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Hayden Hodgson did not have an NHL contract at the moment final yr and was not in Flyers coaching camp.
He actually wasn’t on the radar of the Flyers.
“Hayden Hodgson emerged out of nowhere,” normal supervisor Chuck Fletcher mentioned Might 3 at his end-of-the-season press convention. “I did not even know who he was till October.”
On Monday, about three and a half weeks earlier than coaching camp, Hodgson signed a brand new two-year, $1.6 million contract with the Flyers. The deal is a two-way contract in 12 months 1 and a one-way contract in 12 months 2, whereas the typical annual worth of it’s $800,000.
This time, the 26-year-old winger will probably be within the large membership’s camp and seeking to open some extra eyes.
Taking part in at AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley final season, Hodgson signed a one-year, $750,000 take care of the Flyers in March. He was a restricted free agent this offseason. When his new contract expires, he’ll be unrestricted.
With the Flyers’ 2021-22 season going awry in January, Hodgson noticed an audition in March. He turned heads in his NHL debut, recording a purpose, an help and a plus-3 score as the Flyers upset the Blues, 5-2, on the road. The 6-foot-2, 207-pounder confirmed his potential to make issues occur across the internet with good dimension and instincts.
In six video games for the Flyers, Hodgson completed with three factors, 10 photographs and a fight whereas taking part in 13:12 minutes per sport.
When he was inked to make his NHL debut, he was tied for the Phantoms’ crew lead in targets with 18 and had 29 factors by way of 44 video games. He completed with 19 targets and 31 factors in 46 video games at Lehigh Valley.
The season prior, he performed for 2 completely different groups within the ECHL.
Hodgson is projected to open the 2022-23 season with the Phantoms. He was the Flyers’ closing RFA to re-sign earlier than coaching camp.
Owen Tippett, Zack MacEwen, Morgan Frost, Wade Allison, Isaac Ratcliffe, Tanner Laczynski, Jackson Cates and Linus Hogberg had been RFAs that additionally inked new offers this summer season.
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