Lecavalier Bought Out

[Kin]

Confirmed now at 4.5 per for 5 years.

Again, how?

I think there has to be other shoes to drop.  He is not officially signed yet so they may have time to fix their situation.

That seems pretty likely. They pretty clearly had to do some housecleaning on the blueline anyway. Maybe someone is willing to take Timmonen.

 

[Zee]

Who can the Leafs take off the flyers to assist their cap problems?

 

[Redleaf]

I think with this over now, the Leafs will go hard for Horton or Clarkson.

 

[Redleaf]

Mirtle's link to the Flyers cap situation....

http://www.newmediaandmarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/screwed.jpeg

 

[Redleaf]

Who can the Leafs take off the flyers to assist their cap problems?

Couturier for Reimer. 

 

[OrangeBlack]

I like it alot.  The Flyers just picked up the best offensive player on the market.  Think of it this way....Lecavalier > Briere,  Lecavalier's cap hit < Briere's cap hit.  With this signing & the Streit signing, & the addition by subtraction in goal....this team is already better than they were last year.  To pick up a guy like Vinny at $4.7mil. is good value against the cap.  The contract is 1 year longer than I would like; but, 4-5 years down the road...the cap should be higher, & the cap hit will be less impactful.

 

[seahawk]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger 22m
5 years, $4.5 per for Vinny in Philly confirmed.

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 15m
There's a full No-Move Clause in Lecavalier's deal

How the hell can the Flyers fit this under the cap and still have a full roster?

 

[pmrules]

Confirmed now at 4.5 per for 5 years.

Again, how?

I think there has to be other shoes to drop.  He is not officially signed yet so they may have time to fix their situation.

That seems pretty likely. They pretty clearly had to do some housecleaning on the blueline anyway. Maybe someone is willing to take Timmonen.

Also...I know in prior years you were able to go over the cap by a certain amount in the off season as long as a team was okay by day one of the season.  I don't know if that clause still exists.  If so...then the flyers have even more time to figure stuff out.

 

[cw]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger 22m
5 years, $4.5 per for Vinny in Philly confirmed.

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 15m
There's a full No-Move Clause in Lecavalier's deal

How the hell can the Flyers fit this under the cap and still have a full roster?

They can be 10% over until the end of training camp (I still think that's the case).

Pronger's $4.9 mil will go on LTIR to free up money.  They currently have 24 signed including 9 dmen so one dmen beyond Pronger will be waived/traded/whatever to free up a little more. They'll then need to sign RFA Gustafsson & a goalie and they may have close to $6 mil to do so.

That ignores the possibility of a trade which seems now more likely - as they've been looking to move a dman and they may have an excess young center to peddle.

They're actually not in bad cap shape for next season:
http://capgeek.com/flyers/
though most of it is currently spent.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I would have given him much more. Too bad.

 

[AvroArrow]

I like it alot.  The Flyers just picked up the best offensive player on the market.  Think of it this way....Lecavalier > Briere,  Lecavalier's cap hit < Briere's cap hit.  With this signing & the Streit signing, & the addition by subtraction in goal....this team is already better than they were last year.  To pick up a guy like Vinny at $4.7mil. is good value against the cap.  The contract is 1 year longer than I would like; but, 4-5 years down the road...the cap should be higher, & the cap hit will be less impactful.

Yeah, I have to say, I'm a little jealous.  He would have been a big boost to our team as well and I agree that contract is reasonable.  I might have tried to a bit higher cap for a bit less term, though.

 

[nutman]

Why Philly?????????  Crap...

 

[caver]

Lets get that Stastny for Liles deal cooking...

 

[AvroArrow]

Lets get that Stastny for Liles deal cooking...

There's a rumour that COL's asking price is Kulemin + Gunner + pick.  No idea whether that came from a legitimate source or not.  Just read it elsewhere.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Lets get that Stastny for Liles deal cooking...

There's a rumour that COL's asking price is Kulemin + Gunner + pick.  No idea whether that came from a legitimate source or not.  Just read it elsewhere.

Howard Berger threw that out there as a proposal. I guess it caught on as a rumour but I wouldn't put much stock in it.

 

[Sudafederov]

Ryan O'Reilly please!

 

[AvroArrow]

Ryan O'Reilly please!

Can't be traded until March.

 

[Sudafederov]

Oh, I see, can't trade for a full calendar year after matching.

 

[Kin]

I like it alot.  The Flyers just picked up the best offensive player on the market.  Think of it this way....Lecavalier > Briere,  Lecavalier's cap hit < Briere's cap hit.  With this signing & the Streit signing, & the addition by subtraction in goal....this team is already better than they were last year.  To pick up a guy like Vinny at $4.7mil. is good value against the cap.  The contract is 1 year longer than I would like; but, 4-5 years down the road...the cap should be higher, & the cap hit will be less impactful.

Things should work out great provided Steve Mason continues his uninterrupted string of great seasons since his rookie year.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

I didn't think Lecavalier was going to play in Toronto, it was always a long shot in my mind.