CBA 101: No-trade and no-movement clauses

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 08/20/2012 at 1:00 pm

The standard player contract (SPC) of a Group 3 unrestricted free agent can contain a specific clause which prevents the player from being involuntarily moved from their current team. There are two types of clauses, the no-trade clause and the no-movement clause. As you might imagine, the no-trade clause prevents a player from being traded to another team without their express permission. A no-movement clause not only prevents the player from being traded, but also prevents their relocation by loan or waivers as well. So a player with a no-movement clause could not be sent down to the AHL without agreeing (which, …

Ed Snider wanted defense, he got defense

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 08/13/2012 at 9:00 am

The problem is, this was last season and not the current offseason where the Flyers seem to be having incredibly poor luck with defensemen. I thought I’d share an old post I made from another time and place. While it, unfortunately, has no bearing moving forward, it’s certainly interesting to see how much pull Ed Snider has over personnel. Last February 11, a good friend of mine attended the Flyers vs Rangers game. It was a particularly bad game in which the Flyers lost 5-2 (would it surprise you that it was an afternoon game?). After the game, I received the following …

2012 Philadelphia Flyers Celebrity Golf Invitational

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 08/10/2012 at 4:30 pm

Snider Hockey has released details on their 2012 Philadelphia Flyers Celebrity Golf Invitational. Members of the Philadelphia Flyers, Flyers Alumni, and other Philadelphia sports icons will participate in the 2012 Philadelphia Flyers Celebrity Golf Invitational, presented by AlliedBarton Security Services, Fastrack Construction, and PMC Property Group. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at the Trump National Golf Course – Philadelphia in Pine Hills, NJ. Honorary co-chairs include Flyers Danny Briere, Scott Hartnell, and Kimmo Timonen. Claude Giroux is also set to attend the event. “We are very fortunate to have the full support of the entire …

CBA 101: Contract Buy-outs

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 08/06/2012 at 1:00 pm

There are a limited number of ways that a team is able to get out of a contract given to one of their players. One such way is to buy out the contract, which relieves of the team of their contractual obligation to the player, but does still result in “dead cap space” which is essentially cap space being used on a player that isn’t with the club. Typically, a team would exercise a buy out in order to get out of a bad contract in order to see some cap relief, much like the New York Islanders with Alexei …

Point/Counterpoint: Team defense and its effect on goaltending

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 07/31/2012 at 1:20 pm

Welcome to another edition of Point/Counterpoint, where a pair of Flyers Faithful scribes square off, debating an issue with their own unique style and flair. This week our resident goaltenders, and co-authors of Crashing the Crease, Kevin A and Justin B take on the issue of team defense and how it might affect goaltending. Point: The Flyers trying and failing to upgrade their defense, which has arguably gotten worse this summer, is going to be a bad thing for Ilya Bryzgalov. by Kevin A The new defense will have a tough learning curve early in the year especially with the loss of their best puck mover …

CBA 101: Offseason Salary Cap

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 07/30/2012 at 12:00 pm

During the offseason, the upper limit of the salary is temporarily raised by 10 percent so that teams have the ability to manage their rosters with a little more freedom. Many people turn a blind eye to this fact and solely look at the real upper limit of $70.2 million; often times already putting players out of their minds that are unlikely to play with the team that season. However, in the case of a team like the Flyers, this temporary upper limit can sometimes be a concern. From the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Section 50.5 (c)(ii)(B): Nevertheless, in order to …

CBA 101: Everything Shea Weber

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 07/23/2012 at 1:00 pm

With #WeberWatch in full effect, I thought I would try something different with this week’s CBA 101 article. The signing of Shea Weber to an offer sheet has brought a few lesser known aspects of restricted free agency to the forefront. I thought I would use this as an opportunity to touch on them. The first concept I’d like to discuss is regarding Weber’s restricted free agent compensation. When the offer sheet was first signed there was quite a bit of confusion as to what the compensation would actually be. Many people thought that it would be two first rounders, …

Flyers sign Weber to offer sheet

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 07/19/2012 at 8:30 am

After weeks of speculation, the Flyers signed restricted free agent (RFA), defenseman Shea Weber to an offer sheet. General manager Paul Holmgren issued a statement on Thursday morning confirming the move: “The Philadelphia Flyers have signed restricted free agent (D) Shea Weber to an offer sheet. There will be no further comment at this time.” TSN’s Darren Dreger reported it is for 14 years in excess of $100 million. Nashville has seven days to match or choose to accept four first-round draft picks as compensation. In addition, Preds GM David Poile issued his own statement minutes ago: “We are in …

CBA 101 Part 9: Restricted Free Agent Compensation

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 07/16/2012 at 1:00 pm

As the name suggests, restricted free agency is a type of free agency in which the player has the ability to entertain offers from other clubs; but there are certain restrictions in place. The “Prior Team” who owned the player’s rights throughout the previous season, maintains those rights and can retain that player if they so choose. The first step in maintaining those rights is to present a qualifying offer to the restricted free agent, which would grant the team what is known as the “Right of First Refusal”. If the restricted free agent were to sign an “offer sheet” …

Flyers once again operating near 50 contract limit

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 07/11/2012 at 8:00 am

With the signings of Bruno Gervais and Ruslan Fedotenko, the Flyers now sit at 50 contracts, with two that slide, resulting in 48 of their allowed 50 contracts. It seems like every year the Flyers operate at or near the 50-contract limit. It is the reason why people, myself included, sometimes question what may appear to be frivolous, long-shot signings, such as with a total unknown like Andrew Johnston out of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. It isn’t that I distrust the Flyers scouts; afterall they’ve recently hit on players like Matt Read, Harry Zolnierczyk, and Erik Gustafsson. Even someone like …

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