The Philadelphia Flyers have agreed to terms on a $2.1 million
Saints Cheap Jerseys , three-year contract with defenseman Sam Morin.
General manager Ron Hextall confirmed the agreement Friday night late in the first round of the NHL draft. Hextall said Morin is expected to sign the
contract Monday.
A person with direct knowledge of the deal says Morin will count $700,000 against the salary cap over the length of the deal. The person spoke to The
Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal had not yet been
signed.
Morin tore the ACL in his right knee during the American Hockey League playoffs and is expected to be out until about February. Hextall said knowing
that allowed Philadelphia to get the deal done with the 2013 first-round pick
who’s expected to be a part of the Flyers’ future blue line.
A position-by-position look at the matchups in the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers:
CENTER: Kevon Looney vs. Tristan Thompson. An afterthought much of the season, Thompson rejoined the Cleveland rotation in the playoffs and has
provided the Cavaliers with 6.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Warriors coach
Steve Kerr went with Looney against Houston but could go a number of ways in
this series, with JaVale McGee, Zaza Pachulia and Jordan Bell among his options.
And of course, the Warriors are at their best when they go with none of the
above, using Draymond Green as the center in a small-ball lineup. Edge:
Warriors.
POWER FORWARD: Draymond Green vs. Kevin Love or Jeff Green. The Cavaliers are hoping Love can return after the All-Star missed Game 7 of the Eastern
Conference finals because of a concussion. Jeff Green started in his place and
scored 19 points in the victory in Boston. Neither player can match the
all-around production the Warriors get from Draymond Green
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SMALL FORWARD: Kevin Durant vs. LeBron James. Durant was last year’s NBA Finals MVP, is the No. 3 scorer by average among players who have played at
least 10 finals games (32.9 points), and still might be the second-best forward
in this series. That’s how good James remains at 33, as he proved while
averaging 34 points, 9.2 rebounds and 8.8 assists in the Eastern Conference
playoffs. In his eighth straight NBA Finals, he probably needs to produce
numbers like that in every game to give the Cavaliers any chance. Edge:
Cavaliers.
SHOOTING GUARD: Klay Thompson vs. J.R. Smith. The Warriors might not even be here without Thompson’s clutch performance in Game 6 of the West finals against
Houston. He can heat up in a hurry from the outside
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Finals. Smith can also heat up, but can also be prone to prolonged bad streaks
and losses of concentration, and the Warriors feast on those. Edge:
Warriors.
POINT GUARD: Stephen Curry vs. George Hill. Injured to start the postseason, Curry showed just how explosive he and the Warriors remain with some big third
quarters in the West finals. There were questions as he struggled earlier in
that series if he still wasn’t fully healthy, but he sure looked good enough at
the end. Hill is a steady veteran and the most productive of the four players
the Cavaliers acquired at the trade deadline, but like a lot of Cavaliers will
be at a speed disadvantage in this series. Edge: Warriors.
RESERVES: Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston
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entering the series after he was sidelined for much of the West finals with a
bone bruise in his leg. The 2015 NBA Finals MVP leads the defensive effort
against James and is part of the Warriors’ best lineup. Korver’s shooting is a
key off the Cleveland bench, but Clarkson, Nance and Hood have never become
regularly reliable after being acquired in February. Edge: Warriors.
COACHES: Steve Kerr vs. Tyronn Lue. This was a challenging season for both. Lue stepped away from his team for a while for health reasons, as Kerr had to do
during the last two seasons. Kerr acknowledged the struggles of keeping his team
motivated this season
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teams were pushed to the brink in earlier rounds, but Kerr just has more of them
at his disposal. Edge: Warriors.
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