Inside the NHL’s Biggest Contract Surprises of 2025: Who’s Winning and Losing Big Bucks?
26. Philadelphia Flyers
Last season: 25th
If you assume Carey Price is going on LTIR, there is only one team with a higher cap expenditure than the Philadelphia Flyers for next season: the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. It is baffling that the rosters for the Panthers and Flyers cost roughly the same amount of money, which speaks to the importance of an exercise like this. Cap efficiency is one of the big gaps between champions and this.
For the Flyers, there is an issue with inefficient spending — especially in net — creating deals with a low likelihood of panning out. Sean Couturier’s deal aging poorly is mostly out of the team’s control. But the bigger issue is that the team just doesn’t have any major wins on the books. Philadelphia’s best contract is Tyson Foerster, who’s on a bridge deal. It’s not good enough.
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