Coyle, all got pretty team friendly deals that helped Fletcher to make the moves in Free Agency that allowed him to turn the Wild into a destination market. Eric Staal, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter all were signed by Fletch and all things considered were pretty good moves for the organization. Now you can look at those contracts for Parise and Suter that he handed out and say but OMG they are 13 years long for guys that are on the wrong side of their career. But end of the day thats what he had to do to sign them. That was the climate during that Free Agent period. As far as I can remember, this was to be the last summer these players could sign these mega deals, after that summer the 7 year limit on Free Agent signings was put in place. Both Parise and Suter wanted the security that came with that type of contract.
So. What do we think? What do these guys sign back for? How much cap space will we have after these guys are all signed?
