2025-26 NHL Miscellaneous Thread

[jeffbear]

Well, Philly got Zegras extended now that they don’t have half their Cap space tied up in that dumb Carlsson offer sheet. It’s a doozy too. $9.125 mil AAV for 4 years. Seems like they paid the long contract premium without actually getting the long contract commitment from the player. And all that for a guy who’s never even sniffed point per game production. Briere is having himself a weird off season.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Briere really and truly comes across as a complete dumbass in his role. I feel bad for Flyers fans. Almost.

 

[andyt]

Flyers avoided arbitration with Jamie Drysdale, 4 years/$6.5 million AAV.

 

[jeffbear]

Briere really and truly comes across as a complete dumbass in his role. I feel bad for Flyers fans. Almost.

Hard to get a read, honestly. Briere had a really good off season last summer and they were a legit playoff contender right from the start. I thought Tocchet was a solid hire, the Zegras move was a good one, and getting Drysdale was a nice boost to their blueline. He also managed to get Tocchet to play the kids and give the creative guys some rope, which is not exactly his strong suit. And getting Woll to platoon with Vladar was a good call this summer. But there’s also been some strange stuff … dumping Bobby Brink made no sense, that offer sheet to Carlsson was just so reckless and now he’s deeply over-paid Zegras on a medium range extension. I still see their trajectory as trending positive, but there’s been some pretty big red flags too.