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VandeVelde signs two-year extension with Flyers

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The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have inked Chris VandeVelde to a multi-year extension.

The terms of the contract weren’t released by the team, but it’s a two-year deal worth about $1.4 million, per the Philadelphia Daily News’ Frank Seravalli. He was coming off of a one-year, two-way contract that was worth $575K at the NHL level.

Going into the 2014-15 campaign, VandeVelde spent parts of the previous four seasons in the NHL, but he had never logged more than 18 games in a single season. He was able to firmly establish himself with Philadelphia though, scoring nine goals and 15 points in 72 contests. He logged 11:43 minutes per game, including an average of 1:41 minutes in shorthanded situations.

Philadelphia doesn’t have a lot of vacancies left on its roster and its cap position is fairly healthy. That being said, the Flyers still need to re-sign restricted free agent Michael Del Zotto and find an understudy for starting goaltender Steve Mason.

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