Flyers’ Shayne Gostisbehere authorizes waivers

After the shock move from the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday, the other 30 NHL teams have decided to pass defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere on exemptions.

After a few unstable seasons – being in good health scratched by head coach Alain Vigneault on several occasions and spending his time making his way through all the roles he could possibly as a defender – Gostisbehere will remain with the ‘organization. Now that he’s cleared the waivers, the Flyers can either assign him to the taxi crew (most likely) or send him to Lehigh Valley.

Whichever route Philadelphia decides to take, a total of $ 1.025 million will be taken out of the Flyers’ total cap with him buried in the taxi crew or the miners. This opens up some possibilities, but the team needing to recall another defenseman – Sam Morin and Nate Prosser have a cap of $ 700,000 – the financial difference is minimal.

The 30 decisions to opt out of claiming Gostisbien undoubtedly came down to taking on his cap of $ 4.5million which continues for two more seasons after this one – especially given the current state of the game. flat ceiling league. In the end, it was too much money to shoulder for other franchises to risk the defender returning to his offense.

Gostisbehere spent 7 seasons with the Flyers, scoring 56 goals and 210 points in 365 games.