Power Play Destined to Improve & Kimmo Timonen Defied the Aging Curve
Also, comparable contracts to Travis Konecny of the Flyers.
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Flyers’ Power Play Destined to Improve in 2024-25
August 5, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
For each of the past three seasons, no team has once ranked below the Philadelphia Flyers in terms of power play percentage (PP%). But that unit for the Orange and Black finally seems to have light at the end of the tunnel—we could see vast improvement in 2024-25.
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Flyers’ Kimmo Timonen Defied the Aging Curve
August 3, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
Over the years, the Philadelphia Flyers have had some tremendous defensemen. But none have been quite like Kimmo Timonen. He was a player who defied the aging curve so tremendously that we may not see anything like him for a very long time.
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Flyers’ Travis Konecny Contract Comparables
August 2, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
On July 25, 2024, the Philadelphia Flyers gave their biggest contract in franchise history to 27-year-old winger Travis Konecny. Set to make $8.75 million on an average annual value (AAV) basis for the next eight years starting in 2025-26, he’ll be pretty old (36) by the time that deal ends. What are some comparable contracts?