The Philadelphia Flyers announced on Friday that they’ve signed Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson to an offer sheet. The contract is five years with an $18 million cap hit.
The Anaheim Ducks now have exactly seven days to decide whether to match this staggering financial commitment or allow Carlsson to walk to Philadelphia in exchange for massive draft capital compensation which inculdes their next four first-round picks in 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030.
We have tendered an offer sheet to Anaheim center Leo Carlsson. The offer is a five-year contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $18M, which would require four of the Flyers first-round draft picks in each of the next four seasons as compensation. https://t.co/nfhD4h6nEc
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This contract will give Carlsson the highest cap hit in the league, as he will surpass Kirill Kaprizov’s $17 million cap hit.Carlsson is coming off of a breakout season where he emerged as a top line center in the NHL with 29 goals and 38 assists for 67 points in 70 games. He followed that up with four goals and seven assists for 11 points in 12 playoff games.
The Ducks currently find themselves with $35,173,395 in salary cap space according to PuckPedia, so they’re more than well-positioned to match the offer sheet.