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[cusimano_brothers]

From philly.com:

Wayne Simmonds has spent a little more than one full year as a member of the Flyers, but he took a huge step on Wednesday to making Philadelphia his home for a long time.

According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, the Flyers and Simmonds agreed to a 6-year contract extension.

Simmonds, 23, will earn approximately $24 million over those 6 years with McKenzie’s estimated $4 million in average annual value. It is unclear how the deal will be structured as to whether it is back-loaded or front-loaded.

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[Dabura]

We need a Wayne Simmonds.

[Dabura]

I think he was a Wings fan in his younger days.

Someone run with this. Tell me it's gonna be ok.

[Dabura]

Then again, there was that incident with the banana.

[amato]

Great deal for the flyers. He's only getting better.. 4 mill a season for wayne is gunna feel like a steal in a few years.

[Z Winged Dangler]

Good signing for the Flyers, but in reality, where is all this money coming from? They're almost right up to the cap now and they have guys who will be getting raises in a year or 2. Matt Read and Sean Couturier in 2 years will be getting massive raises from their 1.375 mil and 900K. Probably to around 3.5 mil each at least. Holmgren is a bold GM, but he's rash. He's like a kid that keeps building a fort and knocking it down so he can try to build it better but he always leaves a weakness. Bryzgalov sucks hard.

[wingslogo19]

Good signing for Philly. That will be a steal in a couple of years

[evilzyme]

Don't worry, he'll just trade em away!

[Din758]

We need a Wayne Simmonds.

It was strange because after looking at one of the tweets before i read he was resigned with philly i had this feeling that the wings had signed him, eventhough it didnt make sense. i think we need a black guy in detroit lol.

whats the chance we make a shot at couturier? what would be his price to us?

edit: for some reason I thought courturier was a D-man. god knows we dont need any more forwards.

Edited by Din758, 16 August 2012 - 12:08 PM.

[Dabura]

It was strange because after looking at one of the tweets before i read he was resigned with philly i had this feeling that the wings had signed him, eventhough it didnt make sense. i think we need a black guy in detroit lol.

whats the chance we make a shot at couturier? what would be his price to us?

Quit playing games with my heart!

[RusDRW]

Good signing for the Flyers, but in reality, where is all this money coming from? They're almost right up to the cap now and they have guys who will be getting raises in a year or 2. Matt Read and Sean Couturier in 2 years will be getting massive raises from their 1.375 mil and 900K. Probably to around 3.5 mil each at least. Holmgren is a bold GM, but he's rash. He's like a kid that keeps building a fort and knocking it down so he can try to build it better but he always leaves a weakness. Bryzgalov sucks hard.

that guy in their head office never hesistates to trade few players

[Bring Back The Bruise Bros]

Good deal for Philly. He's deveoping into a solid power forward. 49 points and 114 penalty minutes (10 fighting majors) last season.

[RusDRW]

Good deal for Philly. He's deveoping into a solid power forward. 49 points and 114 penalty minutes (10 fighting majors) last season.

wow. never knew his numbers are that good.

Edited by RusDRW, 16 August 2012 - 01:07 PM.

[Bring Back The Bruise Bros]

wow. never knew his numbers are that good.

Yeah, he will be needed this season, considering the division the Flyers play in. He's pretty physical and a good fighter. The entire Atlantic Division got significantly tougher to play against over the summer.

[haroldsnepsts]

Simmonds is a great young player. Can score, hit, fight, tons of heart. and he's only 23 years old.

[Bring Back The Bruise Bros]

Simmonds is a great young player. Can score, hit, fight, tons of heart. and he's only 23 years old.

Kenny's a dumbass for not getting him.

[ogreslayer]

So is that money pre-lockout figures or does it represent a post-lockout 24% salary rollback already?

[haroldsnepsts]

Kenny's a dumbass for not getting him.

It's funny but I just had to check and see who we drafted that year. Simmonds was drafted the same year as Smith though, so I can't complain. and the Wings second pick was after Simmonds was already picked up by LA.