Noah Cates reached a new contract with Philadelphia pre-arbitration: 2x$2.625M
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 10, 2023
by Mike_Y_1210
@Philadelphia Flyers
Noah Cates reached a new contract with Philadelphia pre-arbitration: 2x$2.625M
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 10, 2023
by Mike_Y_1210
5 Comments
I like this deal. He probably would’ve been a safe bet to give a long term extension if he were willing to do so, but I also don’t really see his offensive game getting to a point where we’re going to end up really regretting this in two years either.
Kid is going to be a big part of the future here
Nice. Did anyone ever get confirmation on York’s deal from the other day? Asking because CapFriendly already has Cates’ contract up, but not York’s.
Agents have got to be telling players to look for the cap to be going up, no way Flyers wanted Cates/York on 2 year deals, so the player camps were clearly interested in the short term.
At this kind of price point, I’d have been happy having Cates for up to the max years instead (Even if the AAV had risen as high as 3.5). The way I see it, we can still get a reasonable deal out of Cates in 2 years to have our 3C of the future, and if he adds the offense then we can be more confident in a 2C (Or even low end 1C like Couturier).
This deal is fine.
Would’ve liked a longer term but Cates is smart not to sign one. Money is good for the player he is, good signing