Goaltender Options for the Flyers - Part 2 posted by Kevin Christmann
Part 2 of this series will include Restricted Free Agent options as well as possible acquisitions via trade.
In Part 1 of this series I covered some of the more realistic Unrestricted Free Agent options for the Flyers in their quest to acquire a starting goaltender. In addition to the Unrestricted Free Agent options, there are several viable Restricted Free Agent options. The benefit of restricted free agents is that they are all young…that is, after all, why they are restricted free agents. They are often times coming off their entry level contracts, and just haven’t played enough seasons to be eligible for unrestricted free agency. The bad part about restricted free agency is that, depending on how much the player is signed for, the team is required to pay some sort of draft pick compensation.
The compensation thresholds are dependent upon the salary cap ceiling for that respective season. Since we don’t know what the salary cap will be set at for next season, the compensation thresholds have not been set either.
Last year’s compensation was as follows:
-at or below $863,812 = no compensation
-$863,813 to $1,307,812 = One 3rd round pick
-$1,307,813 to $2,615,625 = One 2nd round pick
-$2,615,626 to $3,923,437 = One 1st round pick, one 3rd round pick
-$3,923,438 to $5,231,249 = One 1st round pick, one 2nd round pick, one 3rd round pick
-$5,231,250 to $6,539,062 = Two 1st round picks, one 2nd round pick, one 3rd round pick
-$6,539,063 or above = Four 1st round picks
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