Powe traded; Nodl, Sestito re-signed
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Powe traded; Nodl, Sestito re-signed
The Flyers announced they have extended qualifying offers to Jonathon Kalinski, Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek.
Simmonds was acquired last week from Los Angeles in the Mike Richards trade and Voracek was acquired on the same day from Columbus in the Jeff Carter deal.
Kalinski spent the season in Adirondack after appearing in 10 games for the Flyers in 2009-10. He had six goals and 17 assists in 73 games and was a minus-16.
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In a surprising move, the Flyers have dealt the rights to center Darroll Powe to Minnesota in exchange for Minnesota’s third round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, the team announced Monday afternoon.
Powe, 26, is a restricted free agent.
It likely became clear on Monday that the two sides weren’t going to work out a deal.
Paul Holmgren called Powe “one of the most underrated players in the league” at the team’s end of season news conference. The undrafted Princeton University graduate played three full seasons with the Flyers and one full season with the Phantoms in Philadelphia.
He was made into an NHL player by former head coach John Stevens. Under Peter Laviolette, Powe notched 7 goals and 10 assists last season while playing the second-most penalty killing minutes behind Blair Betts.
Powe earned $725,000 in a one-year deal last season, a sizeable from the $520,000 he was making in 2009-10.
The Flyers would have needed to make a qualifying offer to Powe before Monday’s 5 o’clock deadline.
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More than a month into the summer without a new contract, Andreas Nodl admitted he was a little nervous but remained confident.
“I didn’t want to play for another team,” Nodl said. “I was a little nervous, just because the Flyers are capable of making a lot of moves. I could see that the salary cap was getting a little tight.”
Despite watching teammates Jeff Carter and Mike Richards get traded away last week, Nodl probably breathed a little sigh of relief that the moves had opened up plenty of room for him to be re-signed.
“One of my buddies called me right away when they were traded,” Nodl said. “I didn’t believe him, I had to go home and check it out on the internet myself. It’s all pretty crazy.”
The Flyers didn’t waste much time contacting Nodl and his agent.
The team announced early on Monday that they had come to terms officially with Nodl, originally set to become a restricted free agent on July 1, on a new two-year deal.
According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, Nodl signed a two-year deal worth $845,000 per year. He earned $850,000 last season in the final year of his entry level deal.
Nodl, 24, posted 11 goals and 11 assists in 67 games under Peter Laviolette in his first full NHL season. He also had a plus-14 rating, the 52nd best plus/minus ratio of 891 skaters.
“I’m really excited,” Nodl said on a phone call from Minnesota, where the former St. Cloud State player spends his offseason training. “It will be nice now to not worry about it, work hard training and enjoy my summer.”
The Flyers also announced a new contract for fellow restricted free agent Tom Sestito, who was acquired from Columbus at the trade deadline last season in exchange for Michael Chaput and Greg Moore, though Sestito broke the news of his own deal on Twitter weeks ago.
Sestito, 23, played 9 games for Columbus last season, collecting 2 goals and 2 assists in an enforcer-type role with the Blue Jackets. Last season alone, Sestito – a Rome, N.Y. native – had 4 fights in 9 NHL games and 18 more in 57 AHL games.
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Either Carcillo or Shelley are out (or both). Nodl will be 4th liner and add depth. I could see a line of Powe-Betts-Nodl, with Sestito subbing in when an enforcer is needed. Could leave room for an Erik Cole signing!— dave1walsh
Comment removed.- Please get rid of Shelley and his bloated contract. Anyone who makes over $1.5m and sits as a healthy scratch for the entire playoffs is a waste.— philly57
- 22 points and plus 14 for $845 K a year is great. He fits as long as the coach and GM realize the guy, for now, is a 4th line player or maybe a solid 3rd line guy. He should not have been on the 1st two lines last year. But like JVR, he is young and needs time to develop. With his size and skills he can shut down other players, but is he fast enough to dog Crosby or Malkin? Solid signing and good price for 3rd-4th line winger. the problems with Shelley, I think, is that he has 2 years left on his deal for $1.3 a year. If they waive him, I doubt any team is going to pick up an aging enforcer with that high a hit...unless they need the Cap hit. hmm. or he could clear waivers once, then be called up to clear re-entry waivers and claimed for half the price.— MichaelZoe
- Cut out that silly Nodl-bashing. The guy works hard, has an excellent plus/minus stat and is going to get better if you give him time to develop. Also, he doesn't take stupid penalties. Maybe he can turn himdself into a bona fide penalty killer, I trust he can make it.— flyerdommo
- Simmonds will take Carcillo's place and has more skill. Danny will not be tendered. I believe Powe or Nodl played center earlier in their careers. Can you imagine how different this team could look next year if we go with Sestito-Powe-Nodl as 4th line, Voracek-Schenn-Simmonds as 3rd line, Hartnell-Briere-Leino(?), and Versteeg-Giroux-JVR?????— MichaelZoe
- Cole might be the best choice. Personally I like Versteeg, but admit he looked lost playing with Richards (can I blame Richards?). Does he stay or go? Man, I still swear I see Holmer going after Shane Doan or Cole to play with Giroux and JVR. Cole makes the most sense...he is coming off his FIRST complete 82-game season without missing any games due to injury and is UFA who made $2.9 last year and can play both wings. Makes sense for 1 year only. Shane Doan makes less sense in the last year of his deal at $4.5 mil, but he is a real leader, fights, and is the power forward Holmer still loves in his heart.— MichaelZoe
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- jimmyjamsjames: Ah, no, you can't compare any of those players. Versteeg just finished his THIRD FULL season in the league and has over 20 goals every year and played over 78 games each season and won a Cup. Good move to keep a young player like that. Cole is much older, and yes often hurt, but is healthy right now and bring 15-20 goals plus a LOT more size than Versteeg with a Cup ring and $2.9 mil. Sure they are versitile wingers, but Cole has played 10 years to Versteeg's 3. And Richie is a center, not a winger. He did not elevate anyone around him, was not in shape, didn't win a Selke, stopped scoring shorthanded goals, questioned the coach in public, wasn't ready for shootouts, and played his way right out of town. Yes, his stats cannot be denied, but he is gone. Cole would be a rental. Versteeg can stay and will probably continue to give you 20 goals a year and play hard.— MichaelZoe
- I'd rather had seen Carcillo head out of town versus Powe, but he may still be gone, hopefully. Good move to sign Nodl.— pogiepop
- We can only guess at how it went down, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they wanted one of Powe/Nodl and let the negotiating decide. Maybe Powe wanted more than they were willing to spend on that role. Unfortuntely, it probably spares one of Shelley/Carcillo. Am I the only one who finds Shelley's contract excessive? That's a lot to pay for a one-dimensional player whose only dimension is pretty pointless. You could stock that position with the league minimum.— sklandog
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- nodl is not a good hockey player. sorry. it's true.— tockeyhockey
- So his +14 rating and 11 goals as a rookie led you to this conclusion? — logicandreason
Guys like Powe are a dime a dozen in the nhl. i hope the guy gets a bigger contract, seems like a good dude, but for the flyers to overpay because hes a "hard worker" would not have been a good move.— CosmoK
