Report: Flyers Show Interest In Leetch

Accoring to a report from Tim Panaccio posted on philly.com, the Flyers have contacted the agent for free agent defenseman Brian Leetch. "Brian has not made any decisions about the season so far," (Leetch's agent, Jay) Grossman said today when reached by telephone in New York. "We've been contacted by a number of teams about playing this season. There are a number of things Brian has to sort through. He's made no decision in his personal situation." This is a move the Flyers would have made without thinking twice in the pre-salary cap days. The problem is we're in a salary cap era with an incredible amount of parity. Take your lumps for a year -- two, tops -- and then go from there. Don't sign a 38-year-old simply because there are no other options out there. Look at what happened with New Jersey a week ago. The Devils had to trade a first-round pick to San Jose -- in order to get them to take one of the Devils' players. A team should never put itself in that position. The best-case scenario for this to have a shot at working out is for Clarke to sign Leetch to a one-year deal for the league minimum and load the contract with easily reachable incentives. Since incentives don't count against the cap, Leetch would be able to make a decent amount of money while at the same time saving the Flyers from any salary cap headaches. That being said, I'd rather not see the team sign Leetch. He's way, way, waaay past his prime and I think his contributions -- even on the power play -- would be infinitesimal, at best.