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Flyers Trying To Sign Their Own
Published 6/27/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... free agents Jeff Carter, Randy Jones and Riley Cote that will determine how much they can spend on free agents.... The Flyers still must make a decision on 36-year-old defenseman Derian Hatcher, who has one year remaining on a contract that pays him $3.5 million. Hatcher has expressed a desire to play at least one more season and unless he retires or accepts a buyout, the only way the Flyers can remove him from their cap number is to place him on the long-term injury list. more

Despite Increase, Teams Bumping Against Cap
Published 6/27/2008 by Kevin at BfloBlog.com
... The Flyers are about $7 million under the cap and are trying to sign Jeff Carter, Randy Jones, and Riley Cote. If Carter really does sign for $5 million per, that leaves them with $2 million for the rest of the team. Sure, they would love to lose Hatcher’s salary as pointed out in the article, but you can’t just tell a player to retire. And Hatch wants to get paid, yo. ...