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About an hour or so after the Flyers and forward Brayden Schenn were scheduled to begin their arbitration hearing on Monday morning, the team announced that they had reached an agreement with the restricted free agent forward:
Per GM Ron Hextall, the #Flyers have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with Brayden Schenn → https://t.co/lRSvE8sK0B
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 25, 2016
TSN’s Bobby McBoatface, who may or may not actually be named Bob McKenzie, has the terms:
$5.125 AAV: https://t.co/B7d8ZryMBQ
— Bobby McBoatface (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 25, 2016
About a week ago we looked at the projections for Schenn’s contract and found that the most likely range for a deal was between $4.5 million and $5.25 million per year on a deal that was likely to be at least four years in term. So this is on the high end of the salary range but the low end of the term range, but within our expected numbers in both aspects. The deal will keep Schenn here in Philadelphia through his age-28 season.
With this, it looks like the biggest remaining question of Ron Hextall’s summer has been answered. We’ll have more analysis of this deal soon.