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Ducks match Leo Carlsson offer sheet from Flyers
Well, it was fun while it lasted. We had the opportunity to dream of a bona fide No. 1 center playing for the Orange and Black for several days but it all now comes crashing down. The Anaheim Ducks have announced that they have matched the offer sheet of Leo Carlsson from the Philadelphia Flyers. The Ducks didn’t take all seven days they were allowed to, but instead allowed us to have a normal Friday and not spend it all day just waiting for the news to break. As announced by the team and...
Report: Ducks are trying to trade players to make room for Leo Carlsson
As we wait for the Anaheim Ducks and general manager Pat Verbeek to make their decision on the Philadelphia Flyers’ offer sheet to Leo Carlsson — we are slowly dying and losing the sense of what seven days means to our life, please rescue us from this hellscape and bring us to a new life where we know the result of this single transaction — little teensy tiny rumors are percolating through various people in the know around the NHL. And now, we know that the Ducks are at least possibly making m...
Thursday Morning Fly By: It’s almost tomorrow
*We’ve about 36 hours to wait until Pat Verbeek tells us in which way Danny Briere will have screwed him over — because you know it’ll be like, 7:57 p.m. when he makes the call. Men are so petty. Anyway, what if Verbeek got a little spicy and picked up the phone a little earlier to propose a trade? [ BSH ] *So where do things stand right now? No one knows, of course, but that won’t stop these two guys from confidently speculating. [ The Athletic ] *We should probably all enjoy this… ...
Win or lose, this could be Danny Briere’s last offer sheet for years
It’s July 8, and two days from now the landscape for the Philadelphia Flyers will be a lot clearer. Right now things are in an antsy holding pattern. The offer sheet to Leo Carlsson might have pushed Claude Giroux’s possible signing off the table, while kicking the extensions to Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale down the road a bit. If Anaheim Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek and his owner agree to bite the bullet and pay the 21-year-old center a whack of coin over the next 12 months, then he’...
What the Leo Carlsson offer sheet reveals about the Flyers’ future
In case you somehow haven’t heard by now, the Philadelphia Flyers have signed Leo Carlsson to a massive offer sheet . News broke last Friday that Carlsson agreed to the Flyers’ offer: a five-year contract carrying an $18 million AAV. If the Anaheim Ducks don’t match, the Flyers will land Carlsson, but it’ll cost them their next four first-round picks. Four first-round picks might sound like an enormous price to pay. And for a rebuilding team, it would be. But the Flyers are no longer in t...
Would you rather have Leo Carlsson or these 4 players?
The Philadelphia Flyers are completely frozen until they get word whether or not the Anaheim Ducks will match their offer sheet to star center Leo Carlsson. Nothing can be done without knowing if the 21-year-old Swede is going to be coming to Philadelphia along with his $18-million AAV that could make them pinch a whole lot of pennies for the rest of the offseason. Anaheim has until Friday afternoon to make their decision and we’re just waiting here, thinking of various reasons why the Du...
Another Flyers-Ducks trade could solve the Leo Carlsson offer sheet
It has been eerily quiet around the NHL since the Philadelphia Flyers tendered an offer sheet to Leo Carlsson on Friday. Pat Verbeek and the Anaheim Ducks are in the second half of the seven-day period they have to decide whether or not to match the five-year, $90 million contract for their 21-year-old restricted free agent. Of course, that contract is heavily front-loaded with signing bonuses to boot, as the Flyers wanted to add even more pressure to Anaheim’s ownership. While the d...
Did The Bear give us a great final meal? Yes, chef!
The Bear wrapped up its fifth and final season on FX on Hulu / Disney+ or something or other. Wherever the heck it was technically streaming, the show has brought us culinary chaos for the past five years in a fashion different than anything else on television. Now that the show has wrapped up, Jason and I want to give our thoughts on the final season and the show as a whole. Note: Spoilers below for the entirety of The Bear . Steve : People really got hyped on The Bear after its beautifu...
Wednesday Morning Fly By: You’ve got three days
*We’re more than halfway through this infernal waiting period, since you just know that Verbeek, the world’s pettiest man, will be making us wait ’til the last minute. And when is the last minute, you ask? 8 p.m. on Friday night. That and answers to some other questions you might have about the Carlsson offer sheet found here. [ Inquirer ] *In case you missed it, the Claude Giroux dream is dead. For this season, anyway. Dave Pagnotta you will not see heaven . [ BSH ] *There’s nothing...
Noel Acciari laughs off past fight with Trevor Zegras after joining Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers didn’t do a ton on July 1, as they mostly added some depth pieces who will primarily play in the AHL this coming season. The one NHL signing they made was bringing in veteran forward Noel Acciari. Acciari put up 25 points (13 goals, 12 assists) in 67 games for the Penguins last season. He spent three seasons in Pittsburgh before signing this two-year, $5.6 million contract to join the Flyers. “Choosing Philly was an easy decision,” Acciari told the media on Tu...
Maybe it’s for the best Claude Giroux isn’t returning to the Flyers
Last Friday had huge news on two fronts. The Flyers, and everyone concerned with the team, are still a few days away from knowing the outcome of one. The other seemed to happen last night, and not in a way many people envisioned it to go. After a report Friday indicated that former Flyers center (and current Sens forward) Claude Giroux decided to start another chapter in Philadelphia , those dreams were dashed Monday night. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman tweeted that Giroux and Ottawa were clos...
Matvei Michkov is already putting in the work this offseason
A whole lot has been made of Matvei Michkov’s sophomore season. It was one of the main talking points throughout the entire year — whether or not the last mediocre or bad performance was his last and he’ll turn the corner starting with the next game. It took a while for him to truly find his footing for various reasons but he did finish the season on a massive high as the Flyers’ leading scorer through the push into the playoffs. If you’re reading this little website in early July, you mo...
Tuesday Morning Fly By: Waiting drives you mad
*We’ve got four more agonizing days to wait until the Ducks are forced to make their decision, but until then feel good about the fact that at least one Big Famous Hockey Guy thinks the Flyers are going to get him. [ BSH ] *Even now, several days out from the offer sheet being announced, folks are still talking about how much this contract will reshape the league, no matter which team ends up executing it. [ BSH ] *See, even Elliotte Friedman thinks so. [ Sportsnet ] *Shockwaves...
Claude Giroux to re-sign in Ottawa after false report of Flyers reunion
The Philadelphia Flyers will not be reuniting with former captain Claude Giroux. It was reported on Friday afternoon that Giroux would be returning to Philadelphia , but that was never confirmed, as the veteran weighed his options with a few teams in the mix. NHL insider Elliotte Friedman then reported on Monday night that Giroux would be returning not to Philadelphia, but to Ottawa. He will return to Ottawa, it is getting done https://t.co/LotkjuqKD6 — Elliotte Friedman (...
Tyson Foerster loves the Flyers’ Leo Carlsson offer sheet
Everything surrounding the Philadelphia Flyers and the entire hockey world right now has to do with their offer sheet of star center Leo Carlsson. Aside from the Flyers potentially landing their No. 1 center for at least the next five years, by sending over the $90-million offer sheet they have potentially changed the entire landscape of the NHL . It’s created a buzz that is permeating through every single transaction from here on out — maybe now young stars are going to demand the contracts t...
Why the Ducks shouldn’t match the Flyers’ Leo Carlsson offer sheet
The second week of July is usually a quieter one across the NHL. The draft is over. The free agent frenzy of July 1 is in the rearview mirror, with just a few veteran stragglers taking their time to decide on their next (or final) stop. All of that is still the case this year, but Danny Briere and the Philadelphia Flyers kept the frenzy going by tendering a five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Anaheim Ducks restricted free agent Leo Carlsson. The 21-year-old center was one of a few Ducks...
Shane Vansaghi is embracing the work on his game’s finer points
The Flyers’ 2026 Development Camp is officially in the books, and with it, another week full to the brim of teaching and moments for reflection for this organization’s group of prospects has come to pass. For Shane Vansaghi — selected by the Flyers in the second round of last year’s draft, and having just wrapped up his second season of collegiate hockey — the last year has been a bit of a whirlwind, but as he’s cycled through the ups and downs that have come with a long sophomore season,...
Jeff Marek thinks Ducks won’t match Flyers’ Leo Carlsson offer sheet
The Philadelphia Flyers lit off some fireworks early on Friday afternoon with Danny Briere tendering a massive five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Leo Carlsson. The Anaheim Ducks are now in the middle of the seven days they have to match the contract, weighing their options with their own players, the salary cap, and what they could do with the four first-round picks they’d get in compensation if they let the top-line center walk. The Ducks were threatened with another offer sheet ...
Flyers’ offer sheet to Anaheim’s Leo Carlsson has reshaped NHL’s contract landscape
It was done only a handful of times. And while rarely successful, each time it made headlines. However, most believed the 32 National Hockey League general managers would play nice in the sandbox, adhering to some unexplained or unwritten decorum that they would treat each other fairly and respectfully. And certainly not try to use any leverage they might have in order to strongarm any of their compatriots. You just didn’t do that, right? After all, what would people say? Well, apparently...
Could the Flyers pivot to Adam Fantilli?
It’s a long week ahead of the Flyers, as they await the most important decision in recent team history, with Anaheim on the clock to match their offer sheet on Leo Carlsson. Time is at a standstill. None of Trevor Zegras, Jamie Drysdale, or even Claude Giroux have been able to work out a deal with the Flyers as $18 million annually is stuck in limbo until Friday afternoon at the latest. However, that doesn’t mean they haven’t been discussing a Plan B should things go back to normal. Colum...
Flyers now depend on Cutter Gauthier to do them a favor
It has come to this. Painful irony. The Philadelphia Flyers are now hoping and praying that the player that scorned them a couple of years ago, spinning them completely off of a solid rebuilding path with a couple of cornerstone prospects, is going to do something that would in turn help the Flyers land one of the finishing touches on their team and could potentially turn them into a Stanley Cup contender. Cutter Gauthier is someone who almost every single Flyers fan has a passionate hatr...
Could Claude Giroux fix the Flyers’ power play?
Claude Giroux’s potential return raises an immediate question about the Flyers’ struggling power play. Would he be enough to fix one of the NHL’s worst units?
Monday Morning Fly By: Axis shifted
*Huge news, folks! If you were spending your holiday weekend somewhere completely off the grid, you may have missed it, but the biggest splash of the offseason was made when the Flyers tendered an offer sheet to Anaheim’s Leo Carlsson. [ BSH ] *And there is truly so much to unpack with this one. [ PHLY ] *It’s certainly a move that made waves all around the hockey world. [ BSH ] *And the Flyers weren’t even the only team considering throwing an offer sheet at Carlsson, but he ch...
What Pavel Mintyukov’s new contract means for the Flyers and Leo Carlsson
The Flyers put the entire Anaheim Ducks’ organization and cap structure into a total mess with the record-breaking offer sheet of Leo Carlsson on Friday, and we are starting to see the true fallout to the Ducks’ cap. On Sunday afternoon, the Ducks signed 22-year-old RFA defenseman Pavel Mintyukov to a 5-year, $7.2 million-AAV contract, according to Elliotte Friedman. That comes after a report that the Ducks were aware of a looming offer sheet for Mintyukov from at least two other te...
Flyers’ Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale file for arbitration — what it means
The Philadelphia Flyers have a lot going on right now. The main thing is obviously counting down the days that the Anaheim Ducks have to match their offer sheet of star center Leo Carlsson, but there are a couple of other pieces of business that need to get done too. Notably, locking up a couple of very good restricted free agents to new contracts. Well, those players have now kickstarted that process in this offer sheet matching waiting period. Both center Trevor Zegras and defensem...
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