Flyers re-sign Coburn
The Flyers have agreed to a two-year contract extension with restricted free agent defenseman Braydon Coburn.
Flyers re-sign Coburn
The Flyers have agreed to a two-year contract extension with restricted free agent defenseman Braydon Coburn.
Coburn, 25, has signed a two-year deal worth a total of $6.4 million.
That’s a significant raise from the $1.3 million he earned last season with the Flyers.
Here are the Flyers’ defensemen under NHL contract for next season:
Chris Pronger
Kimmo Timonen
Matt Carle
Braydon Coburn
Andrej Meszaros (acquired today from Tampa Bay)
Oskars Bartulis
With Coburn's extension and Meszaros' $4 million cap hit, the Flyers have approximately $3.2 million remaining on the $59.4 million cap but still need to re-sign restricted free agent forwards Darroll Powe and Dan Carcillo.
More coming…
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Poll: Was re-signing Leighton a good move?
Boucher will again be the back-up again next year. His contract is small and is reliable. Why would you cut him, any young goalie needs to play alot to develop (AHL) that's why you need a veteren goalie as a NHL back-up, remember that's how the flyers got into thre playoffs last year.— Howard32
Dr. Michael wrote; "Trade Carter for a goalie."**********Who do you suggest?— snad264- Carter will be traded mid-season when the whole return to goonery plan falls apart like it did every time Clarkie tried to renew the "Glory Years". Jody Shelley? O'Donnell?— schnitzelboy
- Colburn sucks— kodi69
- Love to have Carcillo back, he may be undisciplined at times but no one tries harder out there then him. Be great to get Hartnell to agree to a trade, two solid weeks of hockey does make up for season of ineptness, Holmgren can find somebody to fall on the ice for way less then Scotty is making— Bifocals for the Blind
- Trade Carter for a goalie.— Dr. Michael
- Oskars Bartulis sucks. We need to replace him with a better d man and we are then set.— ChrisM
- when Leighton was resigned, it seemed pretty clear Holmgren was going to go all-in on D...so far, so good— erbower
Comment removed.- With Gonchar gone, pittsburgh left with only orpik, letang, and goligoski signed on D for next year..hopefully Hamhuis goes out west— pmolishus
- Did I miss something about Asham?— HandNik
Yes, a very good signing. Coburn improved over the season, and especially in the Playoffs. Carle isn't going ANYWHERE.— DaveCicc- sign Powe, dump Carcillo and hopefully this team can stay healthy next year and have another nice postseason run...— tralala
- Hartnell won't go anywhere.— phillyphan11
- I'd take this team to start the season...I'd like to see Powe involved...but make a deal for a rental goalie at the trade deadline. This team has a lot of depth to make moves.— Hexy4GM
- very happy!— motorhead
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- Hopefully they dont need to trade a guy like carle away.— xMikelaw19
- Best defense in the league— nittanyapollo
- I'm betting Powe doesn't get resigned and I'm hoping Carcillo doesn't either. They could still waive Boucher and Cote (and probably will) to free up additional space. And, don't rule out trading Hartnell if he's willing to waive his NTC. Coming off a good playoff performance probably upped his worth despite a bad season.— veritas1325
yep— wolf 4
