While the Philadelphia Flyers celebrated a 5-2 beat down of the Florida Panthers tonight, the news of Jeff Carter's contract extension created the most buzz at the Wells Fargo Center tonight.
Carter, 25, was rewarded with an 11-year, $58 million contract extension as confirmed by the team at its 6 p.m. news conference today.
Many people have been critical of Carter both positively and negatively so it will certainly be interesting to see how this move is received amongst the fans and media.
Here's who this contract could effect long term:
-Claude Giroux: Giroux just received a contract extension himself, but nowhere near to Carter's extent. Giroux, who many people see as having more upside, will need to be compensated even more in three year which would lead to more possible cap problems down the road.
-Ville Leino: Leino will be a free agent at the end of this season and he is proving last post season was not a fluke. It may be hard to match an offer on the free market if another team values Leino as highly as they do. The Flyers will look to get a deal done with him now that Giroux and Carter are signed so it does not even get to free agency.
-Sergei Bobrovsky: The young goaltender continues to astound us with his spectacular play. If Bobrovsky proves to be the real deal and with the Flyers' history of trying to find a franchise goaltender, they will want to get a deal done to lock Bobrovsky up for a long time as well.
Leino needs to be the main focus right now, but down the road Giroux and Bobrovsky will present cap problems as well.
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