Confirmed with Link: Flyers Re-Sign Nick Seeler To Two Year Deal ($775K) (One-Way/Two-Way)

[Hollywood Cannon]

Need help to read this signing: is this the signing that matters or the one that doesn't matter?

I can hear this argument coming:

"Well you see since it looks to be a one-way deal this year and a two-way deal the following season it means that the Flyers are going to let the kids play this year with Seeler as a 7D and they'll see what happens. The following year they'll start to make their push to be competetive where they can just have Seeler in the minors. Chuck won! Holmgren is gone! It's just the 7D so he won't play much. It's not a big deal"

 

[JojoTheWhale]

People forget that that's only because of Sanheim's agent asking for the Nurse contract. If he wasn't doing that Sanheim would have certainly been signed by Chuck.

Sanheim's agent insisted on the 2nd year. He demanded a backup Risto. Very smart hockeymens.

 

[ponder719]

Need help to read this signing: is this the signing that matters or the one that doesn't matter?

As with all signings, it's Schrödinger's Contract: until you know what's more helpful for your argument, you can't know if it matters or not.

 

[Shrike]

Need help to read this signing: is this the signing that matters or the one that doesn't matter?

It is a waste of resources.
We only have 50 contracts to use and we wasted one on a guy who was willing to sign for league minimum a month before free agency starts.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Who?

Isn't that what you use to patch a hole in a garden hose?

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

Why? Just why??? Are they intentionally trying to piss off the fanbase that's left at this point?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Need help to read this signing: is this the signing that matters or the one that doesn't matter?

It doesn't matter. If it does matter, it is the fault of the currently hired head coach.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I remember last summer when we were assured Seeler wouldn't matter at all. As the 7D he wouldn't play, and he wouldn't block youth.

He played 43 games and blocked youth.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Hahahahahahaha lolz LMAO lol

F*** off.

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

I remember last summer when we were assured Seeler wouldn't matter at all. As the 7D he wouldn't play, and he wouldn't block youth.

He played 43 games and blocked youth.

And that's the thing. If it were just for insurance in case a cataclysmic event occurs and we lose 5 or 6 d-men to injury/Covid, fine. But we now know it's not, and he'll play in a decent chunk of games over the kids that need to play. It's disgusting.

 

[Beef Invictus]

And that's the thing. If it were just for insurance in case a cataclysmic event occurs and we lose 5 or 6 d-men to injury/Covid, fine. But we now know it's not, and he'll play in a decent chunk of games over the kids that need to play. It's disgusting.

Yeah. The org doesn't treat the 7D as a slot that plays in one or two games until the callups arrives. He's a regular roster player. The first and preferred backup. Not a fill-in.

 

[Flyer lurker]

Can we hire Trotz asap before Flyers resign Nate?

I remember last summer when we were assured Seeler wouldn't matter at all. As the 7D he wouldn't play, and he wouldn't block youth.

He played 43 games and blocked youth.

Remember when Nate's signings wouldn't matter. Good times.

 

[kudymen]

What the general manager managed to secure:
Nick Seeler
Rasmus Ristolainen for several years

What the general manager did not manage to secure since DEC:
full time (read: not interim) head coach

 

[Rebels57]

Since it's not at all likely Ellis will play much if at all next year, you're looking at our #6 dman. Maybe #5 depending on who else he signs.

Why bother trying to upgrade anywhere? That takes effort.

Absolutely no chance he doesn't play at least twice as many games as Zamula, if not more.

 

[freakydallas13]

Rev up those excuses.

"He'll hardly play"
"It doesn't matter"
"Hextall/coaches/Scott made him do it"

Also, how tf was this a priority. 2 months out from free agency, and Chuck doesn't even think twice about bringing back this absolute plug for 2 years?

Patehtic.

 

[WIP CALLER]

Well looks like Zamula will be spending another year in the AHL since he doesn't fill their size fetish on defense.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Rev up those excuses.

"He'll hardly play"
"It doesn't matter"
"Hextall/coaches/Scott made him do it"

Also, how tf was this a priority. 2 months out from free agency, and Chuck doesn't even think twice about bringing back this absolute plug for 2 years?

Patehtic.

The defensive results were so good, how do you not keep that band together?

 

[BillDineen]

Losing at the margins yet again.

Was it really necessary to get this done ahead of free agency? A late August dumpster dive would find a actual nhler rather than this tryhard ahler who they will overplay

Guess the unintentional tank is firmly on

 

[Rebels57]

Losing at the margins yet again.

Was it really necessary to get this done ahead of free agency? A late August dumpster dive would find a actual nhler rather than this tryhard ahler who they will overplay

Guess the unintentional tank is firmly on

He's a good ole' Minnesota boy though and they are "comfortable" with him. That's what matters most.

 

[trostol]

 

[scumpup]

Imagine getting paid millions to be a numbers manager and yet be too lazy to even manage the numbers. Pathetic. Chuck is a pathetic loser of a man and I hope he feels like the fraud he is.

 

[FLYguy3911]

In all seriousness:

1. The contract shouldn't matter. It can be buried.
2. It almost certainly will matter because...hockey
3. Hockey Guys rushing to sign a depth defenseman like this to a two year deal is just peak for the sport. That's rhetorical. It's because he fights and is "tough to play against". The second year is going to be annoying from a 50 contract limit standpoint (see: Patrick Brown and every AHLer Fletcher gave two year deals to).

 

[Magua]

I wonder if MacEwen breaks the 2 year rule. Guys like that don’t exactly get passed around the league. 3 years.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I wonder if MacEwen breaks the 2 year rule. Guys like that don’t exactly get passed around the league. 3 years.

Thank You - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Thank you for the amazing 9 years

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[Rebels57]

I wonder if MacEwen breaks the 2 year rule. Guys like that don’t exactly get passed around the league. 3 years.

Ross Johnston 4 year special

Edit: FlyGuy beat me to it