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07/09 11:36 CDT Anaheim Ducks keep Leo Carlsson, matching Flyers' $90 million
offer sheet for young center
Anaheim Ducks keep Leo Carlsson, matching Flyers' $90 million offer sheet for
young center
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- The Anaheim Ducks have matched the Philadelphia
Flyers' offer sheet for center Leo Carlsson, keeping their rising young star at
an extraordinary cost.
The Ducks announced their decision Thursday on the 21-year-old Carlsson, who is
now the NHL's highest-paid player under the five-year, $90 million deal
extended by the Flyers one week ago.
Carlsson signed the Flyers' offer sheet as a restricted free agent after a year
of fruitless negotiations with Anaheim general manager Pat Verbeek, whose
typical hardline approach in contract talks with his restricted free agents
backfired tremendously this time.
Carlsson's new contract is worth much more than the league expected he would
get as a restricted free agent, and the $18 million average annual value is
significantly more than he had already indicated he would accept. The deal
surpasses the salary of Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov, who would have been the
NHL's highest-paid player at $17 million.
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