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Flyers reportedly add former Penguins forward to their bottom-six picture
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Flyers reportedly add former Penguins forward to their bottom-six picture originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers got an up-close look at Noel Acciari in the first round of the playoffs.
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Now they have him on their roster.
The club is signing the bottom-six forward to a two-year, $5.6 million contract, according to a report Wednesday by Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman . The deal has an average annual value of $2.8 million.
Acciari had 13 goals, 12 assists and a plus-14 rating last season with the Penguins. The 34-year-old will replace some of the tough-to-play-against qualities that the Flyers lost in the Garnet Hathaway trade .
As a guy who can play center or winger, Acciari will provide head coach Rick Tocchet with different options. He won 61 percent of his faceoffs against the Flyers in the playoffs. He had an assist and a minus-1 mark during the series, which the Flyers won in six games .
Acciari and his new teammates will probably have a good laugh about a feisty ending to a game last October between the Flyers and Penguins.
(More coming…)
