Flyers re-sign Powe to 1-year deal
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Flyers re-sign Powe to 1-year deal
UPDATE 2:
Here are comments from Darrell Powe following his signing with the Flyers:
Q: What is your reaction after signing with the Flyers?
DP: “Obviously, I am very excited. The Flyers are a great organization. They have been good to me all along so to sign back with the Flyers is exactly what I want and I look forward to next season.”
Q: Speaking of next season, what are the expectations of this team?
DP: “We expect to go all the way next season. We have a good team coming in and we all got a taste of things last year. We should all be motivated to get back where we were last year and finish the job this time.”
Q: What can you say about Philadelphia’s offseason acquisitions?
DP: “I think they are going to help our team. We’ve added some size and a little bit of finesse out there. These will be a couple of more pieces to the puzzle and will hopefully help us get to where we were last year.”
UPDATED: Along with confirming the Powe signed, the Flyers announced they have signed three others to contracts: defenseman Dan Jancevski and forwards Matt Clackson and David Laliberte.
Laliberte, 24, recorded 46 points (18G,28A) in 66 games with the Adirondack Phantoms, in the AHL, and had three points in 11 games with the Flyers.
Clackson, 25, spent the entire season with Adirondack, where he posted six points (2G,4A) and 174 penalty minutes in 60 games with the Phantoms.
Jancevski, 29, appeared in 78 regular season games with the Texas Stars, the Dallas Stars’ AHL affiliate, where he recorded 23 points (3G,20A) and 71 penalty minutes.
EARLIER
The Flyers and restricted free agent forward Darroll Powe agreed to a one-year deal yesterday, the Daily News has learned.
Powe, 25, will earn $725,000 for the upcoming season in a one-way contract – meaning the Flyers plan to have him on their roster throughout the season. It’s a 36-percent raise from the $532,500 he earned last year.
Powe will be a restricted free agent again next season.
Last season, the Princeton University graduate and scrappy forward posted 9 goals and 6 assists for 15 points over 63 games. He missed 19 games with a dislocated right shoulder last November and December. He also played in all 23 playoff games.
Powe’s signing likely rounds out the Flyers’ depth chart at the forward position, giving coach Peter Laviolette 14 forwards to manage in training camp. With Blair Betts likely not available at the start of the season because of an offseason shoulder surgery, Powe would fit in the top 12 in Betts’ absence. That would leave room for Riley Cote as the extra forward until Betts can return.
With 14 forwards, 8 defensemen and 2 goalies – at least two players more than the Flyers need to carry – they have approximately $327,737 remaining in salary cap space.
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Powe= excellent signing for the money. Glad he will be back - another guy that leaves it all on the ice. Also look for Carcillo to score 15-20 goals this year with Shelley onboard as the Flyers' hammer this year. Cote will be back with the Phantoms or in the Flyers' front office before November. Great guy, but he's from another era I think. You guys are complaining a lot here (as usual for Philly fans), but I think most of the holes from last season have been plugged - the Flyers now have the best D-corp in the league bar none, the Flyers still have pretty much all of the depth at forward they had from last year - which was already probably in the top 5 or so in the league, and if you remember, goaltending from Boosh and Leighton is what got them to the Stanley Cup Final in the first place. The Flyers have arguably one of the best top-to-bottom rosters in the NHL now that their 3rd D-pairing has been fixed, still have their two league leading goalies from the playoffs last year, and still kept almost everybody up front. I would have kept Asham over signing Shelley, but that's about the only thing I'd have done different. I can't wait to see this team destroy the rest of the Eastern Conference this year. Cheer up Flyers fans - this is an EXCELLENT roster, and the Flyers will once again be contenders this coming season.
Carcillo is an idiot...everyone forgets game 6 of the 2009 playoffs vs. the Pens when the Flyers were up 3-0 and this idiot fights Talbot and wakes up the Pens who score 5 unanswered goals and take the series and go on to win the cup...Carcillo will always be an idiot in my book...he himself couldn't even believe he scored that OT winner...— tralala- I like Carcillo. I've mentioned why before, so I won't get into that. If the second line of Hartnell Briere and Leino play at the same pace they left off last year & Zherdev works out, we're in the same shape coming into this year offensively as last year with a better defense.— the sichee-ation
- carcillo played well for the year... maybe he was scratched for the finals but you gotta get there somehow. Hartnell looked like good old claude lemieux last year and did nothing till the playoffs and now everyone loves him. you need a grinder like carcillo to even make it to the playoffs.— nslack44
- My problem is keeping Carter. We need a real goalie, that Cup-Winning goal? Leighton lets that in no matter who is standing in front of him. Carter's inability to score into wide open nets in the playoffs when it's desperately needed, that never changes. We have too many damn centers. Putting Giroux on a wing is a total waste of his talent and will only slow his development. If Carter can't embrace learning to play wing, using his size and going to the net, then to heck with him. Ever hear Carter interviewed? He's just too dumb to learn to do anything different. I'd trade him for high draft picks if I could.— Paul1954
- TRADE CARTER FOR BOBBY RYAN— mediatedviscera
- Flyers_70 - EVERYBODY'S game would improve tremendously when they're playing next to Richards and Giroux. Glad they locked up Powe, but would've preferred at least 3 yrs, he's the scrappy D-man this town thrives on.— templeowl08
- This should be 3 years.— LaCroix,Nolet,Gendron
- Hey TempleOwl, Powe is a Forward not a D-man. Do you watch this team??— TheCaptain18
- You look over the roster and you're optimistic. Until you get to goaltender. Leighton. God help us.— eagle1971
- I admit that I am a hockey newbie. Last season Pronger, Cagne, and Richards (sorry if spelling is off) had motivated a kid from the projects to excel in life. I became full-time fan last season due to the Flyboy's incredible run. I based my attitude and performance in the classroom on the Flyers' work ethic. From that angle, here is my view on the team in general and goalies in particular. It seems to me that our current goalies are good enough to get us to where we were last year, but other teams are also trying to get to the same position or better next season. Sometimes, opposing teams simply "has our number" and will beat us most times. It just happens to any team. Call it mojo. In my humble opinion, we have to be post-season specific when it comes to goalies. We have to predict who we will likely face and whether or not our goalies, regardless of personnel helping on the ice, can effectively deal with anticipated post-season opposition. I have a feeling that our brilliant coach is taking this into consideration. Keep the faith. Our team is going to be just fine. Therefore, our new goalie may actually turn out to be a new and improved version of his last-year self. Trust good coaching because it goes a long way, but there is also something about these Flyers that is way beyond trades, statistics, schedules, or even coaching. They have an amazing spirit. You all - check that - WE ALL saw it. That counts from something, right? Flyboys all the way, Philadelphia all the way, all of us all the way!!!— WantToKnow
- "If Carter can't embrace learning to play wing, using his size and going to the net, then to heck with him." - - - Carter doesn't want to play wing. It's not that he can't, but he's like A.I. #1 ... Has to have possession and everything HAS to revolve around him. At least on Offense, it's up to everyone else on the team to chase down the 3 on 1 after he hits nothing but glass from a bad angle.— jcu123
WCgrad77, it apprears that the Lightning are looking to sign Asham.— dianne16
Depth is the issue and it's being settled along with some wiggle room. It's not even August and people already want thier cake and eat it too? I want a beach house and a mountain retreat.....and the staff to care for it..and someone to drive me...and some large walkaround mony..and..and..and..- Man, I could go for a "Carter for Ryan", with one of our excess defenseman thrown in for good measure and one of their draft picks coming back, trade right now. That would be abso-fricking-lutely awesome.— The Reddgie
