Noah Cates and the Flyers avoided salary arbitration pretty quickly.
The sides reached a new two-year, $5.25 million contract Monday. The deal has an average annual value of $2.625 million. Cates will also be switching from No. 49 to No. 27 for his jersey, according to his agent Ben Hankinson.
The editor who wrote that headline might’ve had a stroke while writing it… good news that they got cates sorted out quickly though.