Flyers sign Fedotov to 2-year extension

The Philadelphia Flyers have inked backup goaltender Ivan Fedotov to a two-year contract extension at an average annual value of $3.25 million, the club announced Tuesday.

Fedotov joined the Flyers in late March after CSKA Moscow terminated his KHL pact. He got into three games in April, going 0-1-1 while allowing 10 goals on 53 shots. The Russian only started one of those contests, giving up four tallies in a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on April 5.

His new cap hit will be nearly $2 million more than that of Samuel Ersson ($1.45 million), according to CapFriendly. Ersson took the reins as the Flyers' No. 1 netminder this season. Ersson signed a two-year extension of his own last August.

Flyers general manager Daniel Briere said upon Fedotov's arrival that Ersson was still the starter. While their roles for 2024-25 remain unclear, Fedotov's new deal all but guarantees he'll be part of the tandem going forward.

CSKA inked Fedotov to a two-year contract last July before terminating the agreement with one year remaining. He simultaneously had a pre-arrival pact with the Flyers after signing a two-year deal with them in May 2022. That made him a pending unrestricted free agent before he re-upped with Philadelphia on Tuesday.