Philadelphia Flyers sign goalie with 3 NHL games to $7M contract
In a bizarre turn of events this morning, the Philadelphia Flyers have extended goaltender Ivan Fedotov to a two-year, $6.5M contract.
Ivan Fedotov, who was a controversial story in hockey for years due to his status in Russia and the KHL made his NHL debut this season.
In three NHL games, he had a 4.95GAA and a .811 save percentage... which is not good.
The tallest active goaltender in the NHL, Fedotov will be paid a whole lot to guard the Philadelphia Flyers' net. With Carter Hart likely done in the NHL forever, it is safe to say the Flyers are desperate to keep the 28-year-old rookie in the organization.
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. $3.25 mil AAV.
Original rumours believed the deal had an AAV (annual average value) of $3.3-million. At least the Flyers got a slight discount!
$6.6 million ($3.2 million in the first year, $3.4 million in the second).
Of course - nothing official yet.
There is a chance this deal ages beautifully, although they probably got less term than they hoped. If Fedotov keeps up his horrible numbers, however, the Flyers will have a mess on their hands until 2027.
UPDATE
Per a Philadelphia Flyers insider, the Ivan Fedotov contract was agreed upon before he ever played an NHL game in order to convince him to come to North America.
I'm told that the contract had to be a certain number to get Fedotov to come to North America.
Not ideal, but understandable given the circumstances.
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AVRIL 23 | 132 ANSWERS Philadelphia Flyers sign goalie with 3 NHL games to $7M contract Do you think the Philadelphia Flyers overpaid Ivan Fedotov? | ||
| Yes | 92 | 69.7 % |
| No | 40 | 30.3 % |
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| William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jaden Schwartz | - | 2 | 2 | |
| John Tavares | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jamie Benn | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Evgeny Dadonov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Pontus Holmberg | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Fraser Minten | 1 | - | 1 | |
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Wild | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | |
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