Less than 24 hours after Paul Holmgren worked a minor deal to negotiate with Evgeni Nabokov ahead of the July 1 free agency mark, Nick Kypreos is tweeting the following:
Whatever talk between the Flyers/ Nabokov that transpired appear to be over. Asking price on new deal was way too rich for Philly's blood
Well that was an early morning well spent.
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As we said in the previous post and learned from the Dan Hamhuis situation, Nabokov wasn't any more of a Flyer than I am without a contract agreement in place. Like Hamhuis, Nabby has the potential to fetch a handsome sum on the open market, and if this report is correct, he seems destined to try those waters. At least this negotiation didn't cost the Flyers anything, and if Nabokov's side wants the world in a contract, I'm glad the Flyers are staying away for now.