After being courted by multiple NHL franchises, former Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier has signed with the Philadelphia Flyers, according to the team's Twitter feed:
The free-agent frenzy began when the Lightning used one of their two cap-compliance buyouts on Lecavalier, per Adam Gretz of CBS Sports, and erased his $7.73 million contract from the books, via CapGeek.
Lecavalier signed an 11-year extension with Tampa Bay before the 2009-10 season, and while his contract will no longer count against the salary cap, the franchise still owes the veteran player $32 million total over the next seven seasons, per Gretz.
Now that Lecavalier is off the market, it’s time for the longtime player to refocus his energy on the ice and use this change of scenery as a rebirth. While he is not the same star that led the Lightning to the Stanley Cup in 2004, there is no questioning what he can add to a franchise.
Not only has Lecavalier remained one of the best offensive forwards in the league—scoring 20-plus goals in 12 of the last 13 seasons and adding a power-for ...
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