Sources tell ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun that the deal has an average annual value of $5.125 million.
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Schenn, who will miss the first three games of the 2016-17 season due to an illegal check, reached career highs in both goals (26) and assists (33), as well as power-play points (22).
Heading into arbitration, the two camps were over a million dollars apart – the Flyers were offering around $4.3 million for two years and Schenn’s ask was $5.5 million.
The deal makes Schenn the fourth-highest paid Flyer behind Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek, and Mark Streit.
Terms were not disclosed but the deal is worth a reported $2.5 million.
The two sides struck the deal just before going to arbitration.
The Kings selected Schenn with the fifth over pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
We can also guess that Schenn will probably not make less than Kyle Palmieri. Schenn was named the WHL Rookie of the Year in 2008. Recently, Chayka said negotiations for the team’s RFAs remain “status quo”.
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Only 24, Schenn obviously still has some growing to do as he refines his game, but for a Flyers squad that’s rapidly evolving, that’s not a bad thing. The only RFA on their National Hockey League roster left to re-sign, according to General Fanager, is defenseman Brandon Manning, who made $625,000 last season.
