Flyers sign Ducks center Leo Carlsson to 5-year, $90 million offer sheet; Anaheim has seven days to match

PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers are prepared to pay Anaheim center Leo Carlsson the highest annual salary at $18 million since the salary cap era began in 2005, now giving the Ducks seven days to match the offer.

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The Flyers tendered the five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Carlsson on Friday, which would require four of the Flyers first-round draft picks in each of the next four seasons as compensation.

The Ducks have seven days to exercise their right of first refusal on the player.

The offer sheet comes 14 years after the Flyers, offer-sheeting Nashville defenseman Shea Weber for $110 million over 14 years, which the Predators matched.

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The 21-year-old Carlsson had 29 goals, 38 assists for 67 points in 70 games last season with the Ducks. He added 11 points in 12 playoff games to help lead Anaheim to the second round.

A native of Karlstad, Sweden, Carlsson has 141 points (61 goals, 80 assists) in 201 regular-season games. The 6-foot-3-inch, 208-pound center was selected by Anaheim second overall in the 2023 draft.

The Wild signed Kirill Kaprizov to an eight-year, $136 million extension in September, giving him the richest contract in NHL history.

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