Confirmed Signing with Link: [PHI] James van Riemsdyk signs with the Flyers (5 years, $7M AAV)

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

leafs lost the Schenn Deal

 

[SI90]

Wow

 

[Starat327]

7x7 is my guess.

Philly fans will say the same thing Toronto fans say. He is a great offensive players, but when hes not scoring he is extremely frustrating to watch.

Hopefully whoever is on his line helps to keep him from becoming too much of a passenger.

Hes likely playing with Patrick, unless we get Bozak, too

 

[justafan22]

So, uh Simmonds is gone right?

 

[rynryn]

7x7

 

[ohmyjlord]

Please don't sign for more than $6.5m...that contract will probably be used to determine Pacioretty's value.

 

[PromisedLand]

WTF Philly? you know the guy was lazy so you traded him and now you re-up the guy?

 

[ottomaddox]

Coyotes not aggressive enough.

 

[PensandCaps]

Hahahaha YES!!

Please be a huge overpay. JVR is so overrated.

 

[paulmm3]

I am glad the Sabres did not add what I think this contract will have for term and $

 

[Blackhawk93]

They are going to regret whatever they gave him so hard.

 

[trostol]

5 years 35 million? Got to be at least that

will be a whole lotta angry Flyers fans if this were true

 

[thadd]

5 years 35 million? Got to be at least that

I donno, I'll be shocked if he gets that much. I think a cap hit of no more than 6.5 sounds about right.

 

[ponder719]

Now this would make sense. Bozak was always my preferred target, since our C depth is Couts/Patrick/Laughton/Lehtera/Potato/cardboard cutout of Bobby Clarke. If we can add Bozak, our forward depth suddenly looks really nice.

It's the contract that worries me. I expect a bare minimum of 5/$30, probably 5/$35.

 

[The Burdened]

I'll accept 5 x 7 for JvR

If it's 7x7 then Hextall can go f*** himself

 

[LaymanX]

I'll miss ya, ya big lug.

Are the Flyers also going to try him at center?

 

[DCDM]

Really wanted the Flames to target JVR. Oh well.

 

[shaner8989]

6x6

 

[NoName]

Im glad JVR is gone. His half assed effort on a nightly basis was getting so tiring to watch. The only time you notice him was really on the powerplay.

He had a limited skillset, but he did what he did extremely well. Great in close and a beast on the powerplay. Averaged 32 goals and 58 points over the last two seasons while playing very limited Ice-time. He priced himself out of Toronto (especially if the Leafs are gunning for Tavares), but if the flyers got him for reasonable term and price (say 6million x 5years) then he can be a very solid contributing piece to a contender.

 

[TysonBarrie]

Doesn't really make sense to me. Philly should have spent it on a good defenceman.

 

[Jabs102501]

Flyers Top 6 is going to be crazy

 

[ponder719]

I'll miss ya, ya big lug.

Are the Flyers also going to try him at center?

On the bright side, save Toronto, we know JVR's game best, and we know not to do something stupid like that.

Doesn't really make sense to me. Philly should have spent it on a good defenceman.

Perhaps, but our prospect depth at D is far better than our winger prospect depth, for the next couple years at least. If we're lucky, in the next two years, we'll get to add Myers and Morin to Provorov/Ghost/Sanheim/Gudas (maybe)/Hagg. We should look much better on the back end when that happens, and AMac is gone. JVR's going to paper over a bigger hole than a defenseman would.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Doesn't really make sense to me. Philly should have spent it on a good defenceman.

Maybe Simmonds is traded for a dman now?

 

[GongShowWilly]

didn't expect this at all

 

[Tripod]

Yeah, probably. Evander Kane got 7M and he hit 50+ points for the first time in 6-7 years. One time 30 goal scorer.

That's the deal that scares me as JVR's agent will point to that. I am hoping somehow it's a better team deal....but I am not sure how that's possible.