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The agents for Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson explained how the historic offer sheet that he signed came about.
On July 3, the Philadelphia Flyers announced they had signed Carlsson to a five-year, $90 million offer sheet. With an $18 million AAV, Carlsson immediately became the NHL’s highest-paid player on a per-year basis, beating out Kirill Kaprizov’s previous record $17 million AAV with the Minnesota Wild.
On July 9, the Flyers decided to match the offer sheet, with the Ducks’ owners and general manager Pat Verbeek saying in statements that matching the contract was an
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