Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
Lol Severson would be stupid to sign there and Philly wpuld be stupid to try and spend more on prime defenseman
I think it all depends what happens on May 8th. If the Flyers get Bedard or Fantilli, it drastically moves up their timeline. Surrounding either one of those guys with players like Foerster, Frost, Konecny, Farabee, Couturier and Atkinson (if fully healthy), Tippett, Cates, etc. is a very solid core, and all players who took a big step this year (outside of Farabee who was injured during the offseason and didn't have a camp and really didn't ever get up to speed).
Signing a guy like Severson, who is a steady and calm influence on the back end, while also being right handed and wouldn't break the bank, I think, would be a phenomenal idea to add to the back end. With York, Sanheim, and Risto presumably as your top 4, with prospects like Emil Andrae, Ronnie Attard, and Yegor Zamula, the team I think is closer than people think. Not in terms of a Stanley Cup, but getting out of this rebuild/retool/whatever you call it.
Plus, when the cap goes up in 2 years again, the % to the overall cap for a player of Severson's quality would be even less.