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After Jeff Carter and Mike Richards and James van Riemsdyk, you'd figure players would be wary about signing long-term deals with the Philadelphia Flyers. Unless, of course, they've got a cousin who works for U-Haul and can get them a discount on relocation fees. Despite that contractual kiss of death, Wayne Simmonds has agreed to a six-year, $23.875 million extension with the Flyers that takes him through 2019. From Andy Strickland of True Hockey: According to my calculations the exact AAV is $3.97917. The deal won't kick in until the 2013-2014 season as Simmonds has one year remaining on his current deal. He's due to earn $1.75 million this season. Simmonds was set to become an RFA in Summer 2013, and presumably wanted to get this contract in under the CBA wire. It also gets him a deal before the Flyers have to commit dollars to Scott Hartnell (UFA, 2013) and Claude Giroux (RFA, 2014).