Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min · 10 segments
Matt and Nathaniel are back to break down the inner workings of the NHL off-season, free agency and more! The Flyers throw a MASSIVE 18m offer to Leo Carlsson, Robertson enters arbitration and trades…
Let's talk crazy NHL news where the vast majority of people are going to be shaking their heads and booing.
Leo Carlson, the young sentiment for the Anaheim Ducks.
There's been issues with contracts, signing his contracts, whatever.
You'd expect that.
A bit of back and forth, a bit of back and forth.
And then out of the blue, the Philadelphia Flyers put in an offer sheet for five years of $18 million a year.
It comes out of the blue, and that reaction just then was just mirrored how we were at the time.
Speechless.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, this was the only place we could start, really.
But yeah, I mean, it was so, so bizarre.
Came completely out of left field.
And, you know, like you said, there were players and teams.
It's a negotiation, isn't it? You know, no team ever lands on the first the first dollar value that gets thrown out there.
And, you know, there's going to be a bit of back and forth, you know.
The team wants to make sure they can secure the player at, like, a reasonable price, but then the player's got an agent who needs to make sure that he's doing the best by his client.
Also takes a little bit of a...
By himself.
I was going to say, also takes a little bit of a slice off the top as well.
And by all accounts, you know, they were kind of progressing towards somewhere in the kind of $12 million to $13 million range, which I think for someone like Leo Carlson, I think is a completely... fair kind of contracts negotiation to have.
I think Carlson had an outstanding year last year.
And then out of the blue, yeah, the Flyers throw this ludicrous $18 million a year for five years, which would make him the highest paid player in the NHL for now.
And it really, really puts the Anaheim Ducks in...
Let's talk crazy NHL news where the vast majority of people are going to be shaking their heads and booing.
Leo Carlson, the young sentiment for the Anaheim Ducks.
There's been issues with contracts, signing his contracts, whatever.
You'd expect that.
A bit of back and forth, a bit of back and forth.
And then out of the blue, the Philadelphia Flyers put in an offer sheet for five years of $18 million a year.
It comes out of the blue, and that reaction just then was just mirrored how we were at the time.
Speechless.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, this was the only place we could start, really.
But yeah, I mean, it was so, so bizarre.
Came completely out of left field.
And, you know, like you said, there were players and teams.
It's a negotiation, isn't it? You know, no team ever lands on the first the first dollar value that gets thrown out there.
And, you know, there's going to be a bit of back and forth, you know.
The team wants to make sure they can secure the player at, like, a reasonable price, but then the player's got an agent who needs to make sure that he's doing the best by his client.
Also takes a little bit of a...
By himself.
I was going to say, also takes a little bit of a slice off the top as well.
And by all accounts, you know, they were kind of progressing towards somewhere in the kind of $12 million to $13 million range, which I think for someone like Leo Carlson, I think is a completely... fair kind of contracts negotiation to have.
I think Carlson had an outstanding year last year.
And then out of the blue, yeah, the Flyers throw this ludicrous $18 million a year for five years, which would make him the highest paid player in the NHL for now.
And it really, really puts the Anaheim Ducks in...
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