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James van Riemsdyk will return to Philadelphia with a $ 35 million five-year contract.
James van Riemsdyk returns to familiar territory.
The left wing signed with the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday, signing a five-year contract worth $ 35 million, which will have an impact of $ 7 million on the salary cap for the season 2022-23.
"I could not be more excited about coming back to Philadelphia," van Riemsdyk said of the franchise that recruited him with No. 2 pick in the 2007 draft. "They have good luck. thing up and I'm happy to be part of it now and I'm looking forward to going on the ice. "
Van Riemsdyk was traded to the Leafs 2012 in exchange for the defender Luke Schenn and led the Maple Leafs in goals last season with a career high 36. He ends his tenure in Toronto with 294 points in 413 regular season games.
While the Maple Leafs were staring At John Tavares, van Riemsdyk said he had several contenders interested in leading him to the opening of the agency free. His conversation with Flyers general manager Ron Hextall mingled with the Philadelphia movements, which convinced him to go back, he told the NHL network.
After spending the first three seasons of his career with the Flyers – during which he totaled 99 points in 196 regular-sesaon matches – the 29-year-old winger will return to a few familiar faces. Jakub Vorachek and Claude Giroux were both in the team before leaving for Toronto, the latter being a potential road mate for van Riemsdyk
"We needed a left winger, especially in our top six " Hextall said . "With whom he plays, I do not know, if [Claude] Giroux plays on the left … I guess he'll start there, but we have a lot of options and that gives us a real winger left is a good presence on the front of the stage, a big body with soft hands, so we really appreciate what James will bring us for the next five years. "
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