Flyers signal defenseman Marc Staal to a one-year deal whereas the Leafs add Max Domi

Marc Staal is becoming a member of the Philadelphia Flyers, signing a $1.1 million contract for subsequent season with a group embarking on a prolonged rebuilding course of.

General supervisor Daniel Briere introduced the signing Monday, following the Flyers’ offers over the weekend with gritty winger Garnet Hathaway and depth middle Ryan Poehling. Hathaway acquired $4.75 million over two years and Poehling $1.4 million for one yr.

“It almost makes too much sense to add a guy like that,” Briere advised reporters on the group’s observe facility in Voorhees, New Jersey. “We talked about adding a little bit of a veteran presence to help our young guys. We never thought that a player like Marc Staal would have any interest in coming here, so we were pretty excited when we found out there was mutual interest.”

Staal is coming off serving to the Florida Panthers attain the Stanley Cup Final. He skated practically 21 minutes an evening throughout that run after taking part in all 82 regular-season video games and placing up 15 factors.

The 36-year-old fills a void anticipated to open when Philadelphia trades Tony DeAngelo again to Carolina. They tried to make that commerce in current weeks, however have been prohibited by an NHL rule from doing so as a result of it was lower than a yr since DeAngelo was dealt from the Hurricanes to the Flyers.

July 7 would mark 12 months, after which the commerce again may very well be accomplished. DeAngelo was a wholesome scratch late within the season below coach John Tortorella, with Philadelphia going so far as taking part in one defenseman quick fairly than dressing the 27 yr outdated.

Elsewhere across the league, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed Max Domi to a $3 million, one-year contract. Domi joins the group his dad, Tie, performed with for greater than a decade from 1995-2006.

“I’m back home, and I’m playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, so there isn’t a bigger fan of the Leafs right now than my dad, that’s for sure,” Domi stated. “It certainly makes it much easier when you’re coming home. There’s just something real special about that. It’s a big reason why I chose to sign here is I wanted to come home.”

Domi nonetheless recollects taking part in mini-stick hockey within the hallways of the world in Toronto, folding towels with the gear workers and skating on the ice as a child considering it will be the best factor on this planet to play there with the Leafs.

“It’s a dream come true, it really is,” he stated.

Domi is the newest of a number of signings by Toronto, which additionally added former Boston and Detroit winger Tyler Bertuzzi for $5.5 million and defenseman John Klingberg for $4.15 million for subsequent season. The Leafs signed enforcer Ryan Reaves to a $4.05 million, three-year contract simply after free company opened Saturday.

The Detroit Red Wings, who added greater than a dozen new gamers by trades or free company throughout the previous week, put 23-year-old winger Filip Zadina on waivers. Zadina, the sixth choose within the 2018 draft, had 68 factors in 190 video games in Detroit since making his NHL debut.