The Flyers kept their offseason moving by adding a pair of depth pieces, announcing two-year, two-way contracts for forward Jack Studnicka and defenseman Cam Dineen.
Studnicka’s cap hit has not been confirmed, though the structure of the deal puts it somewhere between the league minimum salary of $850,000 and the entry-level contract maximum of $1.025 million. Other terms, including any bonuses or AHL salary details, were not confirmed. He arrived on the market as an unrestricted free agent after finishing a one-year deal with the Florida Panthers that carried a $775,000 league-minimum salary.
His time with Florida included NHL action for the first time in two seasons, but it did not produce offense. Studnicka went pointless in 19 games with the Panthers. In the minors, though, he was more productive, putting up 12 goals and 18 assists for 30 points in 41 games with Charlotte.
Dineen also landed a two-way deal, and his cap hit has not been confirmed. Like Studnicka’s contract, his salary falls between $850,000 and $1.025 million, with bonuses and AHL pay not confirmed.
He reached unrestricted free agency after completing a two-year contract with Edmonton that paid the league minimum of $775,000. Dineen’s NHL experience with the Oilers was limited to four games over four seasons, all of them coming in 2024-25, when he finished without a point. In the AHL, he recorded three goals and 18 assists for 21 points in 40 games with Bakersfield last season.
Philadelphia has been busy all summer. The club has extended Dan Vladar and Tyson Foerster, acquired Joseph Woll via trade, dealt Garnet Hathaway and Emil Andrae, and signed Noel Acciari.
Even after those moves, the Flyers still have $29,881,250 in cap space according to PuckPedia, along with four restricted free agents left to re-sign. Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale are the headliners among that group.
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