Quick Hits: July 26, 2024
1) Some notes on the
eight-year contract extension (kicking in for the 2025-26 season)
that right winger Travis Konecny signed on Thursday:
* The player has a complete no-movement clause for the first six seasons of the contract extension.
* In the final two seasons (2031-32 and 2032-33), Konecny has a 14-team no-trade clause. The no-trade clause applies for the entire contract even if Konecny were to waive the no-movement clause per PuckPedia.
* Market value: The most comparable contract to Konecny's eight year, $8.78 million AAV extension is the one that the Devils' Timo Meier signed during the 2023 off-season: eight years, $8.80 million AAV. Meier and Konecny are essentially the same age (Meier turns 28 on Oct. 7, 2024, while Konecny turns 28 on March 11, 2025). Both were originally first-round picks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Both players have averaged exactly 0.71 points per game in their respective NHL careers.
* Because Konecny's current contract expires in the 2025 off-season and Meier was an arbitration-eligible restricted free agent last summer, his eight-year deal expires two summers earlier than Konecny's. On the flip side, with the cap continuing to rise and Konecny's cap hit for 2024-25 being $5.5 million, Konecny represents a lower percentage of total cap space over the next seven seasons.
2) Participating teams have arrived at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, in preparation for the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase.The slate of exhibition games opens on Sunday with matches pitting USA White vs. Finland (1:00 p.m. EDT) and USA Blue vs. Sweden (4:00 p.m. EDT). There are eight Flyers Prospects involved in this year's Showcase:
Canada -- Denver Barkey (RW), Carson Bjarnason (G), Oliver Bonk (D), Jett Luchanko (C), Carter Sotheran (D).
USA -- Noah Powell (RW).
Sweden -- Jack Berglund (C).
Finland -- Heikki Ruohonen (C).
3) Today in Flyers History: On July 26, 1988, the Flyers formally announced a trade with the Quebec Nordiques. The trade sent defenseman Terry Carkner from the Nordiques to the Flyers in exchange for defenseman Greg Smyth and a 1989 third-round pick (John Tanner). The trade was completed on the 25th but not announced until the next day.
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