Craig CustanceVerified account ‏@CraigCustance

Kimmo Timonen signs a one-year deal with Flyers. Base salary in the $2 million range could be worth close to $4 million with bonuses.

If true, Kimmo is my hero.
- dilbert719

Incentive laden- probably on games played... just like I wanted. Beautiful, if this is the case.

Craig CustanceVerified account ‏@CraigCustance

Kimmo Timonen signs a one-year deal with Flyers. Base salary in the $2 million range could be worth close to $4 million with bonuses.

If true, Kimmo is my hero.
- dilbert719

How does this work from a cap perspective? Beer dig deep on how bonuses work.

Craig CustanceVerified account ‏@CraigCustance

Kimmo Timonen signs a one-year deal with Flyers. Base salary in the $2 million range could be worth close to $4 million with bonuses.

If true, Kimmo is my hero.
- dilbert719

2M with bonuses up to 4M

Craig CustanceVerified account ‏@CraigCustance

Kimmo Timonen signs a one-year deal with Flyers. Base salary in the $2 million range could be worth close to $4 million with bonuses.

If true, Kimmo is my hero.
- dilbert719

Are these players you speak of clutching their legs and rolling around in excrutiating pain?
- jmatchett383

Typically if they are 3rd or 4th liners they are. It amazes me how many times I've yelled "I thought you were dead" at a player this past season.

I think the bonuses will be very easy to achieve, but that's fine if the max value is around $4 million.

http://philadelphia.cbslo...en-to-one-year-extension/

Craig Custance ‏@CraigCustance 3m
Timonen clearly took less to stay in Philadelphia. Would have made more than that on the open market.

How does this work from a cap perspective? Beer dig deep on how bonuses work.
- funmaster18

My understanding is that he counts as $2M this year. Any incentives he reaches will be applied to our cap this coming year if we have room under the bonus cushion; whatever he reaches that pushes us over the bonus cushion will be applied to the following season's cap.

I could be wildly wrong, but that's how I understand it.

Actually....can they do that? Serious question.
- jmatchett383

don't know

would likely be problematic though

I think all sports have embellishment. Soccer seems to have more than all other sports though. You can't watch 5 minutes of a game without seeing a dive.
- PhillySportsGuy

Yes. It is annoying. But I'd argue Hockey, with fewer players and faster pace, is catching up fast.

Craig Custance ‏@CraigCustance 3m
Timonen clearly took less to stay in Philadelphia. Would have made more than that on the open market.
- PhillySportsGuy

wow we don't get to read this very often

way to go Flyers!

Ok, not to pour it on here, but that's the most ridiculous thing about soccer.

To my understanding, the ref quite litrilly says "Ok sooooooooooo this game, all the time spent not playing due to throw ins/corner kicks/fouls etc was PROBABLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 3 minutes. Seems legit. GO!"

Why not just stop the clock?
- Giroux_Is_God

YOu don't see the refs looking at the watches on their wrist at every stoppage? They do.

It might be similar to Jagr's deal last season.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcs...nk-jagr-to-one-year-deal/

The New Jersey Devils have officially announced the signing of veteran forward Jaromir Jagr — a one-year deal with a $2 million base salary.

According to Chris Johnston of Sportsnet, the remainder of the deal is more complex. Jagr gets a $250,000 bonus for every five games played from 10 to 45, meaning there’s potential for an additional $2 million in bonus money.

So all told, the contract could be worth around $4 million for 2013-14.

I think the bonuses will be very easy to achieve, but that's fine if the max value is around $4 million.
- Feanor

It's injury-protection for the Flyers... great deal.

Craig Custance ‏@CraigCustance 3m
Timonen clearly took less to stay in Philadelphia. Would have made more than that on the open market.
- PhillySportsGuy

CULTURE CHANGE

YOu don't see the refs looking at the watches on their wrist at every stoppage? They do.
- bodiva88

Why is there only 1 on field ref? Why not add another?

CULTURE CHANGE
- funmaster18

2 million. I guess he really did mean it.

Kimmo officially deserves a statue.

Signs a nice depth 2-way winger for minimal money.

Resigns Kimmo for a VERY resonable one year extension.

Apparently talking to VL's agent about possible trades and seems commmited to youth.

So far so good Hexy.

CULTURE CHANGE
- funmaster18

The perspective... it's so fresh.

Actually....can they do that? Serious question.
- jmatchett383

No.

2 million. I guess he really did mean it.

Kimmo officially deserves a statue.
- MBFlyerfan

This

YOu don't see the refs looking at the watches on their wrist at every stoppage? They do.
- bodiva88

But it's still arbitrary, and rather silly.

Just stop the clock and avoid the arbitrary-ness