Earlier this week, one of the more prominent potential 2025 unrestricted free agents came off the market when the Flyers inked winger Travis Konecny to an eight-year, $70MM contract extension. The breakdown of the deal wasn’t announced at the time of the signing but PuckPedia reports (Twitter link) that it’s as follows:
2025-26: $2MM base salary, $9MM signing bonus
2026-27: $5.25MM salary, $3MM bonus
2027-28: $3.5MM salary, $7.5MM bonus
2028-29: $4.6MM salary, $6MM bonus
2029-30: $4.35MM salary, $5MM bonus
2030-31: $2.1MM salary, $4.5MM bonus
2031-32: $6.6M salary
2032-33: $6.6M salary
The deal also contains a full no-move clause for all eight seasons along with a 14-team no-trade clause in each season. In this instance, the NMC is protecting against a waiver placement.
More from the Metropolitan:
- The Devils have three restricted free agents still to sign, one of which is goaltender Nico Daws. His agent, Quartexx’s Paul Capizzano, told Kristy Flannery of The Hockey News that the two sides are getting closer to a resolution on a new deal. The 23-year-old posted a 3.15 GAA with a .894 SV% in 21 starts with New Jersey last season, numbers were nearly identical to his 25 appearances the year before. Daws also put up a 2.89 GAA with a .890 SV% in 10 games with AHL Utica. With Jacob Markstrom and Jake Allen in place, Daws will head into next season in a third-string role after Akira Schmid was moved to Vegas at the draft.
- After having a very limited role when he was in the lineup down the stretch last season, Rangers winger Matt Rempe told reporters including Larry Brooks of the New York Post that he’s hoping to secure a more prominent role for next season, singling out the penalty kill as an area he wants to work on. The 22-year-old averaged just 5:38 in 17 games during the regular season so even becoming a passable option shorthanded could allow him to play more of a regular role as he looks to lock down a full-time roster spot.
That’s a ridiculous contract for Koneceny. Worth upper $6m at most, and not that term & all those restrictions. When will GMs ever learn ?
Rempe’s cute. He hasn’t realized what he is and why he’s there. He’s Raffi Torres minus skill.
Rempe is a 22-year-old kid who has a lot of time to improve his game. Not sure how you can make that comparison.
He’s a Mark
Rempe doesn’t HAVE a game. He’s never had a game. What he did in juniors was punch people. What he did in the minors was punch people. All he’s done in the bigs is punch people. You want basic training for the guy, send him down. (Not that he played all that much hockey in Hartford, except for punching people.) The NHL is the league for the best players in the world; it isn’t boot camp.
He’ll have so much suspension time over the next couple of years that he will be unable to hold down a roster spot. That’s assuming he has a contract. Just like Raffi Torres. Except Raffi could skate and shoot. Rempe… not so much.
Yeah. Thirty years ago, Rempe would’ve been Just Another Goon, in the bigs solely to punch people. All the hype and media attention came solely from (a) talentless goons who do nothing but punch people are blessedly rare in the game now, and (b) that he plays for a team in the hype capitol of the world, and there are lots of sportswriters desperate for something New And Cool!