The Flyers have been relatively quiet as expected in free agency since they have no wiggle room under the salary cap. Thus far, they did manage to re-sign backup goalie Ray Emery.
Update: July 1, 4:33 p.m. by Brad Kurtzberg
The Flyers have re-signed backup goalie Ray Emery. It's a one-year deal worth $1 million. Emery fit in well with Philadelphia last year. He provided experience in the locker room and had a good attitude. Many fans recall his brawl against Washington's Baden Holtby last November 1.
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The Philadelphia Flyers hope to add some talent in free agency this summer, but they first have to get under the salary cap. According to CapGeek, the Flyers are presently a bit more than $236,000 over the league's $69 million salary cap for 2014-15.
Since the Flyers have used both of their compliance buyouts, they will need to make a trade to create cap space. According to CSNPhilly.com's Tim Panaccio, general manager Ron Hextall was trying to trade Vincent Lecavalier to clear some room under the cap, but a proposed deal with the Nashville Predators fell through. The i ...
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