Breaking down the details of Alex Bump and Devin Kaplan’s entry-level contracts, and what comes next for both

The present for the Philadelphia Flyers may be more about playing out the string in a lost season. The future, however, got a two-player boost on Tuesday.
Or, perhaps more accurately, a bump.
Both Alex Bump and Devin Kaplan signed NHL entry-level contracts with the club on Tuesday in the lead-up to Game 81 against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Their second and third picks in the 2022 draft -- their first selection, was, of course, Cutter Gauthier -- Bump and Kaplan did not go the way of their former organization mate, and instead chose to officially join the Flyers for their respective professional careers.
The 21-year old Bump, despite being drafted two rounds after Kaplan as a fifth rounder, ...