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Briere says after Flyers’ buyout announcement that Philadelphia ‘is my home’

Philadelphia Flyers v New Jersey Devils - Game Three

in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Prudential Center on May 3, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey.

Bruce Bennett

Thursday was an emotional day for Danny Briere.

The Philadelphia Flyers organization has made it clear that it will use one of its compliance buyouts on Briere, who was in the midst of an eight-year, $52 million contract.

Briere, who scored six goals and had 16 points in 34 regular season games this year, later responded the club’s decision.

“This is my home,” Briere said, as per CSN Philadelphia. “Wherever I’m going to end up, the kids are staying here, and I’m coming back here. Yeah, this is my home. This is what we consider home now.”

Briere, 35, will soon be made an unrestricted free agent, which poses a number of different options and opportunities for him to ponder.

“There’s a lot of things that we will have to consider,” he said.

“Obviously, the kids [are] an issue. We’ll have to consider also if it’s a team that has a chance to win a Stanley Cup or not, a team that might have a role for me or not. Those are all questions that at this point I don’t really know, and I don’t know which one’s going to take over.”

Early indication is that he’ll have plenty of interest from other NHL clubs.

According to TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger, 15 or more teams are believed to have interest in Briere once he becomes a UFA.