Philadelphia Flyers Offseason: Paul Holmgren Becoming a Better GM

August 17th, 2012 by Dan Kelley Leave a reply »
While injuries, failed free-agent bids and one unsuccessful offer sheet have made the 2012 NHL offseason a time to forget for Flyers fans, general manager Paul Holmgren spent his summer making the right choices about who should stay and who should go.

The Flyers were faced with a number of questions as the offseason began, with big-name players like defenseman Matt Carle and right winger Jaromir Jagr in need of new contracts to stay with the team.

Certainly, either player would have been valuable to the Flyers at the right price, but Paul Holmgren has been steadily learning how to budget his salary cap cash. The extra money given to a role player today could prevent the team from signing or extending a superstar tomorrow.

For most of his tenure with Philly, Holmgren seems to have been an enthusiastic follower of the “big, long contract” philosophy that the NHL is currently trying to fight by capping the length of contracts in the new collective bargaining agreement (source: Global Toronto). But until that deal is passed, general managers have the free rein to sign players to deals that exceed 10 years.

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