The news coming out of Canada is the Flyers and Jeff Carter have agreed on a three-year deal worth around $15 Million. Carter was slated to become a Group 2 free agent on July 1 and with the NHL draft beginning tomorrow night there were thoughts Carter might be traded. But Carter seemed to pass up the potential for more money to stay in Philadelphia.

There are a couple of surprising things about this deal. One is that Carter could have probably received more money from another club (although that team probably would have had to give up a first, second and third round draft choice for signing him) - Carter will get somewhere between $3-$4 Million per year from the Flyers.

The other thing is, the 23-year-old Carter seems to be stuck as the third-line Center behind Mike Richards and Danny Briere, both of whom are signed well into the next decade. There are a number of teams on which Carter would probably play on the first line.

“We have gone over all the different situations and I’ve explained them all, and what you have to say is that sometimes people make decisions for different reasons,” said Carter’s agent Rick Curran.

So it appears Carter wants to stay on a team that has a good shot of playing for the Stanley Cup next year rather than going to a team that might not contend, but where he wold get more playing time and more money. Wow, what’s wrong with him?