Flyers GM Fletcher has 'blank check' to fix team, chairman says

2 years ago  /  NHL.com

• The Flyers (13-22-8) are last in the Metropolitan Division this season and have lost 13 straight games (0-10-3).
• One big question Fletcher and the Flyers need to address is the future of captain Claude Giroux, who is in the final season of an eight-year, $66 million contract ($8.25 million average annual value).
• Giroux leads Philadelphia with 34 points (15 goals, 19 assists) in 40 games.
• The 34-year-old is in his 10th season as captain and is second in Flyers history in points (892; 288 goals, 604 assists) and games played (983), behind Bobby Clarke (1,210 points; 358 goals, 852 assists in 1,144 games).
• "Claude has a no-move clause in his contract and ultimately that'll be his decision," Fletcher said.
• Fletcher said he has held contract talks with defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, also a pending free agent.
• Ristolainen is in the final season of a six-year, $32.4 million contract ($5.4 million AAV).
• "It's difficult to get physical defensemen, never mind physical right-shot defensemen," Fletcher said.
• Fletcher said he doesn't believe major changes are needed before the trade deadline but said "everything is on the table.".
• "We're going to try to aggressively retool here," he said.

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