What could Matvei Michkov get on his next contract? The Flyers are banking cap space just in case
Anthony Di Marco of Day by day Faceoff: (mailbag) The Philadelphia Flyers GM Danny Briere has a history of doing bridge deals with players coming out of their entry-level deals – Tyson Foerster and Owen Tippett. Matvei Michkov has a better ceiling than each those players, but he’s coming off a sophomore slump. If he bounces back and is within the 70 to a degree a game range, he could get near $10 million on either a bridge or long-term deal.
The Flyers are likely done for the offseason. Now, that doesn’t mean that Briere isn’t done in search of ways to enhance his roster. They’ve just below $15 million in salary cap space and could be patient in case something big becomes available. They must be prepared on the off-chance a Connor McDavid or an Auston Matthews becomes available.
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All quiet on the Detroit Red Wings GM search, however it remains to be early
Max Bultman of The Athletic: Things seem like quiet surrounding the Detroit Red Wings and their GM search. It’s still early in the method, despite being in the course of the offseason. They will do a radical search and never rush it.
A problem for the Wings is that Simon Edvinsson still needs a contract, and there may be the Dylan Larkin situation. Steve Yzerman remains to be handling the day-to-day hockey ops role, but the following GM is the one they’d prefer to make the large decisions.
It’s possible the following GM has a ‘data’ background, with names like Sam Ventura (Sabres), Tyler Dellow (Hurricanes), and Brett Petterson (Panthers). Shawn Horcoff can be an internal candidate.
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Alex DeBrincat has a 12 months left on his contract and is extension eligible, but that will be as much as the following GM as there may be loads of time to figure that situation out. Will the following GM want to influence Larkin to stay, or will he need to move on?
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