The three-year extension signed by Claude Giroux yesterday is good news, both for the Flyers and the player. Beginning next season the deal will pay him an annual salary cap hit of $3.75 million ($11.25 million total over the three-year length of the deal). That is still relatively affordable for the Flyers, considering that they are unlikely to retain Nikolay Zherdev (pending UFA) beyond thi

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