He's Dion Phaneuf but without the early career shooting accuracy.
- BINGO!

Agreed

Risto is a good dude and a workhorse defenseman. It's a shame he hasn't figured out his position, as he's always caught out of place. The contract isn't horrible though
- Up2nuthun

He’s not great. But there are far worse contracts out there.

He's Dion Phaneuf but without the early career shooting accuracy.
- BINGO!

This is disturbing in its accuracy. Well done.

Ew, gross

Seems about right….used as a second pairing d. Should at least get a chance at the PP as their Pp is god awful. Not an over pay for once which is strange for the Flyers.
- landros 2

Risto is mediocre at best. Huge overpay for mediocrity.

- homiedclown

Risto is mediocre at best. Huge overpay for mediocrity.
- jfkst1

It’s a decent deal if Magnus Carlsen can move him around to where he should be on ice.

It’s a decent deal if Magnus Carlsen can move him around to where he should be on ice.
- Minnyhock

Risto is a good example of high end physical tools wasted on a limited hockey IQ.

He's Dion Phaneuf but without the early career shooting accuracy.
- BINGO!

Except Dion signed his last deal 12 years ago for 6 x 6.5

You can’t make this stuff up

YESSS!!!

But seriously .....I'm really sorry to Flyers fans , did not see this one coming ....

Except Dion signed his last deal 12 years ago for 6 x 6.5
- DEDDIE

Yeah well, he was at least an NHL caliber player at one point.

(frank) THIS TEAM

NOW SING ALONG

Yeah well, he was at least an NHL caliber player at one point.
- BINGO!

He's an elite defender

Now that he’s extended, isn’t he more tradable?

Now that he’s extended, isn’t he more tradable?
- ThatDarnCat

Leafs want him! Risto + Jones for Mrazek + Kerfoot + 1st

Chuck is going to fuse Risto with Cam York and make one big, physical, skilled defenseman.

If that works he will do the same with Ellis and Yandle in to a #1 defenseman that never misses a game.

Chuck you magnificent bastard!!!

He's Dion Phaneuf but without the early career shooting accuracy.
- BINGO!

And that 8mil/year contract as well. If Dion can be moved at 8, Risto can be moved later at 5.

He's Dion Phaneuf but without the early career shooting accuracy.
- BINGO!

Both had 4 yrs in a row of 40 or more pts. Not a bad comparison.

He must be the best guy ever. He always seems to be well liked even though he's bad at hockey. It's funny because he shouldn't be bad at hockey. Almost every game you can see why he should be good at hockey, but he is only about 25% of the time. That's just way too low.

He just must be funny as hell in the room.
- lacaprup

Beauty of it is he would still be buffs best dman.

Risto has played fairly well since coming back from injury. Good not great. However, he is still a top 4 damn who hits people and that is worth 5 mill which is what he got. Not sure what the mystery is here.

Now if only the team put him on the PP instead of the dreck they runout there…

Risto is a good example of high end physical tools wasted on a limited hockey IQ.
- jfkst1

This!

If there's a better example than this that Darwin was egregiously wrong, I don't know what it is.
- buffalofan19

The problem with Darwinism is that it takes time.... no part of his theory says fools will get eliminated quickly... so in a couple of hundred years, Flyers may not give out such contracts...

He’s not great. But there are far worse contracts out there.
- TurdFergeson

with 5 years left starting next season? which ones?