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Breaking down the Konecny extension -- good move or mistake?

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Charlie O'Connor
July 25, 2024
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Oct 26, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing Travis Konecny (11) celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild in the first period at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports

On Thursday, the Travis Konecny contract saga reached its conclusion. And predictably, it ended with Konecny remaining with the Philadelphia Flyers -- for nearly another decade.
Konecny's new eight-year, $70 million deal is the largest total-value contract ever given to a Philadelphia Flyers player, just barely clearing the $69 million deal that then-general manager Paul Holmgren handed Mike Richards in December of 2007. (It doesn't quite match the $110 million offer sheet that Holmgren got defenseman Shea Weber to sign, but Nashville ultimately matched and Weber never played a game for the Flyers.)
Now, current Flyers GM Daniel Briere has set a new franchise monetary bar -- and with it, pro...

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