The Flyers signed Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a questionable two-year contract extension yesterday, which was a meaningful thing that shows how the Flyers overvalue this particular fourth-line player.
Here’s a less-meaningful thing that also shows how much the Flyers overvalue Bellemare:
(Since when is “assistant” captain a thing? I’ve always called it “alternate” captain? Is this a debate we need to have?)
Bellemare seems like a wonderful dude and a great guy in the locker room, and ultimately the ‘A’ on a sweater doesn’t really mean a darn thing. Bellemare is already part of the team’s “leadership” group so this really isn’t a huge deal on its own.